Golf Capsules

October 16, 2009

LAS VEGAS -Champions Tour winner Tom Pernice Jr shot a bogey-free 9-under 62 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead with Troy Matteson and Spencer Levin in the PGA Tours Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

The 50-year-old Pernice, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour who won the SAS Championship on Sept. 27 in his Champions Tour debut, birdied his final two holes - Nos. 8 and 9 - at TPC Summerlin. Levin had an eagle and seven birdies in his bogey-free round, and Matteson, the 2006 winner, had 10 birdies and a bogey - on No. 17.

Bob Heintz and Martin Laird were a stroke back, and three-time Las Vegas winner Jim Furyk matched Scott Piercy at 64. Furyk bogeyed his first two holes.

Tim Petrovic, Kirk Triplett, Briny Baird, Robert Garrigus and Jeff Klauk shot 65s.

Portugal Masters

VILAMOURA, Portugal - Italys Francesco Molinari shot a 9-under 63 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Portugal Masters.

Molinari had an eagle, nine birdies and a bogey at Oceanico Victoria to match his best score on the European tour. Englands Justin Rose, Scotlands Alastair Forsyth, and South Africas Charl Schwartzel were tied for second.

Northern Irelands Rory McIlroy, The Race to Dubai money leader, matched Irish star Padraig Harrington with a 69.