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REGINA -- Saskatchewan head coach Corey Chamblin will make an 11th-hour decision on his starting quarterback when the Roughriders visit the Montreal Alouettes on Sunday. Veteran Darian Durant is nursing a hip flexor and did not practise this week. If he is not able to play, Chamblin will put the ball in the hands of Drew Willy, a rookie from the University of Buffalo. Willy came off the bench in each of Saskatchewans last two games, victories over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers by scores of 52-0 and 25-24. Before the team left on a charter flight to Montreal on Friday, Chamblin told reporters he will make a decision following Saturdays walk-through practice. "I want to see certain things from him," Chamblin said of Durant, who has completed 179 of 283 passes for 2,292 yards and 10 touchdowns with eight interceptions this season. He has also rushed 28 times for 286 and a touchdown. According to Chamblin, Durant was anxious to practise on Friday, but the rookie head coach wanted to give him an additional day off. Asked if there was concern about aggravating the injury, Chamblin said: "Its not about (taking) a hit. Its more about how good does he feel about moving around out there?" Aside from potential physical restrictions, Chamblin is confident that Durant is ready. "Mentally, we test him and hes right there," Chamblin said. A seven-year veteran, Durant has played through injuries in the past, but nothing as serious as a hip flexor. He said the frustrating thing about this kind of injury in particular is that "theres really no rehab -- its just rest." Complicating matters to some extent is the lengthy plane ride from Regina to Montreal. A non-stop flight takes approximately four hours. "Ill definitely be walking up and down the aisle," Durant said with a smile. Willy, who was tutored in Buffalo by Danny Barrett, a former CFL quarterback and Roughriders head coach, has completed 32 of 41 passes this season for 342 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. He has also carried the ball 22 times for 80 yards and two touchdowns, but the majority of those carries have come as a replacement for Durant in short-yardage situations. Although Willy has made a positive first impression as Durants backup, Chamblin was quick to point out that "starting and relief are two different things." Willy considers himself fortunate to have had three full practices working with the starting unit. "Im comfortable. Im prepared. Im ready," he said. Willy told reporters he will respect Chamblins decision either way and he is keeping the best interests of the team in mind. "If (Durant) is ready to go, Im sure hell play well (regardless of not having practised all week," Willy said. "Its not his first rodeo." Chamblin is hoping the mystery surrounding Saskatchewans starting quarterback could work to the teams advantage, as the Alouettes defence has to prepare for both Durant and Willy. "It cant be easy for them," said Chamblin, who was an assistant coach on defence with the Calgary Stampeders and defensive co-ordinator with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats before taking the head coachs job in Saskatchewan. "It was tough (preparing for two quarterbacks), depending on who the quarterbacks were. Theyve had to do double the homework, thats the main thing." Cheap Jerseys Paypal . PETERSBURG, Fla. Cheap Jerseys From China . The 19-year-old forward, who had his 13-game point streak snapped on Thursday in a 3-1 victory against the Kitchener Rangers, has 19 goals and 48 points in 28 games, which puts him second in OHL scoring behind Niagara IceDogs forward Ryan Strome. http://www.bwjerseys.com/ . Prime Minister Stephen Harper awarded the athletes medals marking Queen Elizabeths Diamond Jubilee at a ceremony Wednesday in the Senate chamber.LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Phil Mickelson glanced at the flag about 25 yards away, and surveyed the tall tree blocking his path. He looked again, craning his head skyward, then flashed a boyish grin and reached for his lob wedge. Following his worst shot of the day with his best, Lefty saved par on the par-3 12th with a full-swing flop shot that climbed nearly straight up and over the 25-foot tree and stopped 2 feet from the hole. It help him salvage an even-par 72 on Thursday in the Humana Challenge in his season debut. "That was one of my better wedges," Mickelson said. "But, as I was telling my partner, You hit it there as much as I do, eventually youre going to learn how to hit those shots." He yelled "Fore left!" a second after impact on the 202-yard hole. "It was just very bad timing," Mickelson said about the tee shot. "Quick from the top, lower body fast. Just a bad swing. I did the same thing on the next par 3 with the same club. Only it went the other way. I made par both times, though." Recovering from flu-like symptoms, the 42-year-old Mickelson had three birdies, a bogey and a double bogey at La Quinta Country Club -- one of three courses used in the pro-am event that he won in 2002 and 2004 -- to drop nine strokes behind the first-round leaders. "I felt a lot better," Mickelson said. "I took it easy on Monday and Tuesday. It was like Day 10, but Im fine now. Im 95 per cent better." Jason Kokrak, Roberto Castro and James Hahn topped the leaderboard at 9-under 63. Kokrak had two eagles and five birdies at La Quinta. "I just tried to put it in the right spots, put it in the fairways," Kokrak said. "Out there, thats key. Theyre tighter fairways and if you can be in the fairway, youll have a good opportunity for birdie." Castro had nine birdies at PGA Wests Jack Nicklaus Private Course, and Hahn had nine birdies on PGA Wests Arnold Palmer Private Course. "It was a great day," Hahn said. "Chipped two in. Hadnt done that since I was nine." Russell Henley, the Sony Open winner Sunday in Hawaii in his first start as a PGA Tour member, had a 64 on the Nicklaus course. Hes 32 under in his first five rounds this year. "It was a perfect day," Henley said. "The weather is perfect. The greens were true. So, its just trying to stay patient and let the birdies come to me." Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., shot a 5-under 67 at La Quinta, while Calgarys Stephen Ames had a 5-under 67 on the Palmer course. Ottawas Brad Fritsch carded a 3-under 69 at La Quinta. Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., had a 1-under 71 on the Palmer course, while David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., finished with a 1-under 71 on the Nicklaus course. Mickelson made his first start since tying for second in early November in the HSBC Champions in China, the only event he played after the Ryder Cup. "My timing and rhythm was off a little bit," Mickelson said. "My putter was atrocioous and Ive been putting great, too.dddddddddddd So, that was disappointing." Mickelson made his second brilliant recovery shot on the par-5 13th, slicing a fairway wood from the rough on the adjacent 14th hole high over trees and onto the green. However, his eagle try ran 12 feet past the cup and he three-putted for par. "Gosh, I hit such a great 5-wood to 35 feet for eagle," Mickelson said. "To three-putt that is just, it was just a lot of rough stuff today." He also scrambled to save par on the par-3 15th, this time shouting "Fore right!" after another poorly timed swing. Turning to the flop shot again, he lobbed the ball over the corner of a bunker to 4 feet. "When Im not playing for a while, I really get excited to get back out and I was really amped up," Mickelson said. "I was nervous today and excited to play and maybe a little over-amped because again everything was quick -- my rhythm, timing, everything." Mickelson bogeyed the par-3 third, three-putting from the back fringe, and birdied the par-5 fifth after driving left into a fairway bunker and being forced to lay up. He made a double bogey on the par-4 10th after an aggressive drive over the trees went out of bounds. "That hole has my number," Mickelson said. "This time, it hit a tree, hit the cart path, went out of bounds by a foot. So, that hole is just my nemesis." He got one of the strokes back with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 11th, and got back to even par with a birdie on the par-4 18th, hitting an 8-iron from 168 yards to 3 feet. "I hit a lot of fairways and was able to shake out an even-par round," Mickelson said. "As bad as that is, Ive got a low round in me tomorrow, I think. It doesnt feel like its far off." Aaron Baddeley, Greg Chalmers and Doug LaBelle II matched Henley at 64. Baddeley played the Palmer course, and Chalmers and LaBelle opened on the Nicklaus course. Mike Weir, the 2003 champion, opened with a 67 at La Quinta. The Canadian left-hander has missed 16 consecutive cuts and has finished only one tournament -- a tie for 70th in the AT&T National in July 2011 -- in his last 28 events. "I drove it well and putted well and everything was pretty good," Weir said. "It was a nice solid round to get off to a good start." FedEx Cup champion Brandt Snedeker also had a 67 at La Quinta. Hes the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 8 in the world. DIVOTS: Mickelson is opening a stretch of five or six straight events, a run that will end at Riviera or the Match Play Championship. ... The tournament is the first of seven events this year with an expanded field because of the short season. There are 156 players this year instead of 144. ... Defending champion Mark Wilson shot a 77 at La Quinta. ... Robert Karlsson, the Swede who entered last year at No. 24 in the world and had to go through two stages of qualifying school to retain his tour card, had a 71 on the Nicklaus course. ' ' '