Bean Leads After One Round
Associated Press
2008-05-16 17:14:10.0
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HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - Andy Bean and Monday qualifier Mike Goodes
shot 7-under 65s today to share the first-round lead in the
Champions Tour's Regions Charity Classic.
Leading money winner Bernhard Langer was two strokes back on the
7,503-yard Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Ross Bridge course. A
two-time winner this year on the 50-and-over tour, Langer tied for
15th Sunday in The Players Championship on the PGA Tour.
Without an exemption, Goodes had to qualify for the tournament
on Monday in North Carolina and matched his best round since
joining the Champions Tour in 2006.
Goodes' final birdie - on No. 13 - moved him to 7 under during a
bogey-free round after Bean had taken the lead into the clubhouse.
Two holes earlier, Goodes holed out from a bunker for another
birdie.
Bob Charles, Mike Hulbert and Walter Hall were three strokes
behind Goodes and Bean, while Denis Watson was among six players
four shots behind.
The players used a two-tee start in midmorning and were allowed
to lift, clean and place their balls in the fairways after the
course was inundated with rain a day earlier.
Former University of Alabama star Jerry Pate withdrew because of
a lower back injury.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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