Vegas shoots a 60 to open big lead in Barbasol golf

Jhonattan Vegas failed to qualify for the British Open, relegating the Venezuelan Olympian to the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship.

In far gentler conditions Friday morning than his peers faced across the Atlantic, Vegas shot a course-record 11-under-par 60 in Opelika, Ala., making a hole-in-one, another eagle and two closing birdies.

Lydia Ko shot a 5-under-par 66 in windy conditions for a share of the Marathon Classic lead with Hyo Joo Kim in Sylvania, Ohio.

The top-ranked Ko had six birdies and one bogey at Highland Meadows to match Kim at 8-under 134.