Triplett One Shot Back

Robin Freeman, who worked as a club pro for five years because he wasn’t ready for the PGA Tour, shot a 6-under-par 65 to take a share of the first-round lead in the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic at Williamsburg, Va.

Dudley Hart and Richard Zokol also turned in 65s on the River Course of Kingsmill Golf Club, one shot better than Pullman’s Kirk Triplett, Jim Carter and former UCLA teammates Scott McCarron and Duffy Waldorf. Scott Hoch was one of three golfers at 67 and there was a group of 14 who had 68s on the 6,797-yard layout.

Triplett made four birdies on putts of 30 feet or longer, the last coming on No. 9, which was his finishing hole.

Jerry McGee, Bob Charles and Bob Zimmerman shot 4-under-par 68s in the Senior Players Championship, a day that saw almost half of the 78-man field shoot par or better in the opening round at Dearborn, Mich.

Wayne Riley shot a three-under-par 69 to take a share of the lead of the $1.04 million Scottish Open, while 19-year-old amateur Tiger Woods kept in contention with four successive birdies at Carnoustie, Scotland.