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JACKSON, Miss. -- Patton Kizzire hopes to keep a promising start to the season going at a course where hes had recent success.The 30-year-old Kizzire is coming off a second-place finish at the Safeway Open in California two weeks ago and returns this week to the Sanderson Farms Championship, where he finished fourth a year ago.Kizzire -- who grew up in nearby Tuscaloosa, Alabama -- says one reason he feels so comfortable at the Country Club of Jackson is that it brings back some nostalgia.I grew up playing Bermuda greens and Bermuda rough in a country club-type setting like this, so it feels like it did when I was a kid, Kizzire said.He hopes the good feelings can help him break through and claim his first PGA Tour win. He finished 82nd in the FedExCup standings last season as a rookie and had five top-10 finishes.He followed that up with the second place finish in Napa, California, earlier this month. He had a one-shot lead going into the final round but shot a disappointing 70 on Sunday to finish second behind Brendan Steele.Kizzire believes hes close to ending one of these tournaments on top. He had multiple top-five finishes on the Web.com Tour in 2015 before persevering and finally getting his first victory.I imagine its kind of the same deal here, Kizzire said.Kizzire and the rest of the Sanderson Farms field will encounter a much different challenge in Jackson this week than it did a year ago, when the course was soaked from constant heavy rain.Its been very dry in central Mississippi over the past few months, and unseasonably warm and dry conditions are forecast throughout the tournament.Its ideal, Kizzire said. 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Because of his performance Saturday against the?Kansas City Chiefs, he received major?praise from head coach Pete Carroll, ESPNs Sheil Kapadia reports.He had a great game. He had a terrific game. Your first time out as a rookie and you know special teams is a big deal, he makes a great play on kickoff coverage on the 12, he has a fantastic and just classic block on the punt return. The ball that he almost kept out of the end zone was an extraordinary play too, just to make that play, and he has a pickk, said Carroll.dddddddddddd It was a great day, and I was really fired up for him. Hes looked really good at practice, and he made a big statement. I dont remember a first-year guy having a first game that was that obvious like that. It was very impressive.Kapadia believes Powell has a good shot at making the roster, and after reading Carrolls thoughts on Powell, that might be the case.?Powell has been practicing at both ends of the secondary, at safety and cornerback, and Carroll plans to have Powell going back and forth between the positions.Hes certainly physically capable of doing that. Hes really fast, hes really tall and long, hes really coordinated and comfortable with the movements and stuff, he has good hand-eye stuff, said Carroll. It takes longer to learn our system at safety, physically it takes a long time to figure out the corner stuff, but hes going to be going back and forth. Were going to try to do the same format that we did with?DeShawn Shead?and?see what happens. It makes him more valuable to us, it makes his spot on the roster more available, and with what he did on special teams, thats the right idea I think if we stay with that. ' ' '