Johnson Wagner leads Colonial after first-round 63
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Despite bogeying two of three holes midway through his day, he leads Phil Mickleson and Brett Wetterich by two strokes.
After bogeying two of three holes midway through the first round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational, Johnson Wagner responded with three straight birdies and later added two more to increase his total to nine in matching his best score on the PGA Tour with a seven-under 63 for a two-stroke lead over Phil Mickelson and Brett Wetterich in Fort Worth on Thursday.
Wetterich also birdied Nos. 11-13, then parred out the rest of the way to his 65.
Mickelson, the 2000 champion playing at Colonial for the first time in three years, got to five under with a 12-foot birdie on the closing hole after missing a seven-footer at No. 17.
Jay Haas withstood wet, chilly and eventually windy conditions by shooting the only sub-par round at one-under 69 to take a one-shot lead over Jeff Sluman and New Jersey golf pro Bill Britton in the Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y.
Greg Norman and defending champion Denis Watson shot a 72.
Erica Blasberg shot a seven-under 65 to take a two-shot lead over Na On Min and Karine Icher in the opening round of the LPGA Corning Classic in New York. Paula Creamer finished at two-under 70, four shots better than defending champion Young Kim.
Though USC's Belen Mozo fell out of the lead, the Trojans and UCLA both shot eight over to remain tied at 16 over after three rounds of the NCAA women's championships in Albuquerque.
Arizona State's Azahara Munoz shot a one-over 73 to drop Mozo (75) one shot back with UCLA's Tiffany Joh.
Vijay Singh withdrew from England's BMW PGA Championship because of a muscle injury below his ribs.
TENNIS
U.S. ousted by Sweden in World Team Cup
The U.S. lost, 2-0, to Sweden, which advanced to the World Team Cup final in the Red Group in Duesseldorf, Germany
James Blake lost, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0, to undefeated Robin Soderling and Thomas Johansson stopped Bobby Reynolds, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.
Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Santiago Ventura, 6-3, 6-3, to reach the semifinals of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco.
Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko defeated Andreas Seppi, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, to reach the semifinals of the Hypo Group International in Poertschach, Austria. Robby Ginepri lost to defending champion Juan Monaco, 7-5, 7-6 (3).
