Kevin Sutherland leads PGA Tour AT&T Classic; Ochoa two back at Sybase Classic

Kevin Sutherland leads after the first round of the AT&T Classic, having shot a 7-under-par 65 yesterday. He is two strokes ahead of Ryuji Imada, who eagled his final hole at TPC Sugarloaf, and four others …

Sarah Lee is ahead of the field at the LPGA Tour Sybase Classic. She shot a 6-under 66 yesterday to go two up on world No. 1 women’s golfer Lorena Ochoa and four others …

“I’ve been close in the last few weeks, and this will be a nice week,” Ochoa told reporters. “It’s important to be in a good position and to give myself a chance on Sunday and hopefully it will happen.”

There’s a four-way tie for lead at the Irish Open. Peter Hanson, Simon Dyson, Peter Gustafsson and Andres Romero all shot 4-under 68s yesterday at the Adare Manor course. Dyson and Hanson had bogey-free rounds …

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