to cap off my season. Ive got three opportunities to try to win a golf tournament, and I havent done that yet this year.DIVOTS: Morgan Hoffmann holed out for an albatross on the par-

MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer, who had emergency surgery on a detached retina in his right eye Wednesday, will not coach against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night.General manager Rick Spielman announced Thursday morning that special teams coordinator Mike Priefer will assume interim head coaching responsibilities for the Cowboys game. Spielman said he did not know how much time the eye surgery -- Zimmers third in November -- would require the coach to miss. Priefer will be the interim head coach Thursday, though Spielman said the Vikings could take a different approach for future games if Zimmer is forced to miss additional time.I had numerous conversations last night before Coach Zimmer went under surgery. I talked to him numerous times this morning, going through the different scenarios, Spielman said. I believe, at this time, for this game, the best scenario is to have everybody do their roles. [Interim offensive coordinator] Pat [Shurmur] has spent all week getting the offense prepared. [Defensive coordinator] George Edwards has spent all week with the defense. This frees up them from those head-coaching responsibilities for tonights game, and we have the utmost confidence in Mike Priefer that hell be able to handle the interim coaching duties for tonight.Zimmer, who first experienced vision problems a few days before the Vikings game in Chicago on Oct. 31, had his initial surgery on his right eye Nov. 1, and had another operation on Nov. 8. The Vikings hoped at that point, Spielman said, that the second surgery would alleviate Zimmers vision problems, but the coachs vision declined Wednesday afternoon, and doctors determined Zimmer would need emergency surgery. A follow-up appointment Thursday morning led the Vikings to conclude Zimmer would not coach Thursday.It will be the first game Zimmer has missed during his 23-year NFL coaching career. He will be resting at home Thursday night, able to watch on TV but prohibited by NFL rules from communicating with Vikings coaches during the game.As hard-headed as he is, and as tough-minded as he is, we had some pretty significant talks, one-on-one, heart-to-heart, on what is important in life, Spielman said. I expressed to him specifically that potentially going blind in one eye is not worth one game in the NFL. You have to look out for your long-term health, and you have to look out for whats best for you. He finally seemed to realize that today, but its very difficult for him to handle, because of his personality, because of his perseverance.Spielman would not discuss any long-term medical ramifications for Zimmer, including whether he could be at risk of permanent eye damage. 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NAPA, Calif. -- Scott Piercy began the new PGA Tour season by pouring in putts and setting the course record at Silverado, a 10-under 62 for a two-shot lead Thursday in the Safeway Open.Conditions were practically perfect in the morning, and Piercy took advantage. He made 12 birdies, only three of them from inside 10 feet, and he even missed a pair of birdie chances from inside 8 feet.He wasnt alone in attacking Silverado.Paul Casey, coming off a pair of runner-up finishes in the FedEx Cup playoffs that signaled a return to form, birdied his last three holes for a 64. Patton Kizzire also shot a 64.Jon Rahm of Spain, who earned his PGA Tour card from sponsor exemptions last season after wrapping up his college career at Arizona State, began his PGA Tour career as a member in fine fashion. He made a hole-in-one -- the first of his life -- on his second hole, the par-3 11th. His 7-iron from 173 yards flew straight into the cup.Very special moment, Rahm said. It was hard to believe. I actually thought it hit inside the hole and bounced out.Phil Mickelson, playing a domestic PGA Tour event in the fall for the first time in a decade, overcame a bogey-bogey start to post a 69, along with playing partner and defending champion Emiliano Grillo. Bill Haas was added to that group when Tiger Woods withdrew and showed no vulnerability in his game by posting a 66, the best score of the afternoon.I got off to a slow start. I wasnt as focused as I need to be, Mickelson said. But I put myself in a position where tomorrow if I can get hot on the greens -- get perfect greens in the morning -- get it going, shoot 6-, 7-, 8-under par and get right back in it for the weekend.Mickelson and Casey have had the best calendar years without winning, based on the world ranking points they have earned. Mickelson is playing his final tournament of 2016, while Casey plans to play the next two in Asia before taking off the rest of the year.Piercy, at least on paper, had one of his better years, earning $2.9 million. He had a chance to win a major at the U.S. Open until Dustin Johnson pulled away at Oakmont, and Johnson beat him by one shot at a World Golf Championship.But those runner-up finishes in big events coverred up an atrocious year with the putter.dddddddddddd Piercy was 156th in the most important putting statistic, which is what held him back most of the year.Its what carried him Thursday. He holed a pair of 18-foot birdie putts on successive holes early in his round and kept pouring them in, one after another, to offset a pair of bogeys from the bunkers on the par-4 third hole and the par-3 seventh late in his round.I think I made more feet of putts than I did all last season, he said. Ive been working on the putter a lot and trying to get some things figured out. Today was a good start to the season, good start to get some confidence going with the putter.His power has always been there, and he showed that on the par-5 fifth hole when he blasted a drive over the trees along the line of the cart path, back to the fairway on the dogleg right. That left him only a 6-iron into the green, and he narrowly missed a 20-foot eagle attempt.That was among the few putts he missed. Piercys 62 was at least nine shots better than the course average.Casey played in the group in front of Piercy and did his best to keep pace. He made eight birdies on a bogey-free day at Silverado. The big change for Casey was a new driver as he slowly transitions away from Nike, which is getting out of the equipment business.Casey ended last season three weeks ago at the Tour Championship with a 64 and started the new one with a 64, so the time off didnt hurt him.Im looking at this as a continuation of the year, he said. 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