Greensboro, NC – Edward Loar of Dallas, TX posted a staggering 10-under-par 62 at Forest Oaks Country Club during Wednesday's opening round of the eGolf Tour's Forest Oaks Classic and will take a two-shot lead heading into Thursday's second round of the $235,000 event.

Loar began his opening round on the front nine of the Davis Love III-designed Forest Oaks course on an absolute tear. The former Oklahoma State standout posted birdies at Nos. 2 and 4 and then torched the remainder of the opening nine with an eagle-birdie-birdie-birdie finish on Nos. 6-9 for a 7-under 29.

"I started off good today and then had a real hot stretch to close the front nine," said Loar, 32. "I made a few putts early and then just really got it going at the end there."

On his closing nine, Loar's dominance cooled to the tune of three birdies and six pars, which left him with an inward tally of 3-under 33 and a 10-under 62 on the day. The round of 62 matched his career low, which he had previously posted two times.

A four-time "All American" at powerhouse Oklahoma State, Loar was selected to the 1999 Walker Cup team and would turn professional in the summer of 2000. As one of the most highly touted amateurs of the late 1990's, he earned exemptions into five PGA TOUR events in 2000, with his best finish coming at the B.C. Open, T18.

From 2002 through 2006, the left-handed Loar headed to the Far East to compete on the Asian Tour. During that stretch, he collected nearly $500,000 in earnings to go along with two wins and two runner-up finishes. In the fall of 2006, he came back to the United States to enter PGA TOUR Q-School, where he would finish T58 and earn full status on the 2007 Nationwide Tour. His best finish that year on the Nationwide Tour was a T3 at the Utah Energy Solutions Championship.

Loar's 2010 season on the eGolf Tour has been one of ups and downs. When he has played well, he has played very well – case in point his rounds of 67-65-66-66—272 en route to a solo fourth-place finish at the Bolle Classic in June. However, Loar fell victim to two second-round 77s in both missed cuts on the year at the Savannah Quarters Classic and the Bushnell Championship – the latter coming after a first-round 65.

Regardless of his second-round stumble at Bushnell, Loar feels his game has started to turn around.

"I've been playing a lot better lately. Two weeks before Salisbury I started playing real well," he said. "I had one bad round the next week, but I think as a whole I'm starting to get into a rhythm."

A rhythm is about the only way to sum up eight birdies and an eagle on an otherwise-demanding Forest Oaks course. The classic design, which hosted the PGA TOUR's Wyndham Championship for 30 years, is playing host to the Forest Oaks Classic for the second consecutive year on the eGolf Tour.

When asked to sum up a day of personal-low scoring, even Loar struggled trying to sum up an incredible round.

"Today was just one of those rounds where a few 15- and 20-footers go in," he said. "Just a day where you feel like you can't lose."

Daniel WoltmanTrailing Loar by two shots after an 8-under 64 is Daniel Woltman of Beaver Dam, WI. Playing in the 8:00 AM pairing at tournament co-host Willow Creek Country Club, Woltman got off to a good start with birdies on four of his first 10 holes in the opening round. Heavy rains on Tuesday afternoon softened up the Willard Byrd-designed layout and allowed players to literally throw darts at the tucked hole locations. A lackluster three-hole stretch to start his back nine continued with a par at the par-4 13th, and it was then time for Woltman to issue himself a pep talk.

"I missed an 8-foot birdie putt at 13 and thought, ‘Let's get something going here,'" said Woltman, 23. "All year long I've been getting off to good starts and then just going neutral."

The thought of going neutral again must have triggered something in Woltman, who proceeded to finish his round with birdies on 14, 15, 17 and 18 to close out his 64.

"It was a good day out there. The greens were soft, so you were able to go at a lot of pins," Woltman said after his round. "I haven't had a bogey-free round in a while."

When you hit 13 of 14 fairways, 17 of 18 greens, and reach every par-5 in two for a simple two-putt birdie, it's a lot easier to post a bogey-free round.

After missing four of his first six cuts to start the 2010 season, Woltman has turned his game around in recent weeks with four made cuts in his last five starts and two top-20 finishes during that stint – T14, Grand Harbor Open; T19, The Southern Open.

When asked about the slow start to the season, Woltman pointed to an adjustment period after leaving his native state for the hot and humid South.

"I moved from Wisconsin down to Atlanta and the transition took a little time to adjust to," said Woltman, a two-time All American at the University of Wisconsin. "Being away from my family and somewhere new I think contributed to my slow start."

Playing the tour in and around various Monday qualifiers has tested Woltman's game, and his patience. He has missed qualifying for three events via Monday qualifiers by a single shot.

"My goal each day is to get better and better," he said. "I think if I do that and keep working on the right things, I'll be on a good path."

Ben MartinBen Martin, a Greenwood, SC native playing in just his second professional event this week, posted a round of 7-under 65 at Willow Creek on Wednesday and is alone in third place. Starting on the back nine, Martin found himself at a benign even par through seven holes before an eagle at the par-5 17th seemed to jumpstart his round.

After making the turn at 2-under 34, the former Clemson University "All American" played the first seven holes on Willow Creek's front nine (his back) at 5-under par, highlighted by an eagle at the par-5 seventh.

Martin made national news when he reached the finals of the 2009 United States Amateur Championship, losing 7 & 5 in the championship match to winner An Byeong-hun. That finish earned Martin spots in the 2010 Masters Tournament and U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.

In his maiden start at last week's Southern Open, Martin showed veteran form in posting rounds of 69-68-69-67—273 en route to a T11 finish.

Seven players are tied for fourth following rounds of 66 on Wednesday. Included in that grouping is local favorite Drew Weaver of High Point, NC. The 2007 British Amateur champion, Weaver's first-round 66 came at Willow Creek – his home course as a youth growing up in the Triad.

Second-round play in the Forest Oaks Classic will begin at 8:00 AM on Thursday morning at both Forest Oaks and Willow Creek. After the completion of 36 holes, the field will be cut to the low 71 players and ties, with Friday's final round being contested at Forest Oaks. The tournament is open to the public and free of charge.