BOCA RATON, Fla. --- Mark McNulty holed an 86-foot chip for eagle on the par-5 18th for 6-under-par 66 and a share of the first-round lead with Jerry Pate on Friday in the Champions Tour's Allianz Championship.

"It's always a big bonus to finish like that," McNulty said. "You're trying to put it in birdie range ... then on 18, whammo!

He had five birdies and a bogey on the Old Course at Broken Sound.

"All in all, I was very happy," McNulty said. "I'm starting to look like Mark McNulty, not Mark Palooka."

Pate, coming off a victory two weeks ago in Hawaii, birdied the first two holes, but slowed with a three-putt bogey on the third hole. He missed an 8-foot birdie attempt on the 18th moments after McNulty's eagle.

"I'm striking the ball well and I'm confident in my putting," Pate said. "That's a good combination."

He missed only one green in regulation.

"I made some longer putts and missed some shorter ones," Pate said. "It was just a solid 66."

Jay Haas, the leader most of the day -- before dropping back with bogeys on 14 and 16 -- was at 67 along with Bobby Wadkins, Tom Purtzer, Scott Hoch, Keith Fergus, Gil Morgan and Phil Blackmar.

Haas and Wadkins were in the same threesome.

"It's like a race car," Wadkins said. "You just get drafted and go along with him. He shot a very easy 67 and I feel like I did the same thing. It was fun."

Purtzer played the back nine first and was at even par before shooting a 5-under 31 on the front nine.

Former Augustan Allen Doyle, who didn't make his first birdie until his ninth hole, shot 68 along with two-time Masters Tournament champion Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Brad Bryant, Wayne Levi and Morris Hatalsky.

Augusta native Jim Dent had just one birdie and shot 78.

AUSTRALIAN LADIES MASTERS: In Gold Coast, Australia, Australian Nikki Garrett holed a bunker shot for eagle and finished with 5-under-par 67 to take a one-stroke lead over 10 players after the opening round of the event co-sanctioned by the Ladies European and ALPG Tours.

Garrett, the 2006 Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year and winner of back-to-back tournaments last year in Spain, had two birdies on the back nine at Royal Pines.

Her eagle came on the par-five 5th when her sand wedge from more than 118 feet checked on the green and rolled the final 33 feet into the cup.

The tournament was reduced to 54 holes after rain washed out Thursday's first round. A 36-hole cut will be made after today's second round, with the top 65 players and ties advancing to Sunday's final round.

INDIAN MASTERS: In New Delhi, Damien McGrane of Ireland shot 3-under-par 69 for a two-stroke lead after the second round of the European Tour/Asian Tour event.

He had five birdies and two bogeys for an 8-under 136 total at the Delhi Golf Club.

Hendrik Buhrmann, Raphael Jacquelin and Graeme McDowell each shot 69 and were two strokes back.

First-round leader Jyoti Randhawa, whose opening 65 capitalized on his familiarity with the course, had 77 to slip into a tie for 15th.

Ernie Els shot 70 to avoid the cut by two strokes, but is tied for 44th.

This is the first European Tour event in India.