BILOXI, Miss. — Kevin Sutherland made a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for a 3-under 69 and a 3-stroke lead Saturday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Rapiscan Systems Classic.
Tied for the first-round lead with Marco Dawson after a 65, Sutherland had a 10-under 134 total at Fallen Oak. Dawson was second after a 72.
The 54-year-old Sutherland rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 second with a birdie on the par-3 third and also birdied the par-3 eighth. He opened the back nine with birdies on the par-4 10th and 11th and bogeyed the par-5 15th.
Fred Couples and Billy Andrade were 5 under. Preparing for the Masters, the 59-year-old Couples shot 70. Andrade had a 68.
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