Murray a hit with fan

Gail DiMaggio had no plans on Friday to meet comedian Bill Murray. Until, that is, Murray hooked his tee shot so badly on the par-4 ninth hole that it hit DiMaggio as she was watching from her yard.

Murray's caddie took him in a cart to DiMaggio, who was conscious but on the ground and had paramedics tending to her.

Murray got down on his knees to ask, "How many fingers am I holding up?"

She said, "Three."

Murray said, "Is my ball in bounds or out of bounds."

Everyone laughed, including DiMaggio, who was fine after a trip to a hospital.

"She was overjoyed when she saw me because she said she had come out to see me and her husband had just said, 'I hope he hits it over here,'" Murray said. "I wasn't sure if I was in bounds or not. I saw this NBC golf cart coming at me and he said, 'I hate to be the one to tell you this but you hit a lady. She's down on the ground.' That is, you know, sobering."

After signing his scorecard he joked with reporters that DiMaggio isn't the first spectator he's hit.

It wasn't all bad shooting on Friday, though.

Murray and playing partner Jeff Sluman finished at 8-under 63, two behind the Pro-Am team leaders.

Three Pro-Am groups finished one shot back at 9-under, including former NFL quarterback Vinny Testaverde, who played with Nick Price.

Another celebrity player of note on the Pro-Am team leaderboard included comedian George Lopez, who shot 6-under with Jim Thorpe. Former Bucs linebacker and defending amateur Outback Pro-Am champion Derrick Brooks shot 5-under with Hale Irwin.

Toughest holes, toughest sides

As it has been for many rounds at the par-71 TPC Tampa Bay, the par-4, 452-yard 15th hole played the most difficult. The pros averaged 4.553 strokes at No. 15 on Friday.

The second toughest hole was the 213-yard, par-3 17th, which took the pros an average of 3.319 strokes to complete. The 430-yard 16th was third toughest at 4.284.

No. 18 - a 443-yard, par 4 - has given players plenty of trouble in the past but played only the 11th most difficult on Friday with a 4.043 stroke average.

Overall, the par-36 back nine played tougher than the front. The back nine yielded a 37.379 average, while the par-35 front nine gave up an average of 34.885 shots.

Former champs in the hunt

Four former Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am champions - Larry Nelson (1999), Mark McNulty (2004), Bruce Fleisher (2000, 2003) and Hale Irwin (2005) - are on the first page of the leaderboard.

Nelson leads at 6 under, followed by McNulty (4 under), Fleisher (3 under) and Irwin (2 under).

Two-time defending champion Tom Watson shot even-par 71 and stands in a tie for 25th.