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Brisky Tops Buick Challenge

Compiled From Wire Services

Mike Brisky shot a 6-under-par 66 to take the first-round lead of the Buick Challenge at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga.

Davis Love III, Gabriel Hjertstedt, David Ogrin, Gary Hallberg, Brandel Chamblee and Hal Sutton all finished 5-under for the day. Former Pullman resident Kirk Triplett opened with a 76.

Stefania Croce and Catriona Matthew shot 5-under-par 67s and shared a one-stroke lead after the first round of the frost-delayed Betsy King Classic in Kutztown, Pa.

Tina Barrett, Leta Lindley and Tracy Hanson, of Rathdrum, Idaho, who has never finished higher than fourth on the LPGA tour, shot 68. Clarkston’s Robin Walton shot a 75.

Jim Colbert, the Senior PGA Tour’s player of the year the last two years who underwent prostate cancer surgery in June, said he will play in this year’s last four events.