Then came a steady stream of pars until rolling in that long putt at No. 12.
"I made a lot of good putts for pars on the front nine, " he told reporters.
Wier had a steady if unspectacular round with 16 pars and just one birdie.
Pressel withstood the pressure at the end of the round with a birdie and seven closing pars.
But the rest of his round was distinctly mixed - seven straight pars, a birdie and two bogeys.
In May, Royal Dutch Shell said it would pull out of developing another phase of the South Pars block.
Willis, a 17-year-old who has made two first-team appearances, has committed himself to the Pars for another two years.
"I felt I probably should have been a couple better, " McIlroy said after he started with eight consecutive pars.
He chose the latter and Pars fans could be forgiven for dreaming of European football returning to East End Park.
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But he had to wait until the eighth before picking up another stroke following a sequence of six straight pars.
"Dorus De Vries has saved us so many times during this run, " said the Pars striker after the 2-1 defeat.
Kris Boyd hit the bar for the visitors with a first-half header and the Pars' Jim Hamilton flashed a header wide.
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The most you probably get out of it is two pars of pants and you've got to find the rest anyway.
It may be too presumptuous to say that the first Zionist in recorded history was an Iranian of the Pars tribe.
The Pars defender attempted to clear a tame effort from Hutton but only succeeded in scooping the ball beyond his own goalkeeper.
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Clarke's pass to Kirk was nicely weighted and Langfield had to be on his toes to keep the Pars striker's shot out.
The Pars man scuffed a shot against Svensson only for the ball to ricochet off Julien Rodriguez and back to the home midfielder.
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Mickelson is also eight behind the leaders after four holes of his second round, shooting pars after dropping a shot on the first.
Most of its efforts are concentrated in the South Pars gas field where it holds high percentages in various exploration and development projects.
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In addition, attention should be given to investment funds such as that created by Tehran to support Iran's Pars Oil and Gas Company.
Scotland then rattled off 11 straight pars before his only dropped shot at 17, when he hooked his tee shot left into heavy rough.
Poulter's sixth Tour win included just nine bogeys during the week, 16 birdies and 47 pars, excluding his winning four at the play-off hole.
He then seemed on course for a sensational 59 after carding four successive birdies, but followed them with four pars before his late lapse.
Straight pars from the 10th set up his chance to improve on a best Open finish of tied seventh at Royal Birkdale in 2008.
The Pars are the only Scottish Premier League team involved in the opening round, on 30 July, the second Saturday of the top-flight season.
"I hung in there and managed 10 pars in a row which is pretty solid, " said the 28-year-old Ascot-born, Wentworth-based golfer with a brave face.
The Pars got a consolation in injury-time when Simmons pounced on Bobo Balde's mistake to slot the ball home from just outside the six-yard box.
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The Pars had a great chance when Hamilton met a Stephen Simmons corner with a thunderous header but the effort fizzed wide of the post.
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St Johnstone earned a well-deserved victory against Dunfermline at East End Park in a match that Pars keeper Chris Smith will be keen to forget.
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