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Cook shoots 62 to take lead in senior finale
SONOMA, Calif. (AP)—John Cook shot a tournament-record 10-under 62 on Fridayto take a three-stroke lead over Tom Watson and Phil Blackmar after the secondround of the Champions Tour’s season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
Cook, the Administaff Small Business Classic winner two weeks ago in Texas,had 10 birdies and needed just 23 putts to match his career-best round and reach14-under 130 for the tournament.
Watson, the surprising runner-up at the British Open, hit every green inregulation and shot a 64. Blackmar, who shared the first-round lead with JeffSluman, had five birdies on the back nine for a 67. Blackmar won the AT&TChampionship in San Antonio last week for his first senior title.
John Cook hits the ball out of… AP – Oct 30, 7:31 pm EDT ![]()
Phil Blackmar tees off on the … AP – Oct 30, 7:30 pm EDT ![]()
Tom Watson reacts after making… AP – Oct 30, 7:30 pm EDT ![]()
Phil Blackmar hits the ball ou… AP – Oct 30, 7:14 pm EDT ![]()
Tom Watson tees off on the 16t… AP – Oct 30, 7:11 pm EDT ![]()
Tom Watson follows his shot up… AP – Oct 30, 7:11 pm EDT ![]()
John Cook hits from the 12th t… AP – Oct 30, 7:10 pm EDT ![]()
John Cook reacts after making … AP – Oct 30, 7:09 pm EDT ![]()
John Cook follows his shot fro… AP – Oct 30, 7:09 pm EDT ![]()
Fred Funk hits from the fairwa… AP – Oct 29, 7:19 pm EDT ![]()
Jay Haas hits from the fairway… AP – Oct 29, 7:18 pm EDT ![]()
Andy Bean claps after making a… AP – Oct 29, 7:17 pm EDT ![]()
Jeff Sluman hits the ball out … AP – Oct 29, 5:49 pm EDT ![]()
Andy Bean chips the ball up to… AP – Oct 29, 5:47 pm EDT ![]()
Bernhard Langer of Germany hit… AP – Oct 29, 5:47 pm EDT ![]()
Phil Blackmar reacts after mak… AP – Oct 29, 5:44 pm EDT ![]()
Tom Kite tees off on the third… AP – Oct 29, 5:43 pm EDT ![]()
Tom Watson hits the ball out o… AP – Oct 29, 5:43 pm EDT ![]()
Eduardo Romero of Argentina te… AP – Oct 29, 5:39 pm EDT ![]()
Loren Roberts reacts after mis… AP – Oct 29, 5:39 pm EDT ![]()
Loren Roberts tees off on the … AP – Oct 29, 5:39 pm EDT ![]()
John Cook waves to the crowd … AP – Oct 18, 7:52 pm EDT ![]()
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Sluman (69), Brad Bryant (67) and Russ Cochran (66) were 9 under.
Season points leader Loren Roberts struggled most of the afternoon and hadfive bogeys en route to a 73 that dropped him into a tie for 25th at 1 under.
Bernhard Langer, who began the tournament in third place behind Roberts, hada 65 to move into a tie for seventh at 7 under. Jay Haas (68) was 5 under, andFred Funk (69) followed at 4 under. The four are the only players left incontention to win the $1 million annuity.
Cook shot a 68 on Thursday, then opened the second round with three straightbirdies to move ahead of Blackmar for the early lead. After two pars, Cook madeconsecutive birdies on the par-4 sixth hole and the par-3 seventh to move threestrokes ahead at 9 under.
But Watson, the 60-year-old Hall of Famer, pulled within range with threestraight birdies. Playing two groups ahead of Cook, Watson moved to 10 underwith a birdie on the 587-yard, par-5 13th, then hit a soft 7-iron within 12 feetof the pin on the 18th and made the putt for another birdie.
That left Watson temporarily tied with Cook atop the leaderboard but thatchanged before Watson could finish signing autographs outside the scorer’s tent.
Cook, who was just 1 under on the back nine during the first round, birdiedthe par-5 16th then closed with short birdie putts on 17 and 18.
Before Cook and Watson shot to the top of the leaderboard, Langer was makinghis push toward the top after opening the tournament with a disappointing 72.Langer stayed at even par early then birdied seven of his final nine holes,including the final four.
With Roberts struggling for the second straight day, Langer was in goodshape to become just the second player to overtake the points leader for thetitle during the season-ending tournament. Langer is 348 points behind Roberts,and Haas is 602 back. The players will receive a point for every $500 earned,making a victory worth 884.
Langer leads the tour with four victories and $2,033,451. Roberts, athree-time winner, is second on the money list with $1,854,613.
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