David Skinns, a former contestant in the Ocala Open at Candler Hills, ripped the Country Club of Jackson course to pieces with a 12-under-par 60 to take the lead after the first round of the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. 

    Skinns, an Englishman who spent several years playing mini-tours before earning his PGA Tour card, is three strokes better than a headline writers' nightmare, Michael Thorbjornsen, and four ahead of Gary Woodland and Ben Griffin. The $7.6 million event is minus the Tour's big guns, many of whom won't return to action until the Sony Open in Hawaii.

    Gator Tyson Alexander is tied for 52nd after he shot 3-under 69, the early cut line. Camilo Villegas opened with73, and Seminole Daniel Berger returned to form with a 7-under 65, and is tied for fifth.

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