South Shore, Lake Tahoe, Nev. – Former NFL
quarterback Mark Rypien used an eagle and three birdies in his round
Friday to hold the 18-hole lead by two points at the 2013 American
Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.
Rypien
finished with 27 points while actor Lucas Black scored 25 points and
former NFL quarterback Chris Chandler totaled 24. The 54-hole event, now
in its 24th year, uses a modified Stableford scoring system that awards graduated points for pars or better.
Rypien won the inaugural event in 1990 and finished second a year ago and he has eight top-10 finishes in 21 starts.
“I
got it going on my first nine holes and scored 19 points on that side
(holes 10-18), by far my best in all the years I have played here,” said
Rypien. “The fountain of youth is not in my favor, but I think I am
playing better golf now than when I first came out here.”
Rypien’s round was buoyed by an eagle 3 on the par-5 16th hole where he hit a hybrid club to 8 feet and made the putt.
Black
had his best round in three years at the event, shooting a 1-under-par
71. Chandler led for a time on the second nine before making a double
bogey on his second to last hole (the 8th)
Defending
champion Dan Quinn, a five-time winner and former NHL star, struggled
with only 13 points and last year’s runner-up Jack Wagner finished with
only 10 points.
The event will be televised by NBC on Saturday and Sunday from 3-6 p.m. (EDT).
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