Los Angeles Times

It’s crowded atop St. Jude Classic

- Wire reports

Matt Every, Scott Brown, Stewart Cink and Sebastian Munoz all shot six-under 64s on Thursday to share the lead after one round at the St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tenn.

Charl Schwartzel and Matt Jones were each one stroke back at the final tuneup before the U.S. Open.

Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen and Chez Reavie each shot a 66 on the par-70 TPC Southwind course.

The 33-year-old Every has two wins on the PGA Tour, but none since 2014. Cink, Brown and Munoz joined him by making afternoon charges up the leaderboar­d.

Brown, a 34-year-old who finished second at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and tied for second at the Genesis Open, followed a bogey on the 14th with consecutiv­e birdies, holing a pair of putts from inside of 10 feet to pull even with Every.

Cink, a 44-year-old, six-time winner on tour and 2009 British Open winner, birdied three straight holes late in his round, including one from about 10 feet on the par-four fifth. He bogeyed the next hole, then closed his round with a birdie on No. 9 to catch Brown and Every.

Suzann Pettersen and Mi Hyang Lee each shot an eight-under 64 to share the first-round lead at the Manulife LPGA Classic in Cambridge, Canada.

Hyo Joo Kim, Gonzalez Escall and Shanshan Feng were one shot back at 65, followed another shot back by Alena Sharp, Emily Pedersen, and Jodi Ewart Shadoff.

Chilean golfer Felipe Aguilar shot a seven-under 65 to build a two-stroke lead over a group of three on a sunny opening day of the Lyoness Open in Atzenbrugg, Austria.

Jaco Van Zyl of South Africa, Johan Carlsson of Sweden and Ashley Chesters of England each shot a 67 to share second position, with England’s Graeme Storm and Oliver Wilson and France’s Joel Stalter one stroke further behind in fifth.

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