SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A broken 9-iron didn't prevent Kevin Sutherland from grabbing a share of the opening-round lead of the FBR Open.

Sutherland broke the shaft of the club swinging it into a cactus, then made a call to the local Ping representative for a replacement.

"I was kind of half expecting it would be coming tomorrow," he said, "but it showed up six holes later, which is pretty amazing."

Playing the back nine first, Sutherland used the 9-iron for a birdie on the ninth, his final hole, to move into a tie with Charles Warren for the lead at 6-under-par 65.

Phil Mickelson overcame a pair of early bogeys on par-5 holes and was in a group of 12 three shots back at 3-under 68 on the 7,216-yard desert layout.

Warren played a bogey-free round of 6-under 65 early in the day, then Sutherland birdied the final two holes, the last with a 24-foot putt, in the twilight.

Twenty-four players were still on the course at 5:58 p.m. when play was suspended because of darkness, including Nick O'Hern, who was 5 under through 14 holes.

Six were two shots behind at 4-under 67, and another two were still on the course at 4 under.

The chilly weather didn't stop revelers from streaming to the most raucous stop on the PGA Tour. The turnout of 83,657 was an opening-round record.

Crowds should only get bigger until peaking on Saturday, when more than 150,000 are expected. Partly because of those in town for the Super Bowl, officials say there's a good chance that overall attendance will top the record of 536,767 set in 2006.