MAUI, Hawaii, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Defending champions Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson got eight skins and $270,000 Saturday to take the lead after nine holes of the Champions Skins Game.
Loren Roberts and Gary Player won the first hole and $30,000. The teams of Arnold Palmer and Jay Haas and Peter Jacobsen and Fuzzy Zoeller were shut out Saturday.
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Watson hit to 10 feet from the hole at the fourth and Nicklaus made the putt for three skins and $90,000.
The par-three ninth was worth five skins and $180,000. Player missed from 18 feet, but Nicklaus sank a 15-footer for birdie. Zoeller was short from five feet.
The format is alternate-shot. The final nine holes, worth $470,000, will be played Sunday.
