RIDGEDALE, Mo. –  Former college teammates John Cook and Joey Sindelar shot a 10-under 60 in better-ball play Friday to take the first-round lead in the Champions Tour’s Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf.

“It’s pretty special to remain friends for over 30 years after we’ve been done, 35 years actually,” Cook said. “So, it’s a great partnership. We’ve had a nice run in this event, chance to win a couple of times and it’s good to see him healthy and back. I’m happy to be back out playing. I feel like I haven’t played hardly at all this year. We kind of pulled each other along and going to enjoy the next couple days.”

Cook and Sindelar birdied the final four holes on Buffalo Ridge’s regulation Springs course in the round that was delayed an hour at the start because of rain.

“To watch the rain that happened and then one hour later be on them and the ball is going forward as it hits on the greens and the putting was fantastic,” Sindelar said. “Whether you made them or not, it wasn’t the greens, they were magnificent. … These greens held up so beautifully.”

The teams of Jay Don Blake-David Frost and Mark Brooks-John Huston were tied for second. They also opened at Buffalo Ridge.

Ian Woosnam and Sandy Lyle had the best score at the par-3 Top of the Rock course, a 7-under 47 for nine holes of modified alternate shot and nine holes of better ball.

“I quite enjoyed that format and it worked well for us,” Lyle said. “We made some birdies and birdied some of the hard holes as well, which is always a little bonus.”

They grew up near each other, with Lyle in Scotland and Woosnam in Wales.

“We’ve known each other since we were about 12,” Woosnam said. “We only lived 20 miles from each other and we’ve been playing basically in the same competitions since 12 years of age.”

Larry Nelson and Larry Fleisher led the Legends Division for players 65 and older, shooting a 47 on the par-3 course. John Bland and Graham Marsh were second after a 66 at Buffalo Ridge.

Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player were tied for third at 3 under after a 51 on the Nicklaus-designed par-3 layout.

“I think both Gary and I hit the ball reasonably well,” the 75-year-old Nicklaus said. “We did what we had to do. We didn’t make too many mistakes. We did three-putt a hole on the front nine, first nine we played, but we hit a lot of good shots.”

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The Quebec Championship has been dropped from the Champions Tour schedule. The event was scheduled for Sept. 4-6.

The PGA Tour announced the decision Friday, saying tournament organizers recently informed the Champions Tour they were unable to adequately fund a full-field event this year following financial difficulties last season during the inaugural tournament.

Wes Short Jr. won in September at La Tempete Golf Club in Quebec City. The tournament was the first PGA Tour-sanctioned event in the area since the 1956 Labatt Open at Royal Quebec.

DULUTH, Ga. – Relentless rain denied Olin Browne a chance to play the final round with Bernhard Langer. Then again, it gave Browne his first Champions Tour victory in four years.

Browne won the Greater Gwinnett Championship after rain washed out Sunday’s final round. He finished Saturday’s second round with a one-shot lead over Langer, the 2013 winner. Langer has one win and two second-place finishes in the tournament’s three years.

“I was going to really enjoy playing with him,” Browne said before pausing to gaze at the crystal trophy. “Having said that, I don’t mind having that big sugar jar sitting with my name on it.”

This is the first Champions Tour event to be shortened to 36 holes since the 2011 Insperity Championship in Houston. Browne finished fourth at that tournament, which was won by Brad Faxon.

“I was on the other side of (the cancellation) and I was hot about that,” Browne said. “So they say things even out. Maybe it evened out my way this time.”

The 55-year-old Browne set the tournament record with a second-round 64 to take the lead at 12 under. He then watched as Langer matched the record to move into second place.

Rain forced Friday’s first round to be suspended and completed early Saturday. There was light rain, but no delays, in Saturday’s second round, followed by more downpours Saturday night and Sunday morning.

“We all knew this was coming and it’s really miraculous we got in 36 holes,” Browne said. “It’s springtime in the South. There’s a reason you have those beautiful flowers out here. It’s not springtime in the desert.”

Rocco Mediate, the leader until his double bogey on No. 11 on Saturday, was third at 9 under. Defending champion Miguel Angel Jimenez tied for 10th at 5 under. First-round leader Tommy Armour III tied for eighth at 6 under.

The soft greens set up Saturday’s low scores.

“The rain made the fairways a nightmare, a quagmire, but they also softened the greens considerably, so the greens were a lot more receptive than they’ve been in the past,” Browne said.

Brian Claar, the tour’s vice president of competition, said the course was “absolutely saturated” after almost an inch of rain Saturday night.

“There was no way we could play today,” Claar said. “We lost the golf course. The greens we could squeegee but the fairways, there was no place to play. … There was nothing we could do, and more rain is right on the doorstep again.”

The Atlanta area was in a flash flood and tornado watch Sunday.

Browne’s only other career win on the tour came in the 2011 U.S. Senior Open. He has enjoyed a strong start to 2015, with four top-10 finishes in six events. With the win he moved from 11th to first in the points standings.

“I’ve made a commitment this year to try to play better more often. … I guess you get a little more perspective as your career begins to wind down,” he said.

A pair of Canadians finished within the top-10 as Stephen Ames tied for 4th at 7-under, while Rod Spittle tied for 8th at 6-under.

DULUTH, Ga. – Olin Browne shot a tournament-record 8-under 64 to take the Greater Gwinnett Championship lead Saturday, to hold a slight lead over Bernhard Langer.

Langer matched the 64 to finish the second round only one shot behind Browne in the Champions Tour event.

Langer made a 30-foot eagle putt on No. 18 for his 64 – just as Browne predicted as he watched from the side.

“He is a public peril,” Browne said, referring to Langer’s sometimes dominant play.

Langer is especially strong at TPC Sugarloaf. He won the tournament in 2013 and finished second last year, making shots like his eagle putt.

“That’s what you expect out of him,” Browne said. “It’s no accident. He didn’t win two Masters by accident. … He’s our marquee guy out here and he shows up every single week and there’s one thing that he cares about doing and that’s winning the tournament.”

The 57-year-old Langer is seeking his 24th career win on the 50-and-over tour, which would move him into a tie for fourth with Miller Barber, behind Gil Morgan (25), Lee Trevino (29) and Hale Irwin (45).

The 55-year-old Browne was at 12 under. Browne’s big advantage could be the weather. Sunday’s final round is threatened by a forecast for rain and possible thunderstorms. Rain already pushed back the completion of Friday’s first round to early Saturday.

“You would rather be one in front than one behind sitting on a chair hoping to get to play,” Browne said.

“I played today like we weren’t going to get to play tomorrow. … Hopefully, we do get to play tomorrow. I mean, it’s going to mean a lot more tomorrow if I go out there and hold the lead.”

Browne’s white shoes were streaked with red mud by the end of his day at soggy TPC Sugarloaf.

Rocco Mediate, who lost the lead with a double bogey on No. 11, was third at 9 under after a 67.

Mediate led before an errant tee shot on the par-3 No. 11 led to a double bogey. While preparing for the tee shot, Mediate made a late change to a 4 iron and then mishit his shot into a lake, not even close to the green.

“I probably quit on it a little bit obviously thinking it might be too much,” Mediate said of his club selection.

Mediate said his strategy throughout the day was affected by the possibility there may be no final round.

“Oh yeah, I was thinking that all day,” Mediate said. “I think all of us were. Getting off to that start I was right where I wanted to be.”

Browne took the lead with Mediate’s double bogey. Minutes later, Browne stretched the lead to two strokes with a birdie on No. 13.

First-round leader Tommy Armour III was 6 under after a 71.

Browne’s only win on the tour was the 2011 U.S. Senior Open. He already has three top-10 finishes this year and closed Saturday’s round with birdies on 17 and 18.

“It’s a good start for my year regardless of what happens (Sunday), so I’m looking forward to the rest of the season for sure,” he said.

Jesper Parnevik shot 69 and was tied for fourth at 7 under with Mark O’Meara (69), Stephen Ames (67) and Tom Pernice Jr. (68).

Another Canadian sat withing the top-10, as Rod Spittle had a share of 8th at 6-under.

Mark Calcavecchia withdrew due to an illness following his first-round 77.

DULUTH, Ga. – Ian Woosnam was tied for the lead at 4 under with five holes left Friday when first-round play in the Champions Tour’s Greater Gwinnett Championship was suspended because of rain.

The round was scheduled to be completed Saturday morning at TPC Sugarloaf, followed by the second round. There is more rain in the forecast Saturday and Sunday.

Woosnam, playing in the event for the first time, was tied with Tommy Armour III, Joey Sindelar, Gary Hallberg and Olin Browne. Armour and Hallberg had four holes left, Sindelar three and Browne six.

Defending champion Miguel Angel Jimenez was even par through 11 holes.

Jimenez had a streak of 40 consecutive holes without a bogey at TPC Sugarloaf – including his final 32 holes in last year’s win – end on his ninth hole. Jimenez, trying to reach the green with his second shot on the par-5 18th, instead found water, leading to his bogey.

Bernhard Langer, second last year after winning the inaugural tournament in 2013, was 1 under through 12.

Only one group completed the first round, with Tom Byrum the clubhouse leader at 3-under 69.

Water was standing on the greens when play was halted. When play was stopped, the plan was to clear the greens and then continue the round. Continued rain changed the plan.

“The fairways were just unplayable and water was standing on the greens, so it’s just so wet,” Hallberg said, adding he wasn’t prepared for the conditions.

“I’ve got this old golf bag that I’ve been using and the water just soaks right into it, so it’s not a good rain bag,” Hallberg said. “And I’m not dressed for it. I don’t have rain pants, I left everything at home.”

Hallberg said he assumed “Going to Atlanta, it’s going to be nice. That was a mistake.”

Those with a long history on the course, the former home of The PGA Tour’s BellSouth Classic, know rain is a common factor.

“It’s incredible, isn’t it?” Woosnam asked. “I’ve been here so many times and it’s rained nearly every time. One year it snowed. … Quite incredible, unfortunate this place has been with the weather.”

The 57-year-old Woosnam, the 1991 Masters winner, tied for 53rd and 60th in his first two events on the 50-and-over tour this year.

“I’m just trying to sort of like build myself into it,” Woosnam said of his early status as a contender this week. “We’re still working on my swing a little bit. One minute I get it and next I lose it a little bit.”

Woosnam and Hallberg are playing on sponsor exemptions.

Hallberg’s only Champions Tour win came in the 2010 Ensure Classic. He had two top-10 finishes last year.

“This is really my first tournament I feel 100 percent,” Hallberg said. “I feel good.”

Woosnam was bracing for an unusually early start of play on Saturday – and an early bedtime on Friday night.

“I’ll tell you what, I’ve never been to bed so early in America,” Woosnam said.

“Eat at 6 and you’re in bed at 8,” he said before adding with a laugh “You know, we just usually start the party up at 8.”

Stephen Ames led the Canadian contingent, sitting T6 at 3-under through 14 holes. Rod Spittle is 1-over through 14 while Jim Rutledge shot 4-over through a dozen holes.

CALGARY – The Shaw Charity Classic is giving one lucky fan – and three friends – the chance to feel like a professional golfer for a day.

The Champions Tour event in Calgary has launched a unique, three-stage contest for any Canadian resident that scores a hole-in-one at a Golf Canada Member Club across the country between March 1 and July 20, 2015.

Individuals who record a hole-in-one on a hole 85 yards or longer during a 9 or 18-hole round of golf will be invited to a qualification event at Calgary’s Golf Canada Centre, July 24, 2015. Each member of the hole-in-one club will have one attempt in a closest-to-the-pin contest. The 10 closest shots will then be invited to Media Day at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club, the host course of the Shaw Charity Classic, on July 29, 2015 where they will compete head-to-head in another closest-to-the-pin contest for the Grand Prize of one full Pro-Am Team. Balls finishing off the green will be ignored even if they are closest to the hole. Entrants will be responsible for all their costs for attending and playing golf on the day of the qualifiers.

“Anyone who ever plays golf realizes getting a hole-in-one earns you a spot in a very exclusive club, and we want to celebrate these accomplishments by giving Canadians who achieve the feat the opportunity to win the ultimate golf experience and play with the greatest names in the game,” said Sean Van Kesteren, tournament director, Shaw Charity Classic. “It is our goal to recognize, and celebrate, each hole-in-one this summer and bring this exclusive club together in Calgary for a final showdown to win the chance to feel like a Champions Tour professional for a day at the Shaw Charity Classic in August.”

The winner of the top-10 shootout on Media Day will receive one RBC Championship Pro-Am team on Wednesday, August 5 – a prize value of $20,000. Second place will receive two weekly tickets to the Champions Club for all tournament rounds, along with one TaylorMade putter and one dozen TaylorMade golf balls. The third-place finisher will win two weekly tickets to the Champions Club.

Individuals who record a hole-in-one during the 2015 contest period must register through the tournament web site at www.shawcharityclassic.com. The hole-in-one must be attested by the golf facility’s general manager, chief operating officer, club president, head professional or director of golf. Participants between the ages of 13 and 18 must also have parental consent. The Shaw Charity Classic will aim to profile each hole-in-one on its social media platforms.

Tickets and corporate packages for the Shaw Charity Classic are available online at www.shawcharityclassic.com. Youth 17 and under are admitted free with a ticketed adult.

SAUCIER, Miss. – David Frost survived a one-stroke penalty on the par-3 17th and won the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic on Sunday when Tom Lehman missed a 4-foot birdie putt on the last hole.

The 55-year-old South African finished with a 4-under 68 at Fallen Oak for a one-stroke victory over 2011 winner Lehman and second-round leader Kevin Sutherland.

Frost was penalized after the coin marking his ball on the green moved when he accidentally dropped the ball on it. That left him with a bogey and cut his lead to a stroke.

“I marked the ball and as I picked it up, the ball just kind of slipped out of my hand, hit the coin and moved it,” Frost said. “I knew exactly where it was and I just moved it back and didn’t think there was a penalty at all because I knew exactly where it was.

“There is some kind of rule that says in the act of marking the ball if you drop your coin. They told me I dropped the ball, which is an act of negligence and had to incur a one-stroke penalty. I was like, `You’ve got to be kidding me. Last year disqualified and this year a one-shot penalty.’

“It was frustrating. You play by the rules and luckily for me in the end it didn’t make any different and I’m happy Lehman didn’t beat me in a playoff.”

Frost, disqualified last year for moving a stone in a bunker, made a testy-5-footer for par on the final hole to get to 10-under 206, then waited as Lehman missed virtually the same putt for birdie.

“I guess, just misread it,” Lehman said about the putt that slipped by the right edge of the cup. “I thought I hit a good putt. It certainly it didn’t do what I thought it was going to do. I thought it was going to break left and it didn’t.”

After playing the front nine in 1 under with a bogey and two birdies, Frost birdied Nos. 11-13 to take the lead and made another birdie on No. 15.

“Every victory you do accomplish holds a special place,” Frost said. “This is a very special victory for me.”

Lehman closed with a 70, and Sutherland had a 72.

Joe Durant was fourth at 8 under after a 69. Hall of Famer Colin Montgomerie and Woody Austin each shot 70s to finish at 7 under.

Canadian Stephen Ames tied for 27th at 2-over 218, while fellow Canucks Rod Spittle and Jim Rutledge followed closely behind. Spittle tied for 39th at 5-over 221,  while Rutledge tied for 47th at 6-over 222.

SAUCIER, Miss. – Kevin Sutherland birdied three of the final six holes Saturday for a 5-under 67 and the second-round lead in the Champions Tour’s Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic.

Those birdies pushed him to the top and he protected the lead with key par saves from bunkers on the last two holes, including one from a buried lie and awkward stance on the par-3 17th.

“I didn’t have a stance and the ball’s plugged,” Sutherland said. “If someone would have given me a 4, I would have taken it. I thought if I could just pop it out I might could run it up to the hole. I was just hoping to get a putt at it and I did and I was fortunate enough to make it. Just ended up in a bad spot but was able to make the best of it.”

Sutherland, the one-time PGA Tour winner who shot the first 59 in Champions Tour history last year in Endicott, New York, chipped in for birdie from behind the 12th green and birdied Nos. 15 and 16.

He had a two-stroke lead over 2011 MGRC champ Tom Lehman, but he doesn’t have the “hangover” from a record round like he did the last time he took a lead into the final round.

“This is very different, a different mentality,” Sutherland said. “When I shot the 59, it almost felt like I had won something already. There were all the congratulations, and the million texts and all that stuff and everybody wanted to talk about it, which is totally understandable. It was hard to come out the next day and be focused.

“As much as I wanted to be, I wasn’t as focused as I needed to be. I don’t think that will be a problem tomorrow. Whether I play well or not is a different subject, but I know I’ll be ready to play. At Dick Sporting Goods (Open), I was still living off a hangover from the day before.”

Lehman climbed the leaderboard with a bogey-free 66, highlighted by a 50-foot birdie putt on the par-3 eighth hole.

“You just have to get it over the ridge and then it’s all about gravity,” Lehman said. “It’s a matter of getting up to the right on the high side in the right spot where it can just trundle on down the hill. It looked perfect from the beginning. It was one of those long putts that at worst case is going to be really close. Within 5 or 6 feet, I thought it was in.

“Those are the kinds of things that happen when momentum is on your side, and to do well in golf you have to have things like that happen. You can’t be perfect all the time. You have to get away with some imperfection and that was certainly one case of that.”

Tom Pernice Jr. and David Frost were 6 under. Pernice had a 69, and Frost shot 70.

Scott Dunlap had a 65, the best round of the week, to join Colin Montgomerie, Joe Durant, Olin Browne and Woody Austin at 5 under. Montgomerie and Durant shot 72 after sharing the first-round lead. Browne had a 68, and Austin shot 71.

Miguel Angel Jimenez was 2 over after a 70. The Spaniard won the season-opening event in Hawaii in January for his second victory in three career Champions Tour starts.

“It’s a tough course so anybody within five or six shots still has a chance to win with a really hot round,” Lehman said. “Everybody knows the golf course. It’s a matter of who goes out and enjoys it the most, is the strongest mentally and gets a break or two when then need it and makes some putts.”

Canada’s Stephen Ames has a share of 21st at even-par after a 73. Rod Spittle is tied for 31st (+2) and Jim Rutledge is tied for 69th (+9).

TUCSON, Ariz. – Marco Dawson won the Tucson Conquistadores Classic on Sunday for his first Champions Tour’s title, breaking a tie with a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-4 16th hole and closing with two pars for a two-stroke victory.

The 51-year-old Dawson shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 13-under 203 in the first-year event at Tucson National, the longtime home of the PGA Tour’s defunct Tucson Open. He opened with consecutive 67s to take a one-stroke lead into the final round.

“I’m just thinking about all the work I put in over the years, especially the last few years – more mental work than anything,” Dawson said. “I’m really happy with the way I played. I’m just glad I played the game that I wanted to play.”

Dawson won in his 21st start on the 50-and-over tour. He’s winless in 412 PGA Tour starts and has one victory in 161 events on the Web.com Tour.

Dawson bogeyed the par-4 15th to fall into a tie with Bart Bryant at 12 under. On the 16th, Dawson’s birdie putt barely tumbled in, and Bryant made a bogey after driving into a bunker.

Bryant had a 70 to finish second for the second straight event. He lost a playoff to Lee Janzen last month in Naples, Florida.

Mark O’Meara was third at 10 under after a 66.

Tom Pernice Jr. was another stroke back after a 68.

Canada’s Rod Spittle tied for 21st at 4-under, while Stephen Ames was 1-under and tied for 37th.

Jesper Parnevik struggled in his Champions Tour debut, shooting 71-74-71 to tie for 42nd at even par. The five-time PGA Tour winner turned 50 on March 7. He missed the cut two weeks ago in the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open after injuring his back in a fall during a practice round.

TUCSON, Ariz. – Marco Dawson made a 15-foot par putt on the par-4 18th for a 5-under 67 and the second-round lead Saturday in the Champions Tour’s Tucson Conquistadores Classic.

The 51-year-old Dawson, making his 21st start on the 50-and-over tour, opened with two birdies, made four in row on Nos. 7-10 and had his lone bogey on the par-3 17th.

Dawson had a 10-under 134 total in the first-year event on Tucson National’s Catalina Course, the longtime home of the PGA Tour’s defunct Tucson Open.

Dawson was second last year in the AT&T Championship in San Antonio. He’s winless in 412 PGA Tour starts and has one victory in 161 events on the Web.com Tour.

Wes Short Jr. and Bart Bryant were 9 under. Short eagled the par-5 second hole in a 66. Bryant, coming off a playoff loss to Lee Janzen last month in Naples, Florida, had an eagle on the par-5 10th in his 67.

Jerry Smith, the first-round leader after making a hole-in-one in a 65, dropped three strokes on the final two holes to fall to 8 under. He matched Dawson with a bogey on 17 and made a double bogey after driving into the left-side water on 18.

Michael Allen (67) and David Frost (71) were 6 under. Colin Montgomerie bogeyed the 18th for a 72 to fall into a tie for seventh at 5 under.

Bernhard Langer was tied for 10th at 4 under after a 71. He had five victories last year.

Kirk Triplett, the winner of the PGA Tour’s final Tucson Open in 2006 at Tucson National, was tied for 20th at 3 under after a 73.

Jesper Parnevik was 1 over after a 74 in his Champions Tour debut. The five-time PGA Tour winner turned 50 on March 7. He missed the cut two weeks ago in the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open after injuring his back in a fall during a practice round.

Fred Couples was 3 over after a 75. Tom Watson was another shot back after a 72.

Leading the Canadian charge was Rod Spittle. The St. Catharines, Ont., native has a share of 32nd at 1-under.