SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Fred Couples certainly looks ready for another chance at a hometown victory.

Preparing for the Boeing Classic, Couples played with a friend Wednesday at Broadmoor Golf Club in Seattle – and eagled the final hole for a course-record 59.

“When I played the 18th hole, I had no idea I was 9 under, but it was a really good day,” Couples said Thursday. “I hit the ball really well and, you know, you don’t shoot 59 very often from any tees. I was excited because I’ve had a lot of time off.”

While Couples will remain the hometown favorite any time he plays in the Seattle area, Jeff Maggert has been the hottest player on the Champions Tour. Maggert has three victories this year and is coming off a win two weeks ago in Calgary, Alberta. His other two victories were both majors, taking the Regions Tradition in May in Alabama, and the U.S. Senior Open in Sacramento, California, in June.

Of the 12 tournaments Maggert has played since the middle of February, he has finished outside the top 15 only once. Maggert, in his first full season on the Champions Tour, trails only Colin Montgomerie in the Charles Schwab Cup points race.

Maggert and Couples will play with Bernhard Langer in the first round Friday at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.

LPGA: Karine Icher had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch and shot a 7-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open at Vancouver Golf Club.

The 36-year-old Frenchwoman closed with a bogey-free round.

Two-time champion Lydia Ko was second after a 67.

Ko won in 2012 at Vancouver Golf Club at 15 years, 4 months to become the LPGA Tour’s youngest winner and fifth amateur champion. She defended her title in 2013 in Edmonton as an amateur.

EUROPEAN TOUR: David Horsey shot an 8-under 63 to secure a one-shot lead after the first round of the Made in Denmark tournament.

Welshman Oliver Farr was one shot behind and Paul Lawrie of Scotland third with a 6-under 65.

U.S. AMATEUR: Arizona State senior Jon Rahm won two matches to advance to the quarterfinals at Olympia Fields, Illinois.

Rahm, the Spanish player who tops the world amateur ranking, beat Wake Forest freshman Cameron Young of Scarborough, New York, 7 and 6 in the second round, and topped Xavier of Ohio freshman Daniel Wetterich of Cincinnati 3 and 1 in the third.

Rahm will face Virginia junior Derek Bard of New Hartford, New York, on Friday. Bard beat former Vanderbilt player Hunter Stewart of Lexington, Kentucky, 2 and 1 in the third round.