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Streb takes 1st-round lead in Wells Fargo championship
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Robert Streb shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead over Patrick Reed and Kevin Chappell after the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship.

Top-ranked Rory McIlroy appeared on the verge of making a late run at the leaderboard before making a double bogey on the difficult par-3 17th hole. McIlroy appeared stunned when his tee shot hit the rock wall in front of green and his ball caromed high into the air and into the water. He finished with a 70.

KINGSMILL
CHAMPIONSHIP

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — France’s Joanna Klatten had five birdies in a six-hole stretch and finished with a 6-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship.

Klatten birdied Nos. 3-6 and 8 and closed with a par on No. 9 on Kingsmill Resort’s River Course. The 30-year-old former Georgia State player is winless in 27 career events on the LPGA Tour.

REGIONS TRADITION

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Jeff Maggert birdied three of the final four holes for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over Kevin Sutherland after the first round of the Regions Tradition at Shoal Creek.

Maggert held onto the lead at the first of the Champions Tour’s five majors despite a bogey on No. 18.

Maggert is seeking his second win on the 50-and-over tour after a victory in Mississippi last year. Sutherland is chasing his first senior title.

SPANISH OPEN

TERRASA, Spain (AP) — South Africa’s Trevor Fisher opened with a 7-under 65 at Real Golf Club El Prat to take a one-stroke lead in the Spanish Open.

England’s Tommy Fleetwood, Spain’s Eduardo De La Riva and South Africa’s Darren Fichardt were tied for second. Defending champion Miguel Angel Jimenez had a 72. He won last year at PGA Catalunya Resort at 50 years, 133 days to break his own record as the oldest European Tour champion.