Triplett breaks record for Wachovia course

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kirk Triplett closed with three straight birdies for a course-record 8-under 64 Thursday and took a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Wachovia Championship.

Triplett took only 11 putts over the last nine holes -- including a 45-footer for birdie on No. 9, his last hole -- to pull away from an enormous pack of players at Quail Hollow.

Fredrik Jacobson, Stuart Appleby and Brett Quigley had 66s, while the six players at 67 included former Masters champion Mike Weir.

Vijay Singh, trying to become the first player in nearly five years to win three straight weeks, three-putted from 18 feet for bogey on the last hole for a 68.

Tiger Woods carved out a 69 for his first bogey-free round of the year in stroke-play competition and Masters champion Phil Mickelson had a 70, his 17th consecutive round at par or better.

Kang leads LPGA Tour stop

Soo-Yun Kang shot a 6-under 65 and held a one-shot lead over Helen Alfredsson and Dorothy Delasin in the Michelob Ultra Open in Williamsburg, Va.

Fourteen-year-old Michelle Wie, playing under a sponsor's exemption, had a 1-over 72, while fellow teen sensation Aree Song, 18, opened with a 73.