Round 1 - - Canadian Tour Florida Qualifying School

The Dallas, Tex. native is three shots clear of Toronto's Nick Kenney and Joel Dahmen of Clarkston, Wash.

With Files From The Canadian Tour

David Williamson of Halifax and Jason Anthony of Fairfield, Calif. opened with 68's\ while Stephen Fritsch of Manotick, Ont., the younger brother of Canadian and Nationwide Tour player Brad Fritsch, carded 72 and is currently in 23rd spot.

Former LPGA Tour regular Izzy Beisiegel of Montreal is in a logjam for 47th place following her opening round of 76.

When play got underway Tuesday morning, 68 players hailing from 15 countries began the chase for one of the eight exempt and eight non-exempt cards that will be handed out after Friday's final round. Along with Canada and the U.S., the nations of Mexico, France, Colombia, Japan, Switzerland, Peru, Finland, England, Spain, Chile, Australia, Serbia and Argentina are also represented this week.

Starting his day on the 10th tee and playing in the final group of the morning, Jewell birdied his first hole before ringing up four birdies in a five-hole stretch to turn at 5-under 31. He added four more birdies on his inbound nine, including two straight to finish his round. The lone blemish on his scorecard came with a bogey on the par-3 third hole.

Kenney, who also started on the back nine, racked up six birdies Tuesday, including two on par-3 holes. His only bogey of the day came on the par-3 seventh.

The scene shifts to nearby Southern Hills Plantation Club for Wednesday's second round.

Later this month, the Canadian Tour will also stage a qualifying school in San Diego before jetting to Mexico for a pair of events. The summer-long Canadian swing gets underway the first week of June with the $250,000 Times Colonist Open in Victoria.

The 2010 season will be highlighted by several significant purse increases, including three tournaments at $250,000, the $300,000 Players Cup in Winnipeg and the $325,000 Canadian Tour Championship in St. Catharines, Ont., the largest purse in tour history.

FIRST ROUND - - Florida Winter Qualifying School
7,243, par-72 Southern Hills Plantation Club
(a-denotes amateur)

Vince Jewell 64 ----- 64
Nick Kenney 67 ----- 67
Joel Dahmen 67 ----- 67
Jason Anthony 68 ----- 68
David Williamson 68 ----- 68
Brandon Smith_ 69 ----- 69
Cody Slover 69 ----- 69
Scott Harrington 69 ----- 69
Sebastian Saavedra 69 ----- 69
Kevin Belza 70 ----- 70
Nicolas Geyger (a) 70 ----- 70
Jonathan Pepper (A) (a) 70 ----- 70
Carlos Sainz 70 ----- 70
Brady Stockton 70 ----- 70
Federico Damus 70 ----- 70
Kane Hanson 70 ----- 70
Michael Arnaud 71 ----- 71
Tatsuaki Nakamura 71 ----- 71
Carlos Robledo 71 ----- 71
Nemanja Savic 71 ----- 71
Yuji Makino 71 ----- 71
Bryce Wegerle 71 ----- 71
Stephen Fritsch 72 ----- 72
Immu Korvenmaa 72 ----- 72
Simon McGreal 72 ----- 72
Tim Jr. Hoss 72 ----- 72
Creighton Honeck 72 ----- 72
Wes Homan 72 ----- 72
Tom Bittner 73 ----- 73
Santiago Quirarte 73 ----- 73
Rafael Claux (A) (a) 73 ----- 73
Michael Knight (a) 73 ----- 73
Hector Diaz Ceballos 73 ----- 73
Cesar Coello 73 ----- 73
Brad Tilley 73 ----- 73
Matt Richardson 73 ----- 73
Tyler Mancini 73 ----- 73
Jamie Miller 73 ----- 73
Justin Regier 74 ----- 74
Brad Kirton 74 ----- 74
Juan Martin 74 ----- 74
Marc Bourgeois 74 ----- 74
Brad Ward 74 ----- 74
Will Mitchell 74 ----- 74
Mark Baldwin 74 ----- 74
David Ferreyra 75 ----- 75
Edgar Gomez 76 ----- 76
Lawrence Lessing (A) (a) 76 ----- 76
Izzy Beisiegel 76 ----- 76
Jonathan James 76 ----- 76
Jeff Wolniewicz 76 ----- 76
Takahiro Akaishi 77 ----- 77
David Hawkins 77 ----- 77
Nicolas Roche 78 ----- 78
Luciano Giometti 78 ----- 78
Charlie Simpson 79 ----- 79
Jim Fitzpatrick 79 ----- 79
Oliver West 79 ----- 79
Rhett Colbrese 79 ----- 79
Doug Dvorak 80 ----- 80
Justin Simmons 80 ----- 80
Roger Furrer 80 ----- 80
Chad Keohane 80 ----- 80
Hunter Spitler 80 ----- 80
Grant Cagle 82 ----- 82
Reid Henuset 83 ----- 83
Justin Meier 84 ----- 84
Brandon Askew WD