For all the drama there was to come at Riviera, there wasn't much at the Acer Group Classic, as Kenny Perry blew away the field by 5 shots 64,62,70 -20 196. Defending champion Bernhard Langer 66,65 70 -15 201 was 2nd.
Perry looked like the guy I remember when he was winning on the PGA tour, hitting that big draw a mile, and with that low, slow putting stroke making all the clutch putts, then some.. He really didn't seem interested in playing with the old guys after he turned 50, he was ready to retire for a while, spend time in Kentucky with his family, but if this week is any indication, he's got a " pep in his step" as Gary Player used to say, and he could be a force on this Champions Tour
His opening rounds of 64 and 62 broke the tour's 36-hole record at 18-under 126. The14-time winner on the PGA tour birdied three of his first eight holes, and no one ever got closer than four shots after that. By the way he was 2nd in driving at 306 yds and T2 in GIR.
As Langer said " I didn't play badly, Kenny just ran away with it "
Rod Spittle T9 71 66 69 -10 206 and Jim Rutledge T21 70 68 71 -7 209,
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