article_snippet: After completing only the back nine, The Northern Irishman said: 'With The Masters upcoming I decided getting fit is imperative' American Matt Kuchar ground out a level-par 72 that The Northern Irishman described as 'amazing' to share the early first-round lead in San Antonio, where the players struggled in gusting winds on Thursday.
article_snippet: 2 Jim Furyk battled to a 76 while US Open champion Martin Kaymer of Germany ballooned to an 82 in sustained winds of 30 miles per hour (48 km per hour) that gusted up to 40mph. '
article_snippet: I was giving it all I could on the last hole,' 14 Kuchar, a seven-times winner on the PGA Tour, told Golf Channel after bogeying his final hole, the par-four ninth. '
article_snippet: Matt Kuchar battled swirling winds to grind out a level-par 72 for the lead early in the first round .
article_snippet: Long-hitting American Dustin Johnson, the world
article_snippet: , carded a 78 that included five bogeys and a double. '
article_snippet: Jordan Spieth and fellow American Zach Johnson, a twice former winner of the Texas Open, were among the day's late starters.