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LaSalle’s Thomas DeMarco knows it could have been a lot worse.

The 22-year-old DeMarco sat three-over par after just two holes Thursday in the opening round of the Windsor Championship stop on the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada at Ambassador Golf Course.

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“The start of my round wasn’t very good,” DeMarco said. “It’s not the way I wanted to start it. I just couldn’t get it in the fairway.”

Starting on the back nine, DeMarco bogeyed the par four 10th hole and then took a double bogey on the par four 11th hole and was in trouble again on No. 12.

“Even on 12, I put it in the fescue and made a good par from like 100 yards out,” DeMarco said. “It’s just frustrating because off the tee is usually the best part of my game, getting on the fairway.

“I think it was just my timing was a little off. I got a little quick and maybe just trying to be a little too aggressive getting it on the fairway.”

DeMarco rebounded with three birdies to offset a bogey and make the turn at one-over par. Two more birdies and a bogey over his final nine holes got him even for the day at 71.