April 26-28
Big Cedar Lodge, Top of the Rock, Ridgedale, Missouri
$1,800,000
Round 2, Round 3
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Tom Pernice Jr. and Scott Hoch teamed to shoot a 9-under 62 on Friday in best-ball play at Ozarks National to take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions' Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf.
The teams of Shaun Micheel-Loren Roberts, Ken Tanigawa-Gene Sauers and Roger Chapman-David Frost were a stroke back.
Pernice and Hoch had five straight birdies in the middle of the round.
''I got going early and I just kept filling it up and hitting some good shots,'' Hoch said. ''I told him early, I said, ''Hey, I'll get the front, you get the back,'' and that's kind of what happened.''
The 59-year-old Pernice has five victories on the 50-and-over tour. The 63-year-old Hoch has three senior victories.
''It's just nice to come out here and play well,'' Pernice said. ''It's nice to get off to a good start. I think it's important to get off to a good start in this format and to get this course done and now we can go over and play the same greens on the par 3 two days in a row.''
Micheel-Roberts and Chapman-Frost shot 63 at Ozarks National. Tanigawa-Sauers had an 8-under 46 on the Top of the Rock par-3 course, playing the first nine holes on the nine-hole layout in modified alternate shot and the second nine in best ball.
''It's a lot of fun for me,'' Tanigawa said. ''It's something we don't play, so to have the opportunity to have a partner like Gene, it sure makes it a lot easier.''
The team will rotate courses at Big Cedar Lodge on Saturday, then all play the final round Sunday on the par-3 course.
Defending champions Paul Broadhurst and Kirk Triplett had a 4-under 50 on the par-3 layout.
Pos. | Player | To Par |
R1 |
1 | Tom Pernice Jr. (TR) | -9 |
62 |
-- | Scott Hoch (TR) | ||
T2 | Roger Chapman (TR) | -8 |
63 |
-- | David Frost (TR) | ||
T2 | Shaun Micheel (TR) | -8 |
63 |
-- | Loren Roberts (TR) | ||
T2 | Ken Tanigawa (OZ) | -8 |
46 |
-- | Gene Sauers (OZ) | ||
T5 | Bart Bryant (TR) | -7 |
64 |
-- | Brad Bryant (TR) | ||
T5 | Scott Parel (TR) | -7 |
64 |
-- | Larry Mize (TR) | ||
T5 | Paul Goydos (OZ) | -7 |
47 |
-- | Kevin Sutherland (OZ) | ||
8 | José María Olazábal (OZ) | -6 |
49 |
-- | Miguel Angel Jiménez (OZ) |