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Second-round tee times for Deutsche Bank Championship

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and England's Brian Davis are one shot off the lead at the Deutsche Bank Championship after first-round 64s.

Tiger Woods was expecting the worst at the Deutsche Bank Championship, and that's what he got. Only it was from his game, not from Hurricane Earl. Even after the late starters on the TPC Boston came in from occasional bursts of rain -- none of them able to catch Zach Johnson and Jason Day atop the leaderboard at 8-under 63 -- they realized they got off the course in reasonable shape.

Second-round tee times for Deutsche Bank Championship

Mark Calcavecchia shot an 8-under 64 on Friday at Del Monte to take a two-stroke lead over Tom Pernice Jr. in the Champions Tour's dual-course First Tee Open. Calcavecchia, in his first season on the 50-and-over tour after winning 13 times on the PGA Tour, capped his bogey-free first round with a birdie on the par-5 ninth hole to equal his career low on the senior circuit.

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Zach Johnson and Jason Day beat up on the course and beat the weather at the Deutsche Bank Championship. For Tiger Woods, it was the other way around. Johnson strengthened his Ryder Cup case Friday by rolling in putts from everywhere in easy scoring conditions ahead of Hurricane Earl, giving him an 8-under 63 and a share of the first-round lead with Day.

The Daily Wrap-up, Round 1: Deutsche Bank Championship

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Australia's Jason Day and American Zach Johnson shot eight-under 63s to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the $7.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday, but Tiger Woods faces an uphill battle to stay in the tournament.

Mark Calcavecchia shot an 8-under 64 on Friday at Del Monte to take a three-stroke lead in the Champions Tour's First Tee Open. Calcavecchia, in his first season on the 50-and-over tour after winning 13 times on the PGA Tour, capped his bogey-free round with a birdie on the par-5 ninth hole. Fred Couples, Bob Tway, Tom Kite and 2006 winner Scott Simpson opened with 67s at Del Monte, and Chip...

The NCAA slapped the University of Missouri-St. Louis with two years of probation Friday, saying the former golf coach at the Division II school violated anti-gambling rules by running a "multimillion-dollar" fantasy sports league and playing in others. The NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions also publicly reprimanded and censured the university and issued a three-year show-cause...

Jim Furyk made sure he had two alarms to make his tee time Friday at the Deutsche Bank Championship, his cell phone and a wake-up call from the hotel. Then the power went out. Furyk now is famous for his cell phone going dead, causing him to oversleep and miss his pro-am time last week at The Barclays, which made him ineligible to play the tournament.

* Veteran Spaniard leads way at European Masters

Miguel Angel Jimenez shot a 10-under 61 Friday to take a three-stroke lead after the second round of the European Masters. The 46-year-old Spaniard had two eagles to produce the lowest score of his 28-year professional career in the build up to his fourth Ryder Cup appearance at Celtic Manor next month.

Miguel Angel Jimenez shot a 10-under 61 to take a three-stroke halfway lead Friday in the European Masters. The 46-year-old Spaniard had two eagles to produce the lowest score of his 28-year professional career in the build-up to his fourth Ryder Cup appearance at Celtic Manor next month. It also lowered the course record from the 62 shot by Eduardo Romero in 2000.

Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez cards a 10-under-par 61 to lead by three shots after the second day of the European Masters.

Nationwide Insurance announced Friday it will end its title sponsorship of the PGA Tour's developmental circuit when the contract expires in two years. Instead, Nationwide will stay involved in golf starting in 2011 as the presenting sponsor of the Memorial Tournament, founded and hosted by Jack Nicklaus.

Roger Clemens finished tied for 18th in his group at the Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship. The event featured nearly 3,100 amateurs competing on four different courses. Clemens played his opening round by himself Monday after flying down from Washington. He had pleaded not guilty to charges of lying to Congress about whether he used steroids or human growth hormone during his baseball...

Phil Mickelson isn't the only player capable of going to No. 1 in the world this week. According to early projections from the Official World Golf Ranking, Steve Stricker can become No. 1 for the first time in his career if he were to win the Deutsche Bank Championship, Tiger Woods finished out of the top nine and Mickelson was out of top three.