GOLD COAST, Australia -- After slow starts in his past two tournaments, Adam Scott wanted to play the first round of the Australian PGA Championship like it was his last.For the first time on this trip Down Under, hes in the red after the first round. The 2013 champion closed with three birdies for a 4-under 68 at Royal Pines Resort and was three shots behind leaders Andrew Dodt, Harold Varner, and Ashley Hall after a rain-interrupted opening round.Dodt and Scott were in the half of the field which finished on Thursday before lightning and a storm forced organizers to postpone play until Friday morning.Play resumed at 50 a.m. local time, and Varner completed his first round on Friday with birdies on his last two holes. Hall birdied four of his last seven holes.Varner, who tied for second place last year, said it was a gd way to get momentum going. He was playing his second round later Friday.Matthew Griffin, who finished his opening round on Friday, was in fourth spot after a 66.American player Julian Suri, who missed out by one stroke on getting a full card on the European Tour last month, and Ryan Fox of New Zealand were next at 5 under.Scott has a share of seventh place, and was more content with his start than he had been in the previous two weeks.Its the last week of the year. Theres no `Ill get them next week -- (I) just have to make it count, Scott said. It didnt lk pretty at the start but somehow I was 2 under after 3 and then hung in there and finished well.Scott has had his frustrations on this trip back to Australia, where hes planning on taking a vacation from next week. He opened with a 73 at the Australian Open in Sydney last month and finished the tournament six shots behind Jordan Spieth, who won in a playoff.At the World Cup of Golf last weekend in Melbourne, Scott and Australian teammate Marc Leishman carded a 74 in an opening round that contained just one birdie.On Thursday, Scott eagled the par-5 12th -- his third hole -- followed by a bogey at the 18th, before he turned and finished with the three birdies.A quick start and a quick finish adds up to a gd score, said Scott, who won the Australian PGA Championship in 2013 and was runner-up the following year after a marathon playoff with Greg Chalmers. I was just treading water for a while ... cautious of going over the green in between clubs. You just have to be patient and it paid off.Jarrod Lyle produced the shot of the opening day with a hole-in-one on the 169-meter par-3 fifth.I wouldnt say it was the perfect shot, Lyle told the host broadcaster. 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Rugby Ftball Union chief executive Ian Ritchie believes the investigation into the latest concussion to have seen George North std down from play could prove a landmark moment in dealing with head trauma.Premiership Rugby and the RFU are investigating how North was allowed to return to play in Northamptons defeat at Leicester on December 3, passing a head injury assessment despite appearing to have been knocked out.The Wales wing will not return to action until he has undergone further neurological tests, but Northampton insist he did not fall unconscious and have since said they did not have pitchside access to all camera angles when examining the incident.The findings of the investigation are expected to be announced on Friday and Ritchie has promised transparency.Well you would hope so (that it will be a landmark case). I dont want to magnify a situation about one individual case, but its the right opportunity to see if there are broader lessons and principles that could be learnt, Ritchie said. Absolutely we need to lk at the process and the laws and regulations around what happens.Concussion is undoubtedly one of the challenges of the game and we need to address it.If there are learnings that ccome out of this then we will be sharing them with World Rugby as well.dddddddddddd.I think we have to be pretty transparent about what the facts are. I cant see how we cant publish things around the review.Once the investigation has been completed, a decision will be made on whether Northampton should be disciplined.I certainly wouldnt agree with doing something on a PR-smthing basis because this is an issue that needs addressing, Ritchie said. 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