Far from the mayhem caused by Hurricane Irene on her east coast, the old guys are bathed in brilliant sunshine and warm weather on the west coast of America, in Washington. I saw little of this save the highlights so here in the story from pgatour.com
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Rod Spittle opened with E 72 and Jim Rutledge +4 76
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. -- Russ Cochran shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Jeff Sluman after the first round of the Champions Tour's Boeing Classic.
Cochran, the Senior British Open winner last month, had an eagle, five birdies and a bogey at sun-baked TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. The scoring average of 73.506 was the highest single-round total in the seven-year history of the tournament and nearly a half-stroke higher than the previous record set in the second round a year ago.
"The fairways firmed up and you would think immediately that it's a great thing when the fairways get firm for instance but a lot of times we were running out through the fairway into the rough so you had to be very careful out there," Cochran said.
Cochran missed more than two months this year because of a right wrist injury. He returned for the Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, then won the Senior British Open for his third Champions Tour victory and first major title.
"To be honest with you, my round just consisted of probably the best scoring that I've done since I've been out here on tour," Cochran said.
Defending champion Bernhard Langer was two strokes back at 68 along with Hale Irwin and Ted Schulz. The 66-year-old Irwin had a hole-in-one on the par-3 ninth. Fred Couples, the hometown star coming off a victory Sunday in New York in the Constellation Energy Seniors Players Championship, shot a 73
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