Golf Roundup : Armour, Ladehoff Shoot 66s as Each Seeks First PGA Win

Tommy Armour III and Greg Ladehoff, two players who have never won a PGA Tour tournament, each shot a six-under-par 66 Thursday to share the first-round lead in the $750,000 Centel golf tournament at Tallahassee, Fla.

Armour, the namesake of his famous golfing grandfather, has never finished higher than second place during his eight years on the tour.

Armour, who had a three-under-par 33 on the front nine, went five under par with birdies on the 12th and 13th holes, and had birdies on Nos. 15 and 18, around a bogey five on the 465-yard 16th hole.

Ladehoff birdied four of his last five holes, finishing with a tournament-best 31 on the front side.

Hale Irwin, Andy Magee, Ronnie Black and George Burns were at 67.

The United States avoided the wave of upsets that swept Australia and two other seeded teams out of play in the first round of the Dunhill Cup at St. Andrews, Scotland.

With Curtis Strange and Tom Kite scoring relatively easy victories, the United States advanced with a 2-1 win over South Korea in the 16-nation medal-match play event.

Strange won by 12 strokes over Choi Sang Ho, 67-79. Kite had five three-putt holes but beat Choi Yoon Soo, 72-75.

The Americans next play Argentina, which surprised No. 8- seeded Wales and Ian Woosnam, 2 1/2- 1/2.

The major upset, though, was the elimination of second-seeded Australia and Greg Norman, who lost to France, 2-1.