Green shoots 62, leads in Texas
Australia's Nathan Green shot an eight-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead over Olin Browne and Paul Claxton in the Texas Open at San Antonio.
Green, winless in three seasons on the PGA Tour, birdied nine of the first 16 holes before dropping a stroke on the par-three 17th and closing with a par.
The 62 was the lowest round of his PGA Tour career. He tied for second in the 2006 Buick Invitational for his best PGA Tour finish.
Defending champion Justin Leonard, the former University of Texas star seeking a record fourth victory in the event, shot a 70.
Phil Blackmar, Bruce Fleisher and Des Smyth shot five-under 65s at Timonium, Md., to share the first-round lead in the Senior Players Championship, the fifth and final Champions Tour major of the year.
Blackmar holed out from the fairway for eagle to help offset four bogeys, Fleisher made four straight birdies early in his round, and Smyth had a bogey-free day to top the leaderboard. All three are winless this year.
Michele Redman and Maria Hjorth shot six-under 66s to share the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour's Longs Drugs Challenge at Danville, Calif. In-Kyung Kim and Mikaela Parmlid were tied for second at 67. Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa opened with a 70.
TENNIS
ATP takes steps to ban professional gamblers
The ATP men's tennis tour may ban 15 professional gamblers from attending tournaments after finding they were placing bets on-site to exploit a 20-second delay in scores being received by bookmakers, a tournament director said.
The ATP sent organizers of the Madrid Masters tournament, which starts in two days, a list of the names and credit-card numbers of 15 bettors who they want excluded from entry, tournament director Gerard Tsobanian said.
"It's a very international list," Tsobanian said. Some of the gamblers have tried to get into past tournaments by posing as journalists, he added.
Roger Federer will play at the Madrid Masters, ending a three-week layoff and setting up a possible meeting with top-ranked Rafael Nadal.
MOTOR RACING
Edwards, Harvick have heated argument
Witnesses said NASCAR drivers Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick were in a heated argument Thursday in the Nationwide Series garage at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
