Three-Way Tie For Lead In Tour Championship

Fri., Oct. 31, 1997

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David Duval, second seven times before finally winning earlier this month, shot a 5-under-par 66 Thursday to tie Jesper Parnevik and Jim Furyk for the first-round lead in the Tour Championship as he tried to win his third consecutive start.

Duval eagled the 509-yard ninth hole, Parnevik had two-putt birdies on all three par-5s and Furyk rolled in seven birdie putts as the trio finished the day one stroke ahead of Brad Faxon.

Five others, including PGA champion Davis Love III, were two strokes back with 68s as the top 30 players on the PGA Tour money list chased the $720,000 first prize.

Tiger Woods, the leading money winner on tour, shot a 69. The only two players who have a chance of catching him for the money title, Justin Leonard and Love, shot 70 and 68, respectively.

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