The island paradise was more like a grind in the wind and squalls of rain at Port Royal. Lower, coming off a runner-up finish last week in Mexico, opened with three birdies in five holes and seized control with three straight birdies starting at No. 12 with a 6-foot putt. “To not get the par 5s when they’re all kind of reachable other than No. 2 just being into the wind, that part kind of sucks,” Lower said.