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SONOMA, Calif. - Jim Thorpe was back in his familiar spot atop a Champions Tour leaderboard in wine country Thursday, taking a one- stroke lead over Tom Kite with 6-under-par 66 in the opening round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
Thorpe, who won the season-ending tournament in 2003 and owns titles in two additional Northern California events, holed a 70- yard wedge shot for an eagle on the second hole. He rode that momentum to the first-round lead, with a $2.5 million purse and several season-ending awards still up for grabs among the field of the tour's 29 top players.See the full content of this document
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It's Thorpe's Time in Wine Country
Craig Stadler and Bob Gilder finished two strokes back at 68, while Schwab Cup standings...
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