Andrew Landry will have his work cut out Friday if he is to make the cut in the Honda Classic at PGA National in Palm Beach, Florida.

The Port Neches-Groves ex got off to a poor start Thursday and needed a birdie-birdie finish to sign for a three-over par 73. Landry had started his day with back-to-back bogeys, doubled the par-4 sixth and was five over after a bogey at 10.

He notched his first birdie of the day by rolling in a 9-footer on the par-4 11th, but gave that shot back with a bogey at 16. The highlight of the day came when he sank a 20-foot birdie on the par-3 17th, then buried a 30-footer on the par-5 18th.

Jhonattan Vegas owned the first round lead with a 6-under-par 64.

Landry, who missed the cut in his last start two weeks ago at the Genesis Open in Los Angeles, won’t have to wait long to try and make a move up the leaderboard. He tees off at 6:25 a.m. Central on Friday.