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Sluman leads Senior Players Championship

HARRISON, N.Y., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Jeff Sluman had three consecutive birdies in one stretch en route to a 6-under-par 65 and the first-round lead at the Senior Players Championship in New York.

Sluman had seven birdies and a bogey on the 16th hole in grabbing a 1-stroke lead over Gary Hallberg and Peter Senior, who are tied for second.

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Michael Allen, Jay Haas and Corey Pavin all shot 67 and are tied for fourth, two strokes behind Sluman. Defending Senior Players Championship winner Mark O'Meara is in a group of four players tied at 3-under 68.

Sluman opened with three pars before a birdie at No. 4. He pushed his way up the leader board with birdies at 6 and 7 and made the turn at 4-under after a ninth-hole birdie.

A string of birdies from 12-14 got him to 7-under but he had a bogey at the par-3 16th hole in settling for the 1-stroke lead.

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