Cochran and Clearwater lead at Oak Hills
San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Russ Cochran and Keith Clearwater both fired rounds of five-under 66 on Friday to share the first-round lead of the AT&T Championship.
Tom Kite, Andy Bean, Mark O'Meara and Ben Crenshaw, with major titles between them, each shot four-under 67s in round one and are tied for third place at famed Oak Hills Country Club.
This is the final full-field event of the 2009 season on the Champions Tour. Next week is the Charles Schwab Cup Championship reserved for the top 30 players on the money list after this week.
Cochran is 23rd and while technically not a lock for next week's field, he's relatively safe.
A good finish Sunday would certainly guarantee his spot at Sonoma.
Clearwater is 110th and won't be in next week's field.
Two-time defending champion John Cook, who won last week's Administaff Small Business Classic, posted a three-under 68 on Friday and is part of a large group tied for seventh place.
Senior Players Champion Jay Haas, Bob Tway, David Eger, Mike Goodes, Scott Simpson, Craig Stadler, Tim Simpson and Tradition winner Mike Reid joined Cook two strokes behind the leaders.
MORE TO FOLLOW.
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