CHAMPIONS TOUR EVENT IN WASHINGTON STATE
DUNLAP LEADS SENIORS' BOEING CLASSIC AFTER A NINE-UNDER 63
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SNOQUALMIE, Washington State -- Scott Dunlap leads the Boeing Classic after his second-round 9-under 63 Saturday.
Dunlap, in his first full season on the Champions Tour, birdied five of his final seven holes for a two-day 12-under 132 at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge course.
He leads by one stroke over Doug Garwood, who shot a 6-under 66 for a two-round 11-under 133.
Tommy Armour III and Mark Brooks are tied for third at 9-under 135.
Fred Funk, Woody Austin and Joe Durant are tied at 8-under 136, four behind the leader.
Six of the top seven players are seeking their first Champions Tour victory.
Dunlap has never led entering the final round in the PGA Tour, the Web.com Tour or the Champions Tour.
Asked if he can hang on to win Sunday, Dunlap said, ''I know I can. It's will I? For the past couple months, I've been playing better every week.''
In his 16th start on this Tour, Dunlap got his round going with an eagle 2 on the par-4 fourth hole. His 150-yard approach hit 30 yards to the left of the hole then found its way into the cup.
''We couldn't see it from where we were,'' Dunlap said. ''It was a good sensible shot, but didn't think I holed it. Good bumper-pool on that one.''
He saved par on the 10th and 11th, then started a three-hole birdie run. He finished with a 45-foot eagle putt on 18, just missing to the right for a seven-birdie bogey-free round.
Dunlap played seven seasons on the PGA Tour in three separate stints. He did not play on the PGA Tour from 2002 until he regained his card in 2012. During that time he toured the world.
''I've been to some places that you'd have absolutely no reason to go to if wasn't for playing a golf tournament,'' he said. ''I think you mature much quicker than what you would otherwise.
''The globe-trotting is out of necessity. One, I needed to make a dollar. And, two, I don't look back at any of that and think of disappointment. It's been great.''
Two of the Tour's most successful players, Fred Couples and Bernhard Langer, both struggled. Couples, the most popular player here playing in his hometown, was at 2-under 142. Langer, who had won three of the past five tournaments, was at 3-under 141.
Dunlap, in his first full season on the Champions Tour, birdied five of his final seven holes for a two-day 12-under 132 at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge course.
He leads by one stroke over Doug Garwood, who shot a 6-under 66 for a two-round 11-under 133.
Tommy Armour III and Mark Brooks are tied for third at 9-under 135.
Fred Funk, Woody Austin and Joe Durant are tied at 8-under 136, four behind the leader.
Six of the top seven players are seeking their first Champions Tour victory.
Dunlap has never led entering the final round in the PGA Tour, the Web.com Tour or the Champions Tour.
Asked if he can hang on to win Sunday, Dunlap said, ''I know I can. It's will I? For the past couple months, I've been playing better every week.''
In his 16th start on this Tour, Dunlap got his round going with an eagle 2 on the par-4 fourth hole. His 150-yard approach hit 30 yards to the left of the hole then found its way into the cup.
''We couldn't see it from where we were,'' Dunlap said. ''It was a good sensible shot, but didn't think I holed it. Good bumper-pool on that one.''
He saved par on the 10th and 11th, then started a three-hole birdie run. He finished with a 45-foot eagle putt on 18, just missing to the right for a seven-birdie bogey-free round.
Dunlap played seven seasons on the PGA Tour in three separate stints. He did not play on the PGA Tour from 2002 until he regained his card in 2012. During that time he toured the world.
''I've been to some places that you'd have absolutely no reason to go to if wasn't for playing a golf tournament,'' he said. ''I think you mature much quicker than what you would otherwise.
''The globe-trotting is out of necessity. One, I needed to make a dollar. And, two, I don't look back at any of that and think of disappointment. It's been great.''
Two of the Tour's most successful players, Fred Couples and Bernhard Langer, both struggled. Couples, the most popular player here playing in his hometown, was at 2-under 142. Langer, who had won three of the past five tournaments, was at 3-under 141.
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