Sluman, the winner last month at Pebble Beach, had seven birdies and a bogey on Westchester Country Club’s tree-lined West Course in Harrison, N.Y. Gary Hallberg and Peter Senior opened with 66s.
The Champions Tour, for 50-and-older golfers, comes to the Puget Sound area next week (Aug. 26-28) for the Boeing Classic at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.
LPGA IN PORTLAND
The final spot on the U.S. Solheim Cup team will be up for grabs this weekend when the LPGA Tour visits the Portland area for the LPGA Safeway Classic at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club.
The team already includes Cristie Kerr, Morgan Pressel, Stacy Lewis, Angela Stanford, Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie, Brittany Lincicome, Brittany Lang, and Juli Inkster.
Also playing at Pumpkin Ridge will be Norway’s Suzann Pettersen, who has clinched a spot on the European team for the matches, Sept. 23-25 at Killeen Castle in Ireland.
Pettersen won a European women’s tour event last week at Killeen Castle.
63S LEAD WYNDHAM
Jeff Quinney and Tommy Gainey shot 7-under 63s to share the lead after one round at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
Quinney had eight birdies, including five in a row, to start strong in his last chance to qualify for the PGA Tour’s postseason.
Gainey had five birdies and an eagle in matching his career-best round.
Stuart Appleby had a 64.
