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NORTON – Kyle Kraft and Ryan Moore had distinctly different days, but administered similar self-inflicted beatdowns in the opening round of the Dell Technologies Championship Friday at TPC Boston.
Kraft, playing in the first group off on No. 1, bought himself an ocean’s worth of hurt in and around the water surrounding the second green. Repeatedly failing to navigate the vernal pool, he was charged with no fewer than three penalty strokes and ended up recording an eye-popping, card-shredding, self-loathing 12 on the par 5.
Kraft’s dirtiest dozen set a record for most strokes, single hole, on the PGA Tour this season.
The 12 also provided Kraft with his own chapter in Golf’s Big Book of Bad Luck, along with the likes of John Daly’s 18 (1998 at Bay Hill) and Kevin Na’s 16 (2011 at the Valero Texas Open).
Tom Weiskopf chopped up the par-2 12th for a 13 in the 1980 Masters. The great Arnold Palmer chalked up a 12 in the 1961 LA Open.
The laconic Palmer that day explained to reporters, “I missed my putt for 11.’’
Moore, a 34-year-old veteran with more than $26 million in career winnings, had no such single-hole horror. However, his gruesome 11 over par for the day included three double bogeys and a triple. He shot an 8-over 43 on the back nine.
Moore, who earlier this season underwent shoulder surgery, withdrew from the tournament shortly after completing the round (Na also was in his group). In 11 previous tourneys here, dating to 2006, Moore missed the cut only twice.
Kraft also withdrew, but chose to drive out of town via the express lane, packing his bags with his card showing 10 over after 14 holes. According to tourney officials, he reported a foot injury as he hot-footed his way to the parking lot.
Hard work for Scott
Adam Scott, who won the first TPC Boston in 2003 (when we were calling it Tiger’s Tournament), finished even-par 71. The win here in ’03, the first of 13 in his career, came on the first of what is now 12 visits to Norton. His career earnings of $46.85 million include Bay State checks worth $2.77 million.
“It was difficult today, hard work,’’ said Scott, whose round included one birdie and one bogey. “I spent the first 10 holes making 4- to 7-footers for par. The good news was, I made them all.’’
Up and down day
Luke List, who finished the day at 3-under 68, opened his morning with three consecutive bogeys and quickly followed with four consecutive birdies. For the day, he either birdied or bogeyed 13 of the 18 holes. List, 32, who played at Vanderbilt, is having a career year with $1.7 million in earnings. He is hoping to make the cut for the 19th time in 30 events this season . . . The day’s first eagle belonged to Graham DeLaet, who made three on the par-5 18th. Born in Saskatchewan (give it up for Gordie Howe), the 35-year-old DeLaet is still looking for his first tournament win, despite career earnings of $10.97 million. He carded a 1-over 72 . . . Local lad Keegan Bradley, 5 over, will have to get hotter than a Clam Box fry-o-later Saturday if he wants to stick around. He was plus-3 over his first three holes, closed his front nine with birdie-birdie-eagle, then carded three bogeys and a triple on his back nine. Playing here for a sixth time, Bradley missed the cut his first year (2011) but finished T-25 or better the next four years . . . Charley Hoffman won here in 2010 and finished solo third in ’05. He was 1-over 72 in the opening round.
Kevin Paul Dupont can be reached at kevin.dupont@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeKPD.