GOLF Zoeller leads Senior Slam

In the LPGA, Annika Sorenstam is poised to win her 10th title of the year.
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SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Ariz. -- Fuzzy Zoeller shot a 5-under-par 67 Saturday for a three-stroke lead after one round in the Senior Slam.
Zoeller birdied three of the first six holes to overtake Don Pooley, made birdie at Nos. 10 and 16 and parred the 18th hole by two-putting from 40 feet, sinking a 5-foot comebacker to preserve his lead.
"I haven't played the course enough to know which greens are fast," the PGA Seniors' Championship winner said. "I'm putting back up the hole into the mountain, I've got to think it's kind of slow. It kind of caught me off-guard."
Pooley and Stewart Ginn shot 70s on Superstition Mountain's 7,140-yard Lost Gold Course, and Jim Thorpe offset five birdies with three bogeys and a double bogey for 72.
The unofficial-money tournament, which concludes today, features this year's Senior major championship winners. The winner will pocket $300,000 of the $600,000 purse.
"Every one of us want to get our name on that trophy," Zoeller said. "You know, the money's great, yes, but that trophy is history."
Thorpe won the Tradition, Pooley won the U.S. Senior Open and Ginn was the Senior Players' Championship winner.
Thorpe, who won his major on the same course, got off to a bogey-double bogey start. On the 558-yard second hole, his second shot landed in a waste area. He had to hit his third shot back toward the fairway and needed two more shots to reach the green.
Women
OTSU, Japan -- Annika Sorenstam took a big step toward winning her 10th LPGA title of the year, shooting a 7-under-par 65 for a one-stroke lead in the Mizuno Classic.
On the two closing par-5 holes, Sorenstam had an eagle on No. 17 and a birdie on No. 18. She is at 10-under 134 entering Sunday's final round.
"I had a great round today," said Sorenstam, the defending champion. "Hopefully, I can keep it going."
Sorenstam hit a 4-wood 210 yards to set up a 20-foot eagle putt on No. 17 and holed a 12-footer for birdie on No. 18. She birdied both par-5 holes on the front nine.
South Korea's Grace Park, coming off a victory last week in the World Ladies Match Play Championship in Narita, was a stroke back along with compatriot Gloria Park. Both players shot 69s.
South Korean star Se Ri Pak was two strokes behind after her second straight 68, and Japan's Akiko Fukushima was 7 under after a 68. U.S. Solheim Cup player Rosie Jones and South Korea's Mi Hyun Kim topped a five-player group at 6 under. Jones shot a 69, and Kim, the first-round leader after a 65, had a 73.
Sorenstam is going for her 12th worldwide title of the year. But she has struggled since winning the Samsung World Championship on Oct. 6 for her fourth straight worldwide victory and 40th career LPGA Tour title.