Saturday, January 23, 2010

Now New Zealand gets the bad weather and PGA

Championship leader Ashley Hall hope it continues!

FROM THE PGA OF AUSTRALIA WEBSITE
New Zealand PGA Championship leader Ashley Hall is hoping for more wind moving into the final day of the tournament at Clearwater in Christchurch.
Hall holds a three-shot lead at eight-under par 208 after playing three rounds in tough conditions, but the big Victorian is hoping the weather does not improve any time soon.
Clearwater has been hit with freezing winds and rain during the tournament and it is making things difficult for players who are all aiming to survive their rounds and hopefully come out the other end with par.
Hall knows if the bad weather sticks around it will make things very hard for players hoping to chase down his score on the final day's play.
"The course isn't playing easy again so I'll be hoping for a bit more wind, just like it is now, so it'll be harder for people to chase from behind," he said.
Hall was pleased with his third round score of a one under 71, particularly after notching three quick birdies early on.
"Three in a row was good though, it was good momentum to start off with anyway," he said.
"I hit a lot more fairways than what I have been in the first few days."
Hall was playing alongside Kiwis Gareth Paddison and Grant Moorhead who sit tied for second at five-under 211.
Left-handed Paddison played a solid round without a bogey to stay close to Hall and hold onto a chance of chasing down the leader on the final day.
The Wellington pro was happy with where he stood after round three but admits he would have been a bit closer if luck had been on his side.
"I would have liked to capitalise on it a little bit and me a bit closer," he said. "But three back isn't out of reach really, which is good."
"Ash [Hall] played great today and got off to a really, really good start to be three under after nine and then a birdie on nine before an unfortunate double on 11."
"I've had a lot of chips and putts this week that haven't gone in and it's been really frustrating. I don't understand how they haven't gone in."
"I'm shaving the hole a lot with my long putts and when you see them going straight for the hole and then break left or right it's hard not to hold back the frustration when you're trying to chase the leader board."
"I'm hoping a few will drop tomorrow because I didn't actually putt that well today. My short game was pretty decent today but there were a few putts I was unhappy with."
The final round of the tournament gets underway at 9am on Sunday morning (local time).
THIRD ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
208 Ashley Hall (Aus) 68 69 71.
211 Grant Moorhead (NZ) 67 74 70, Gareth Paddison (NZ) 70 71 70.
212 Stephen Allan (Aus) 72 69 71.
213 Joe Affrunti (US) 71 73 69, Mitchell Brown (Aus) 68 73 72.
214 Andrew Bonhomme (Aus) 71 73 70, Michael Curtain (Aus) 66 77 71, Anthony Doyle (NZ) 71 69 74, Mahal Pearce (NZ) 71 74 69, Ewan Porter (Aus) 68 74 72.
MISSED THE CUT (147 or better)
149 Eddie Barr (Ireland) 71 78.
153 Rohan Blizard (Aus) 74 79.
156 Jonathan Bevitt (England) 75 81.

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Scottish golf clubs don't want Kenny's help

E-mail from Downfield GC professional Kenny Hutton
Some time ago I set up a small concern with the idea that I could help golf clubs in Scotland try to fulfil their potential and "stop the slide." I sent out a high quality brochure to the secretaries and club captains of 75 golf clubs, hoping to get some feedback. None came. I got not one reply. Maybe it's because they all buried their heads in the sand or maybe they thought they could solve their own problems in-house.
It seems not to have happened and I am saddened when I hear rumours of the demise of small clubs and the tales of no waiting lists at some of the country's leading golfing venues.
My company can be viewed at http://www.golfclubconsultancy.co.uk/ (it's just a basic website at present) if you want to take a look.
A few English clubs have been in touch but I do not have the time to travel south as I have club commitments as well. I would love to try to help some Scottish clubs but do they want help?

Kenny Hutton


*Any comments? E-mail them to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Abu Dhabi Championship third-round news

Kaymer leads by one from Poulter and McIlroy

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Martin Kaymer’s bid for a second Abu Dhabi Golf Championship title gathered pace as the German took a slender one shot lead after the third round. He had a five-under-par 67 today for a 54-hole tally of 15-under 201
Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter will start the final round as the 25 year old’s nearest challengers after both carded rounds of 67 to share second place on 14-under 202.
Leading Scot Paul Lawrie dropped back to a share of 20th place on eight-under-par 208 after a one birdie-one bogey score of par 72.
And so Kaymer continued his love affair with the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. After landing his maiden title at The National Course in 2008, Kaymer finished second last year and today the German edged into the pole position once again by birdieing the last to edge ahead with a third consecutive five under par 67.
McIlroy and first round leader Poulter also dropped just one shot in their 67s to head the chasing pack at 14 under par 202.
Sweden’s Peter Hanson collected back-to-back birdies on the back nine in a 70 to sit at 13 under 213 with Alvaro Quiros, Shane Lowry and Chris Wood a further shot adrift.
“I really like the course in general,” said Kaymer, who likens Abu Dhabi Golf Club to his winter practice venue in Arizona.
“Especially after coming off a six-week break in America, you arrive really motivated and I couldn’t wait to play golf.”
At 25 Kaymer is a serious contender for a Ryder Cup debut in Wales, a fact which was underlined by an inquiry from captain Colin Montgomerie last night over the status of the German’s foot which was injured last year in a go-karting accident.
“Two years ago I was leading by six shots, but I was very nervous, but it still felt really special. But on Sunday I played really shy and didn’t go for the flags and I left a lot of putts short, my self confidence wasn’t there,” added Kaymer, who will play the entire season with the plates in his foot following the high speed crash.
“This has changed after four wins on The European Tour and winning big events last year in France and at Loch Lomond that attitude has definitely changed.”
McIlroy admits to being surprised by the high scoring this week, given the increased rough and new rules regarding grooves. The young man from Holywood, Belfast will need to pull another storming final round out of the bag, following low scoring final days on his final three outings last season in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Dubai - which all led to top five finishes.
“I didn’t make many mistakes and I have put myself in a great position. It should be a good battle and it looks as if we are all playing very well so it should be an interesting day,” said the world No 10.
“There is no reason why I couldn’t go low in the final round. I would say 20 under par is a very good target.”
For Poulter, who set the first round pace with a bogey-free, seven under par 65, it is easy to draw comparisons to his victory in Singapore in November when he returned from a similar break to end a two-year winless streak.
“Sometimes in a busy stretch you feel tired, but I feel wide awake, I feel really good,” said the World No 12.
“I feel strong and I’m in a nice position so obviously the adrenaline is there. I drove it pretty solid, hit my irons very nicely. I managed to have a good look at a few putts, a few slid by, but a few went in.”

THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
201 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 67 67 67.
202 Ian Poulter (Eng) 65 70 67, Rory McIlroy (NIr) 66 69 67.
203 Peter Hanson (Swe) 66 67 70.
204 Chris Wood 70 64 70, Shane Lowry 68 65 71, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 66 70 68
205 Rick Kulacz (Aus) 69 63 73
206 Jamie Donaldson 70 69 67, Rhys Davies 66 68 72, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 67 71 68, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 69 66 71, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 69 70 67
207 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 70 67 70, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 70 68, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 66 67 74, Soren Hansen (Den) 72 67 68, Richard Green (Aus) 70 65 72, Ross McGowan 69 71 67
208 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 68 72, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 67 70 71, Anthony Kim (USA) 70 70 68, Paul Lawrie 66 70 72, Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 68 69
209 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 66 70 73, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 70 67 72, Paul Waring 68 70 71, David Horsey 73 66 70, Ariel Canete (Arg) 70 65 74, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 69 68
210 Richard Bland 65 74 71, Gary Orr 69 71 70, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 71 67 72, Marc Warren 69 69 72, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 71 69 70, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 70 72 68, Paul Casey 72 69 69
211 Steve Webster 68 69 74, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 71 69 71, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 70 72 69, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 74 68 69
212 Alexander Noren (Swe) 66 74 72, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 67 75 70, Mark Foster 68 70 74, Peter Lawrie 71 71 70, Johan Edfors (Swe) 70 69 73
213 Anthony Wall 71 68 74, Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 69 73, Nick Dougherty 71 68 74, Phillip Price 72 70 71, Tano Goya (Arg) 71 70 72, Darren Clarke 70 72 71, Bradley Dredge 68 73 72
214 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 70 72 72, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 73 69 72, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 68 74 72, Richard Finch 69 68 77, Simon Dyson 72 67 75, James Kamte (Rsa) 72 68 74, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 74 68 72
215 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 71 73, Colin Montgomerie 73 68 74, Todd Hamilton (USA) 68 74 73, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 70 73, Paul Broadhurst 71 70 74, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 73 69 73, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 72 70 73, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 73 69 73, Keith Horne (Rsa) 65 72 78
216 David Dixon 71 69 76, David Howell 69 72 75
217 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 74 68 75
219 Matteo Manassero (Ita) (amateur) 70 72 77
Retired: Stephen Dodd 66 73

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Parkinson's disease sufferer may have been affected by medication

George McIntosh, former NE District

secretary and Newmachar financial

convener, admits embezzling £67,000

George McIntosh, former secretary and treasurer of the North-east District Association of the Scottish Golf Union and past secretary and more recently financial convener of Newmachar Golf Club, has pleaded guilty at Aberdeen Sheriff Court to embezzling more than a combined £67,000 from both concerns.
McIntosh, 53, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, originally from Braemar but who now lives at Inverurie, took £20,000 from the North-east District Association accounts between December 6, 2002 and May 8, 2007.
He also admitted embezzling £47,973 at Newmachar Golf Club beween May 22, 2007 and July 16, 2007.
Defence advocate David Moggach said McIntosh was suffering from Parkinson's disease and his criminal behaviour could be attributed to the medication he was taking.
Mr Moggach said in court: "Mr McIntosh was taking particular drugs and medication. In a medical report in regards to McMcIntosh, there is a document concerning the effects of his medication and how it gives rise to compulise behaviour.
"Mr McIntosh's behaviour seems to have begun at the same time he was prescribed these drugs. The side effects are impulsive behaviour and compulsive generosity. Although he has pleaded guilty, there may be a very strong link between the medication he was given to treat his illness and the onset of his criminal behaviour and change in character."
Fiscal deputy Felicity Primrose said the Crown would be asking McIntosh to forfeit £6,728 in relation to the charges.
Sheriff Colin Harris deferred sentence for six weeks for the preparation of reports. McIntosh's case will be called in in March.
Scottish Golf Union chief executive Hamish Grey commented later:
"This has been a very unfortunate situation for the North-east District Association. The Scottish Golf Union has offered its full support and guidance to the association throughout, including the creation and implementation of best practice procedures, meaning such an incident should not happen again, either in the North-east or within any of our 15 other area associatons.
"The North-east Distict Associaton will continue to move on from the incident and deliver the important services they provide for members' clubs and golfers in the area with the full support of the SGU."
Newmachar Golf Club refused to comment.

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Lake Macquarie Amateur Tournament
BELMONT GOLF CLUB, New South Wales
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
Players from Australia unless stated
199 Kieran Pratt 65 71 63 (course record).
207 Brendan Smith 70 69 68.
208 James Frazer (Pennard, Wales) 73 69 66, Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall, England) 70 70 68.
209 Lester Petersen 69 71 69.
210 Jordan Sherrat 69 70 71, Ryan McCarthy 71 70 69, Daniel Bringolf 68 69 73.
Selected scores
214 Stephen Spiers (South Australia & Scotland) 70 73 71 (jt 15th).
217 Matt Haines (Rochester & Cobham Park, England) 72 73 72 (jt 27th).
224 Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn, Scotland) 77 72 75 (jt 68th).

Editor's Note: So far I have had no lucky in trying to find out Scott Borrowman's second-round score which was high enough for him to miss the cut (149 or better made the weekend action) after a first round of 73. The tournament website, unusually, does not record any of the second-round scores of the non-qualifiers.

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Bob Hope Classic report from a wet California

Big-hitter Bubba leads by two after record 62

FROM THE PGATOUR.COM WEBSITE
QUINTA, California (AP) -- Bubba Watson loves a little rain on his game. With his mammoth drives sticking to fairways instead of bounding across them, he had the best round of his pro career to take the Bob Hope Classic lead.
Watson shot a course-record 10-under 62 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Alex Prugh after the second round, which began and ended in the driving storm that washed out Thursday's play and pushed the final round to Monday.
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Link to more golf news:
PGATOUR.COM: Complete coverage of the Bob Hope Classic
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But there were just enough hours in between squalls for a SilverRock course record by Watson, who's trying to show there's more to his game than his jaw-dropping work off the tee.
"I didn't expect it to be that wet," Watson said. "I didn't come out of my house yesterday, so I didn't know what it was. It was really wet."
The Palm Springs area, which typically gets about 5 inches of rain a year, has been pounded by 3.3 inches already this week. Although it's expected to clear on the weekend before returning Monday, the storm has wreaked havoc on the US PGA Tour's only five-round, four-course tournament -- but some players handle it better than others.
Prugh, no stranger to rain from his college career at the University of Washington, followed his opening 64 with a bogey-free 66 on the Palmer Course at PGA West. First-round leader Shane Bertsch (69) was at 13 under with Joe Ogilvie (66), Chad Collins (64) and Martin Flores (65).
Watson passed off his Thursday by filming videos for Twitter of himself hitting balls out the door of his rental house -- but the prolific tweeter had no trouble getting back to business.
Watson still hasn't won on the US PGA Tour, but he showed off an improved putting stroke and capitalized on wet fairways at the four-course tournament's longest venue for a 29 on the front nine, including an eagle on the fifth hole when he drove the green from 335yd and made a 7ft putt.
Watson, who led the tour in eagles and was second in driving distance last year, was at 16-under 128 after taking on the tournament's two toughest courses in his first two rounds.
"My length is definitely going to play a part on that golf course, because it's got wide fairways," Watson said. "I can rip it if I want to. The par 5s are reachable, unless you get a day like today. ... It's different (in the rain). It's going to be hard for everybody, but I putted well today. That was my key. I hit a lot of good shots, but I putted well."
After a morning delay to avoid the worst of Friday's storm, the early starters played through the rain before it largely stopped an hour later. Their iron shots still produced large sprays of water from the fairways throughout the round.
In such marshy conditions, the rest of the players could see reasons for Watson's success.
"The wet weather just totally plays into his favour, because his ball's not going to get out of control when it hits the ground," Bertsch said. "He can just fly it his 330 (yards), and plug it and lift it, clean it, and hit wedges into every hole. It doesn't surprise me one bit."
The rain hasn't been quite so kind to Watson's wife, Angie. Her Friday round with actor Kevin Nealon in the pro-am portion of the Hope Classic was cancelled when the amateurs were scratched in an effort to get the round in between the raindrops.
"She would rather her play and not me," said Watson, who got his wife into the field as a fifth-anniversary present of sorts.
Angie Watson is a former Georgia basketball player who's even taller than her 6ft 3in husband. She's a four-handicapper after six years of serious play.
Bubba Watson finished fifth at the 2007 US Open in Oakmont, but he's best known for his freakishly long drives and his even more prodigious tweeting abilities. Watson attempts to answer every tweet sent to him, and he posts links to videos of everything from his swing to his rendition of "Happy Birthday" to talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres.
In the morning hours before Friday's round, he tweeted 112 responses to fans -- albeit most of the one-word variety.
While Watson played indoor golf Thursday, Prugh waited out the rain by going to see "The Book of Eli" with another pro.
"I think the biggest factor was having to control your wedge shots," Prugh said. "Water-wise, there wasn't any trouble, no casual water that I found. There might be (Friday night), with all this downpour that we're getting."
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Bob Hope Classic, PGA West Palmer Course, La Quinta CC, Silver Rock, PGA West Nicklaus Course, California, United States of America
SECOND ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)
PGA West (Palmer Course)
131 Chad Collins 67 64, Martin Flores 66 65, Joe Ogilvie 65 66
132 J.P. Hayes 65 67
134 Mike Weir (Can) 67 67, Tom Gillis 68 66, Steve Elkington (Aus) 69 65
135 Kevin Na 69 66, Briny Baird 68 67
136 Jeff Overton 68 68, Brian Gay 71 65
137 Derek Lamely 68 69, D.J. Trahan 69 68
138 Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 68 70, Paul Goydos 69 69, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 67 71, Heath Slocum 66 72
139 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 69, Marc Turnesa 69 70, David Duval 74 65, Brandt Snedeker 70 69, Greg Owen (Eng) 74 65, Webb Simpson 67 72
141 Justin Bolli 70 71, Jeff Gove 72 69
142 Billy Mayfair 71 71, Blake Adams 74 68
143 Jeff Maggert 76 67
144 Alex Cejka (Ger) 70 74
145 Boo Weekley 71 74
147 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 76 71
149 Steve Flesch 71 78
Silver Rock
136 Kevin Stadler 67 69
137 Pat Perez 68 69, Justin Rose (Eng) 70 67, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 68 69
139 Jason Dufner 72 67, Ryan Palmer 72 67, Lee Janzen 69 70, Jimmy Walker 71 68
140 Joe Durant 71 69, James Nitties (Aus) 71 69, Josh Teater 71 69
141 Charley Hoffman 69 72, Jason Bohn 69 72, Kevin Streelman 70 71
142 Tim Petrovic 67 75, Troy Merritt 72 70
143 Brian Davis (Eng) 73 70, Bo Van Pelt 73 70, Chris Couch 71 72
144 Rickie Fowler 74 70
145 David Lutterus (Rsa) 75 70, Rich Beem 71 74, Billy Horschel 77 68
146 Justin Leonard 75 71, Rocco Mediate 75 71, Ron Skayhan 71 75
147 Woody Austin 77 70
148 Mark Calcavecchia 71 77, Greg Kraft 75 73
149 Chad Campbell 79 70
150 John Mallinger 74 76
151 Craig Stadler 76 75
La Quinta CC
128
Bubba Watson 66 62
134 Bill Haas 68 66
136 Matt Kuchar 67 69, Ryan Moore 69 67
137 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 67 70, George McNeill 65 72, Brett Quigley 71 66, John Senden (Aus) 68 69, Roger Tambellini 66 71
138 Jeff Klauk 66 72, John Merrick 68 70
139 Ricky Barnes 67 72, Ben Crane 70 69
140 Bob Estes 68 72, Michael Sim (Sco) 73 67, Matthew Every 69 71, David Toms 70 70, Cameron Percy (Aus) 70 70, Graham Delaet (Can) 71 69
141 Mark Brooks 70 71, Cameron Beckman 67 74, Sam Saunders 74 67
142 Michael Bradley 74 68, Jamie Lovemark 71 71, Chez Reavie 71 71
144 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 73 71, Chris Tidland 72 72, Harrison Frazar 72 72, Scott Verplank 70 74
145 Johnson Wagner 75 70
147 Steve Lowery 71 76
149 Christopher Baryla (Can) 71 78
PGA West (Nicklaus Course)
130 Alex Prugh 64 66
131 Shane Bertsch 62 69
133 Vaughn Taylor 66 67, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 63
134 Garrett Willis 65 69
136 Chris Wilson 69 67, Bill Lunde 68 68, Matthew Jones (Aus) 69 67
137 Omar Uresti 70 67, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 70 67, Matt Bettencourt 71 66, Charles Howell III 68 69
138 Richard S Johnson (Swe) 69 69, Scott McCarron 67 71, Jeff Quinney 64 74, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 68 70, Jerod Turner 69 69
139 Chris Stroud 71 68, Chris DiMarco 72 67, Ted Purdy 70 69, Jay Williamson 71 68, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 73 66
140 Brendon De Jonge 73 67, Kevin Sutherland 69 71
141 D.A. Points 70 71
143 Brad Faxon 70 73, Nicholas Thompson 72 71
144 Kris Blanks 69 75
145 Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 73 72, Martin Laird (Sco) 73 72
147 Scott Piercy 76 71
151 Kevin Johnson 76 75

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It's elementary for Watson, leader with a 63

FROM THE PGATOUR.COM WEBSITE
KAUPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii -- Tom Watson is still being congratulated by fellow players and fans for his magical run at Turnberry last year. All he can think about, however, is how he lost.
"I finished second in the British Open, but the way I judge a year is, if it's been a success, I had a victory," Watson said. "I didn't have a victory last year."
He hopes 2010 will be a different.
The 60-year-old Watson shot a bogey-free 9-under 63 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over senior newcomer Fred Couples and Tom Lehman in the Champions Tour's season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship.
Coming off a win with Jack Nicklaus in the Wendy's Champions Skins Game at Kaanapali, Watson attacked the pins and was near-flawless with his putter.
Watson kicked off his scoring by chipping in for eagle from 25ft on the 526yd fourth hole. He added seven birdies, five on the back nine. It was his lowest round in the event since opening with a 63 in 2006 en route to a tie for fifth.
The Hall of Famer is starting the year already with some prize money in his pocket, a trophy on his shelf and a good look at Couples from last weekend. Watson and Nicklaus finished with 10 skins and $350,000 for their second Champions Skins victory in four years.
Players enjoyed a calm day at the Nicklaus-designed Hualalai, setting up numerous birdie attempts. Without any wind, the Kona Coast was blanked by volcanic fog, or "vog," from Mount Kilauea.
The scoring average for the opening round was 68.9 with only three players above par.
"It's a quarterhorse race. It's a sprint," Watson said. "You just get on your horse and ride as fast and hard as you can and hope you don't trip."
Couples made his first official Champions Tour start, along with US Ryder Cup Captain Corey Pavin, who had a 67. They each received sponsor exemptions, making them the first players to make their tour debuts at the winners-only event.
"It was everything I thought it would be," Couples said. "Today was a lot of fun."
Couples, who turned 50 in October, started and ended the round with birdies. He was clearly one of the biggest hitters and had the largest gallery following him.
"I'm not accustomed to huge crowds any more on the US PGA Tour, but out here, it's nice to have enough people to come watch to keep the round going," said Couples, who plans to play 12 events on the US PGA Tour and 10 senior events this year.
Lehman, who tied for 16th last week at the US PGA Tour's Sony Open, overcame a triple bogey on the par-3 fifth hole. He had an eagle and eight birdies.
"I made a bunch of birdies right off the bat," he said. "The first seven holes, I made four birdies. I just happen to make that one oops right there in the middle of it all."
Lehman was cruising along with two birdies in the first four holes when he hit his tee shot into the sand on the fifth hole. He then overshot the green, with the ball bouncing into the water, which required taking a drop in the bunker.
He rebounded with birdies on the next two holes and then tore through the back nine. After making the turn, he sank a 9-foot eagle putt on the par-5 10th and birdied four of the next six holes.
Nick Price, Michael Allen, Phil Blackmar and Dan Forsman shot 66s.
Pavin was another stroke behind, along with two-time champion Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Bruce Lietzke and Keith Fergus. Defending champion Bernhard Langer, seeking his third straight player of the year title, was at 68.
This year's field of 36 has accounted for 287 US PGA Tour titles, including 38 majors. The players include seven members of the World Golf Hall of Fame and 14 major winners.
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 72.
Players from US unless stated.
63 Tom Watson
65 Tom Lehman, Fred Couples
66 Phil Blackmar, Michael Allen, Dan Forsman, Nick Price (Zim)
67 Bruce Lietzke, Peter Jacobsen, Keith Fergus, Corey Pavin, Hale Irwin
68 Bernhard Langer (Ger), John Cook, Mark O'Meara, Brad Bryant, Mike Goodes, Allen Doyle
69 Bruce Vaughan, Loren Roberts, Mark Wiebe, Mark McNulty (Irl)
70 D A Weibring, Jay Haas
71 Andy Bean, Jeff Sluman, Curtis Strange, Mike Reid, Andy North, Bobby Wadkins, Jerry Pate
72 R W Eaks, Ben Crenshaw
74 Denis Watson (Zim)
75 Tom Pernice junior
76 Gary Player (Rsa)

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