McCord, Morgan two shots back
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Senior Tour: LOS ANGELES (Oct. 27) -- Two-time defending champion Joe Inman birdied three of the final four holes Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the SBC Senior Classic.
Inman, who shot a 6-under-par 65, has two victories since joining the Senior PGA Tour two years ago, and both have come in this tournament.
"I just have to pinch myself all the time about playing out here and doing this," he said. "I felt comfortable playing out there all day."
Gary McCord, Gil Morgan and Mike McCullough opened with 67s on the Wilshire Country Club course, and Tom Kite, Barry Jaeckel and David Graham topped an eight-player group at 68.
Inman bogeyed the fourth hole, ending a streak of 94 holes without a bogey. He fell three short of the tour record of 97, set by the late Jack Kiefer in 1994.
"After the bogey at the fourth hole, I kept telling myself to stop thinking about not making bogey," Inman said. "It's hard not to think about bogeys, but I really felt free after I missed that par putt. To win you have to be not afraid to fail."
Inman, 52, is coming off a second-place finish in the EMC Kaanapali Classic, and has finished in the top 10 in 10 of 32 starts this year.
McCord had six birdies and two bogeys.
"My round was just OK," he said. "I've been on the road 29 straight weeks between playing and CBS."
In his final contract year as a color analyst with CBS, McCord said he's looking forward to 2001.
"I'm going to try and play 12 to 15 events next year," he said. "Trying to get back to Myrtle Beach has kept me out here and kept me focused."
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