Tway, Thompson top Champions Tour leaderboard
April 30, 2010
SAUCIER, Miss. (AP)—Bob Tway and Leonard Thompson shot 5-under 67s on Fridayto share the first-round lead in the Champions Tour’s inaugural Mississippi GulfResort Classic.
Tom Purtzer, David Peoples, Brad Bryant and David Eger opened with 68s atFallen Oak. Mark O’Meara, coming off his first Champions Tour victory last weekwith Nick Price in the Legends of Golf team event, was two strokes back at 69along with Eduardo Romero and Ted Schultz. Price had a 70.
Tway birdied Nos. 12, 14 and 16 to match Thompson at 5 under.
Thompson bogeyed the second hole, then ran off four straight birdies. Healso bogeyed No. 11, then birdied Nos. 13-15 and closed with three pars.
Bernhard Langer, a two-time winner this year, opened with a 72.
Jodie Mudd and Bobby Clampett made their Champions Tour debut. Clampett hada 72, and Mudd shot a 74.
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