LA QUINTA, Calif. Natrell Jamerson Saints Jersey . - Blake Adams figured he was already way ahead of the game when he teed off in first round of the Humana Challenge. A high spot on the leaderboard was a bonus.Returning from hip replacement surgery, the 39-year-old Adams shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to finish a stroke behind leader Michael Putnam.Very, very blessed to be back out here, Adams said. Its been a long road to get back. You never know what youre going to get when you have total hip replacement.Adams had six straight birdies from No. 14 to No. 1 on PGA Wests Jack Nicklaus Private Course. He added three more on Nos. 5-7 and closed with a bogey.I had a great day, Adams said. Im going to go out there tomorrow and do my best and if I shoot 64 again, great. If I shoot 74, so be it.Adams last played a PGA Tour event in March and had surgery in July. Playing on a major medical extension, he has 16 events to earn $497,044 to keep his tour card.I played one-legged since 2007, said Adams, winless on the PGA Tour.He left his Swainsboro, Georgia, home Jan. 4 to prepare in the area.I practiced at home, but its been with country music blaring and lasers and a golf cart, Adams said. So, I came out here to beat some balls and do all that.He practiced from dusk to dawn and the hip held up.I see no reason why my hip will give me any issues from here forward, Adams said. When I got here, my mindset was to just put it through the wringer. I was hitting balls at 7:15 and I would stop at dark. I mean, thats all I did. ... Each day, I would wake up and the only thing that hurt was my hands.Phil Mickelson also returned to competition — to much greater fanfare.Mickelson shot a 71 in his first event since the Ryder Cup, leaving him eight strokes behindEven though this score is the worst Ive had in a long time, in months, Im excited about my game and getting back out tomorrow, Mickelson said. I cant wait to get started again, because I just feel like I played a little tight today, kind of steered it a little bit.Mickelson opened at tree-lined La Quinta Country Club. He made a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-3 third, holed out for birdie from a greenside bunker on the par-4 fourth and made a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-5 sixth. After dropping shots on Nos. 12, 14 and 16, Lefty hit a wedge to 2 feet for birdie on the par-4 17th.It was the first round in four months and Ill loosen up, Mickelson said. Hopefully, the way Im playing will show in the score. But today, it just didnt.The 44-year-old Mickelson, the 2002 and 2004 champion, is winless in 27 PGA Tour starts since the 2013 British Open. He has lost weight and gained strength working with trainer Sean Cochran during the long break from competition.My body hasnt felt this good in years, Mickelson said.Putnam made nine birdies in an 11-hole stretch in his career-best 63. He birdied Nos. 7, 9 and 10 on the Nicklaus course and ran off six in a row on Nos. 12-17.The course is in perfect shape, Putnam said. Greens are good. ... I made a lot of birdies at the end. Hit a lot of close shots, a lot of 5-, 10-foot putts. I made them all, so Ive got to be happy about that.Mark Wilson, John Peterson, Francesco Molinari and Scott Pinckney matched Adams at 64. Wilson and Peterson played the Nicklaus course, Molinari opened on the Arnold Palmer Private Course and Pinckney was at La Quinta.The 40-year-old Wilson won the 2012 tournament for the last of his five PGA Tour titles.I came in feeling OK, nothing great about the game, but it was ideal today, Wilson said. I made some saves when I needed it and capitalized on my good shots.Defending champion Patrick Reed had a 65 at La Quinta. Hes coming off a playoff victory over Jimmy Walker two weeks ago in Hawaii in the Tournament of Champions. Last year, Reed shot three 63s to open a seven-shot lead and closed with a 71 for a two-stroke victory.I feel like I left a lot out there, but its always good to shoot 7 under, Reed said. My confidence is as high as it could be and the main thing is just not getting ahead of myself and not really being overconfident where I take too many unnecessary risks.DIVOTS: The Nicklaus and Palmer courses each had a scoring average of 70.077. La Quinta was at 70.000. ... Humana is in its final year as the title sponsor and the Palmer and Nicklaus layouts also are dropping out after the event. Patrick Robinson Saints Jersey . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period. Tom Savage Saints Jersey . Adding playoff teams. Monitoring instant replay from league headquarters. Possibly creating a set of guidelines to prevent locker-room bullying. http://www.authenticsaintssportsonline.com/saints-tre-quan-smith-gold-jersey/ .Carla Fontes hadnt cut her hair since intermediate school, but her coach at Waiakea High School, Stan Haraguchi, thought the locks flowing below her waist were interfering with the sport.CINCINNATI, Ohio -- An error that let in a run, a two-run homer that turned things around. Jay Bruces introduction to first base ended up being a big hit. Bruce played first base for the first time since high school and committed an error that let in an unearned run Monday night, but later homered to help the Cincinnati Reds rally for a 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs in the opener of a five-game series. "I ended up falling back on being a baseball player," Bruce said. "In the end, I drove in more than I let in. It was definitely fun. I felt bad about missing that ball. That was a tough play, but its a play I expect to make and should make." Billy Hamilton drove in a career-high four runs with a single and a bases-loaded triple. The Reds have won 11 of their last 16 games despite getting little production from injured first baseman Joey Votto, who had another test on his troublesome left thigh on Monday. The Reds were awaiting results before deciding whether to put him back on the disabled list. Mike Leake (7-7) gave up a two-run homer to Anthony Rizzo and an unearned run off Bruces error during seven innings. Leake is 8-2 in his career against Chicago, including 4-0 in his last four starts with a 1.71 ERA. After Bruces error let in a run that tied it 1-all in the fifth, he singled and scored on Devin Mesoracos double off Edwin Jackson (5-9). Bruce hit a two-run homer off left-hander James Russell in the seventh. Hamilton tripled home the three runs in the eighth. Chris Coghlan had four hits for the Cubs, who stranded six runners in scoring position. They had a runner thrown out at the plate in the sixth when Skip Schumaker -- filling Bruces spot in right field -- nailed Welington Castillo as he tagged from third on a fly ball. Votto, the NLs MVP in 2010, has missed the last two games with a strained muscle above his left knee, an injury that sidelined him for 23 games starting in May. Hes batting only .250 with no homerss since his return. DeMario Davis Jersey. . Bruce volunteered to move to first base to help the short-handed Reds, who have no experienced backup at the position. He was on the field four hours before the game taking grounders and getting tips on how to cover the base in various situations. "It was an experience, but one I hope I dont have to prolong," said Bruce, who expects to play first base occasionally. Bruce made a couple of nice plays on ground balls and plucked a low pickoff throw out of the dirt. His first error in the infield helped the Cubs tie it 1-all in the fifth. "I thought he did a good job," Leake said. "Its not easy for an outfielder to come in and play the infield like that." With two outs, Coghlan singled and went to third on Justin Ruggianos single. Bruce reacted slowly to Rizzos grounder toward the line, and it tipped off his glove for an error. "I thought he did a terrific job," manager Bryan Price said. "There was that one tough play that I didnt think was an error. I dont know if it was an error or not, but thats how they scored it. In the end, he just played the position and just did a terrific job." Bruces homer was his second in two days and his 49th off a lefty in the last five seasons, the most by any batter in the majors. NOTES: The game was delayed by rain for 21 minutes in the middle of the third inning. ... The teams play a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday, the first game making up for a rainout on April 28. The Cubs will go with LHP Travis Wood (7-6) and LHP Tsuyoshi Wada (0-0). Cincinnati will use Johnny Cueto (8-6) and LHP David Holmberg (0-0). ... Its the first time the Cubs and Reds have played a five-game series since 1999. ... Former Nasty Boys relievers Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton and Randy Myers threw ceremonial pitches. Dibble had some history with the Cubs, plunking Doug Dascenzo in the back of the legs after his squeeze bunt during a game at Wrigley Field in 1991. 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