RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Bernhard Langer birdied the par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 and a share of the first-round lead Friday in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first event in the PGA Tour Champions’ Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs.

Seeking an unprecedented fifth Schwab Cup and fourth in a row, the 60-year-old Langer leads the season standings and has a tour-high five victories this season.

”Played really good,” Langer said after his bogey-free round. ”I hit every fairway, hit 17 greens in regulation. That means I had 17 chances for birdie, and the one I missed I made par out of the bunker. So that was about as bad as I could have scored, basically. Didn’t make many putts.”

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Rocco Mediate, David Toms and Joe Durant matched Langer atop the leaderboard at The Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course. Jay Don Blake, Olin Browne and Glen Day were a stroke back.

Mediate had four birdies on the back nine in a bogey-free round.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Bernhard Langer birdied the par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 and a share of the first-round lead Friday in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first event in the PGA Tour Champions’ Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs.

Seeking an unprecedented fifth Schwab Cup and fourth in a row, the 60-year-old Langer leads the season standings and has a tour-high five victories this season.

Rocco Mediate, David Toms and Joe Durantmatched Langer atop the leaderboard at The Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course. Jay Don Blake, Olin Browne and Glen Day were a stroke back.

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Defending champion Scott McCarron, playing alongside Langer, bogeyed the 18th for a 72. McCarron has four victories this year and is second in the season standings.

SOTOGRANDE, Spain (AP) With the help of an albatross from 227 yards out, Joost Luiten shot a 1-under 70 to take a one-stroke lead over tournament host Sergio Garcia and two others at the Andalucia Valderrama Masters on Friday.

The Dutchman holed out with a four iron from the fairway on the par-5 11th at Real Club Valderrama, making it after the ball hit the front of green and gently rolled into the cup for his second career albatross on the European Tour.

Luiten also had two birdies and four bogeys to get to 6-under for the tournament, ahead of Garcia, Scott Jamieson of Scotland and Robert Rock of England.

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Luiten, who finished second at the Spanish Open at Valderrama last year, has only one Top-10 finish this season despite missing only four cuts in 22 events. He is seeking his sixth European Tour title.

”I’m happy with the way I played,” he said. ”Hopefully we can have a good weekend and we can win here, but there’s a lot of golf to be played.”

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Justin Thomas didn't have a round to remember on Friday at the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges, but he did hit the shot that had everyone talking. Even though it only came from about four feet away.
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The reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year was facing a short par putt on the fifth hole, but with a patch of spike marks in between his ball and the hole he decided to go with a wedge instead of a putter. And then he did this:
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Even with a two-over-par 74, Thomas is still just one shot back of leader Luke List heading into the weekend in South Korea. And if he's anywhere near as accurate on the greens with his putter as he is his sand wedge, the rest of the field is in trouble.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) Jenny Shin shot a 5-under-par 67 for a share of the lead with Eun-Hee Ji after the second round of the Taiwan Championship on Friday.

Shin offset a pair of bogeys with seven birdies at Miramar Resort and Country Club, including a birdie-birdie finish.

”I had a really good break back there on the 18th hole,” Shin said. ”My tee shot went to the right, but I got relief because it was completely underwater, and I took advantage of that. Made the putt on 17, so I wanted to keep running at it and made my last putt on 18.”

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First-round leader Ji made a pair of bogeys and two birdies early, but birdied the par-5 18th for a 71.

”Not as great as yesterday but I don’t feel really bad,” Ji said. ”I just struggled with my putting this first nine, and I get just a little bit better on the back nine. I just made it out a little bit. I’m pretty happy to make a birdie on the last.”

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JEJU, South Korea (AP) Luke List fired a 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the CJ Cup on Friday.

List, who is looking to win on the U.S. PGA Tour for the first time, carded five birdies, including one on the par-5 9th, his final hole, to move to 9 under.

Three-time tour winner Lucas Glover compensated for a pair of bogeys with seven birdies in a 67 and was tied for second with Scott Brown, who had a 70.

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A day after firing a 63 for the first-round lead, Justin Thomas made a 74 to slip into a share of fourth with Australian golfer Cameron Smith (68) at 7 under.

Thomas took a three-shot lead into the second round, but an opening 3-over-par 39 on the front brought him back to the pack.

The second-round 74 is Thomas’ worst score since an 80 in the second round of the British Open.

Jason Day also struggled en route to a 74 to fall back to 24th at 2 under.

Whee Kim (70) was the highest placed of the 16 South Korean player..