Golf Roundup : Sheehan-Haas Team Leads by 1
Patty Sheehan and Jay Haas overcame gusty winds to shoot a 7-under-par 65 Thursday at Largo, Fla., for a 1-stroke lead in the first round of the $800,000 J.C. Penney golf tournament, which pairs men and women touring professionals.
Larry and Laurie Rinker and the Marth Nause-Larry Mize team were tied at 66.
Fred Couples holed a 60-foot bunker shot at the 18th hole for a 6-under-par 66 and a 1-shot first-round lead in the $1.25 million Australian Bicentennial at Melbourne.
Ken Green and Don Pooley each shot 5-under-par 67s to share a 4-stroke lead over South Africans David Frost and Mark McNulty after one round of the Million Dollar Challenge at Sun City, South Africa.
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