Jesper Parnevik has been so inconsistent that he's willing to take advice from a golfing buddy he refers to as a "complete hack monster."

Something worked yesterday, with Parnevik overcoming gusty wind and a redesigned course to shoot a 2-under 68 in the first round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas.

That left him only one shot behind Ryan Moore, Mathew Goggin and Eric Axley, whose 67s made them the highest-scoring first-round leaders at the Nelson since 1984.

The unusual high opening scores at the Nelson had more to do with the weather -- windy conditions with gusts of more than 30 mph and wet fairways after about an inch of rain overnight -- than the redesign of the TPC Four Seasons course since last year.

So what was that tip Parnevik received during a phone call Wednesday night from his friend in Colorado?

"It was really a stupid thing," Parnevik said. "It was the way he had his left big toe at impact. ... It should be kind of pointed a little bit upwards."

Parnevik was in a group of eight players at 68 that included 10th-ranked Adam Scott, the only player from the top 10 in the world ranking in the field.

Kevin Sutherland, Briny Baird, Shaun Micheel, Ian Poulter, Dustin Johnson and Parker McLachlin also shot 68s. Only 24 of the 156 players in the field broke par. Masters champion Trevor Immelman, playing for the first time since winning the green jacket, finished with a 78.

• Asian Open: Australian veteran Peter O'Malley shot a 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round in Shanghai, China. O'Malley, who has only won one European Tour event in the past 13 years, led a group of four who shot 4-under 68s -- Sweden's Henrik Stenson, India's Jeev Milka Singh, Oliver Wilson of England and Finland's Mikko Ilonen.

• Stanford International Pro-Am: Paula Creamer shot a 3-under 68, giving her a share of the lead with Momeko Ueda and Young Kim on a day that turned into a test of endurance more than anything else at the inaugural event in Aventura, Fla. Only 21 of 111 pros broke par.