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PITTSBURGH -- John Huston shot a 5-under 65 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Senior Players Championship. Huston started on No. 10 and was even par halfway through his round before making a big move on the front nine at soggy Fox Chapel. Huston shot 5-under 30 coming in, including four birdies and an eagle on the short par-4 seventh. The 52-year-old Huston missed three months this season because of lower back problems. Fred Couples, Duffy Waldorf, Fred Funk and Russ Cochran were a stroke back in the third major on the Champions Tour schedule. Tom Pernice Jr. had three straight birdies to start his round and led a group of five players at 67. The start of play was delayed nearly five hours because of heavy rain. When the sky cleared the soft greens allowed players to be aggressive on the typically treacherous greens at the rolling course located a few miles up the Allegheny River from downtown Pittsburgh. Nobody did more damage than Huston. The seven-time PGA Tour winner got his round going with a tap-in birdie on the par-5 18th, kickstarting a stretch where he made five birdies in a span of seven holes, including a 40-footer on No. 6. He capped the run by driving the green at the 295-yard par-4 seventh and sinking the 25-footer for eagle to vault him into the lead. The putts gave Huston a welcome confidence boost after spending three months getting treatment on his back. He returned last week and finished 32nd at the Encompass Championship then took a couple days off to rest up. He only found the fairway nine times but was bailed out by his putter. Huston came into the tournament ranked 54th on tour in putting average but had little trouble once things started falling. Couples, searching for his first victory of the season, put together three birdies on the back nine, including one on the 18th that pulled him within a shot of the lead. Couples finished fourth at Fox Chapel last year, faltering on the weekend to finish four shots behind winner Joe Daley. Points leader David Frost, who edged Couples by a shot at the Regions Tradition three weeks ago to capture the first major of his 32-year career, bounced around all day before joining a large group at 68. Newly minted Hall of Famer Colin Montgomerie began his Champions Tour career with a steady 1-under 69. The 31-time winner on the European Tour started a little shaky, flying his approach shot on the 10th hole over the green. He scrambled for par and missed just one more green the rest of the day. Montgomeries debut was pushed back several hours after strong overnight storms left portions of the 6,696-yard course under water. Twice players were told to warm up only to be notified of a delay before things got going just after noon. Officials sent players off both the first and 10th tees, invoked the lift, clean and place rule and moved the tees up on a handful of holes to speed things along. Even the little nudge forward didnt always help. Tee shots plugged into fairways and approach shots went nowhere, helping bunching the field. Over half of the 81-player field finished at even or better, creating little separation. Air Max Womens Australia . Andreas Johnson had a goal and two assists while Jacob de la Rose also scored for Sweden (2-0-0). Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game. Cheap Air Max Australia . 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A day after celebrating Kalyn Ponga as their biggest signing in over a decade, luckless Newcastle were dealt a blow after scans confirmed five-eighth Jarrod Mullen had torn his problematic hamstring.Mullen has another tear to his right hamstring, the same muscle which was ripped off the bone and ruled him out for almost three months earlier this year.At this stage Mullen hopes to be available to face the Warriors in round one on March 5, however there are concerns over whether the hamstring could tear again.If it keeps going it will be pretty hard to get back, Mullen told Fairfax Media.I just have to be patient with it, and hopefully it gets stronger before the start of the season.Adding to the concerns over Mullens future is the fact he injured the hamstring in a simple ballwork drill last week.The 29-year-old is contracted to the Knights until the end of 2018 and is one of their highest paid players.It could also be a significant hit to the Knights, who were forced to use three inexperienced repplacements throughout 2016 as Mullen missed 10 games.ddddddddddddBrock Lamb, Jaelen Feeney and Jack Cogger all partnered former NSW playmaker Trent Hodkinson in the halves in 2016, as the club failed to win another game after Mullens setback in April.Ponga could also be used as an alternative in the No.6 jersey if North Queensland were to release him from the final year of his contract, with Newcastle chief executive Matt Gidley confirming on Tuesday the club had room for him in their 2017 salary cap.Gidley also stressed though that any early release from the Cowboys seems unlikely.Meanwhile former NRL halves Todd Carney and Chris Sandow remain on the market for an Australian club to purchase, after having returned home from the English Super League.However the Knights have previously opted against the likes of Carney, after reports linked him to the club in late 2015. 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