Inkster’s 67 Gives Her Share of Lead

Juli Inkster, needing one more victory to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame, shot a five-under-par 67 Friday to grab a share of the first-round lead in the Safeway LPGA Golf Championship at Portland, Ore.

Inkster, who won the U.S. Open and LPGA Championship and is battling Karrie Webb for player-of-the-year honors, had four birdies and five pars over her final nine holes at the 6,307-yard Columbia-Edgewater Country Club course.

Minutes after Inkster finished, Rosie Jones birdied No. 17 to pull into a tie for the lead.

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Stephen Ames shot a three-under 69 to maintain his one-stroke lead over Sandy Lyle, Jeff Brehaut and Brian Henninger in the Texas Open at San Antonio.

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Sixty-four-year-old Jimmy Powell eagled the 18th hole for a four-under 66 to share the first-round lead with Jim Colbert in the Kroger Senior Classic at Mason, Ohio.

Nobody over 63 has won a Senior PGA Tour event, but Powell has won twice since turning 60.