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Thursday, December 5, 2013

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Zach Johnson grabs first-round lead in Northwestern Mutual World Challenge

In an event featuring some of the best golfers in the world -- whether it is viewed as ending the 2013 season or getting a jump on the 2014 season -- Zach Johnson took a one-shot lead Thursday at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

The 18-player Northwestern Mutual World Challenge -- known to many as "Tiger's Tournament'' in honor of host Tiger Woods -- Johnson carded birdies on four of the five par-5 holes to help fashion a 5-under-par round of 67 in the first round of the four-day, 72-hole tournament.

That gave Johnson a one-shot lead over Matt Kuchar, who used an eagle at No. 11 and a birdie on the final hole in highlighting a 4-under round of 68, putting him one shot behind Johnson. Hunter Mahan and Bubba Watson are tied for third at 2-under 70 with Woods alone in fifth at 1-under 71.

Johnson carded birdies at 1 and 2 and a bogey at 7 to make the turn at 1 under. On the back nine he had birdies at 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16 before making a bogey on the final hole. Kuchar had birdies at 5 and 6 but bogeys at 7 and 8. A birdie at 9 and the eagle at 11 was followed by a birdie at 13, bogey at 17 and a birdie at 18.

Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk are at even-par 72, with Rory McIlroy, Bill Haas and Webb Simpson all at 73. Auburn's Jason Dufner joins Steve Stricker and Lee Westwood at 74. Dustin Johnson and Keegan Bradley are at 75, with Ian Poulter and Jason Day at 76 and Jordan Spieth at 77.

Friday's tee times start at 11:30 a.m. CST with Spieth and Day. The rest finds Bradley and Poulter (11:41), Dufner and Stricker (11:52), Westwood and Dustin Johnson (12:03), Haas and Simpson (12:14), Furyk and McIlroy (12:25), Woods and McDowell (12:36), Mahan and Watson (12:47) and Zach Johnson and Kuchar (12:58).

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