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Golf Roundup : Stewart and Perry Share Lead

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From Associated Press

Payne Stewart shot a bogey-free, six-under-par 65 Thursday for a share of the first-round lead in the $800,000 Heritage golf tournament at Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Stewart was tied with Kenny Perry, who got his share of the lead with a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole. Stewart and Perry are two strokes ahead of Bob Eastwood and Rocco Mediate.

Nick Faldo of England, in his first round since winning the Masters, shot a 68 with only 23 putts.

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That, however, was five more than the record-matching 18 putts needed by Kenny Knox in a round of 69. Knox chipped in three times and had 12 one-putt greens as he tied the PGA Tour record for fewest putts in a round.

Gene Littler shot a six-under-par 66 for a one-shot lead in the first round of The Tradition, a new $600,000 tournament on the Senior PGA Tour at Scottsdale, Ariz.

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