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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Nicklaus One Back

Compiled From Wire Services

Despite an arthritic hip that acted up in record-breaking cold, Jack Nicklaus was able to finish the first round of the year’s first senior major - The Tradition - a stroke off the lead with a 5-under-par 67.

John Jacobs, Isao Aoki, J.C. Snead, Gil Morgan and Simon Hobday were at 66 in the tournament played on the Cochise Course at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, Ariz. The temperature was in the high 40s.

Scott McCarron and Larry Rinker share the lead in the Freeport-McDermott Classic in New Orleans with 65s.

Noelle Daghe, a non-winner in her seven-year LPGA career shot a 5-under 67 for a three-shot lead after the first round of the Longs Drugs Challenge in Lincoln, Calif.

High school freshman Natalie Gulbis, 14, of Citrus Heights, Calif. - the second-youngest golfer to ever compete in an LPGA tournament shot an 81.