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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Champions Tour players are used to seeing low numbers in the Principal Charity Classic. The results from the first round on the tournaments new course suggest that those days could be behind them. Tom Lehman, Duffy Waldorf, Dan Forsman and Scott Hoch shot 3-under 69 on Friday to share the lead at the Wakonda Club. The Iowa event had been held at Glen Oaks Country Club in neighbouring West Des Moines in 11 of the last 12 years. Hale Irwin, who turns 68 on Monday, topped a group of eight at 70. Defending champion Jay Haas opened with a 71, and tour points leader Bernhard Langer had a 72. Wakonda, which was built 91 years ago, has more sloping fairways, higher rough and arguably trickier greens than Glen Oaks. Even though players were allowed to lift, clean and place their golf balls in the fairways effect because of soggy conditions, low scores were hard to find. The first-round leading score was the highest ever in Iowa -- and every player had at least one bogey. "Its kind of a mystery course, isnt it," Waldorf said. "You get out here on this course and you go, Anything under par looks good." The conditions led to a bunched leaderboard, which also featured four players tied for the first spot for the first time in tournament history. Waldorf played the front nine in even par before a strong stretch put him atop the early leaderboard. Waldorf birdied four of the next five holes -- including successive sand wedge approaches that landed within 5 feet -- to get to 3 under. Though Waldorf had to scramble for pars on the three holes, he was thrilled with his opening round. "If you had given me 69 before the round I would have said Oh yeah," Waldorf said. Forsmans day was defined by an adventurous birdie on the par-5 13th hole. He hit his drive in the rough, followed by a 5-iron that whacked a tree. He punched his next shot over the green, leaving him about 70 feet from the hole. But Forsman chipped it over a ridge, down a slope and into the cup. "Its a huge bonus," Forsman said. "And yet, when it goes in, I said to my caddie, "Thats why we hit all those pitch shots this week. It was tongue-in-cheek, but I was trying to plug that into the subconscious, so next time Im in that position Ill have a similar outcome." Lehman had four birdies on the back nine, including one on No. 18, to pull even with Waldorf and Forsman. Hoch also birdied the 311-yard, par-4 18th, which ranked as the courses second-easiest hole, to reach 3 under. Haas entered play with a chance to become just the third Champions Tour player to win the same event four times. After a rough start, he put himself in position for a move on Saturday. Haas bogeyed three of his first six holes, and a 6 on the par-5 15th put him 1 over, but he closed with a birdie. Langer needed birdies on holes No. 17 and 18 to get to 72 after a nasty double-bogey on the previous hole. David Frost, third in the Schwab Cup standings, picked up six bogeys en route to a 5-over 77. Unknown Doug Garwood, who had played just three events on the Web.com Tour since 2005, stunned the field by pulling into a tie for the lead after 14 holes. But Garwood bogeyed the 15th and 16th holes and had to settle for a 70. Des Moines avoided rain Friday, but theres a chance the course could see some light showers on Saturday. Air Force 1 n7 . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Sf Air Force 1 Mid Bianche .2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. http://www.airforce1outletitalia.it/scontate-air-force-1-alte-marble-pack.html . -- Ken Appleby made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 2-0 win over the Belleville Bulls on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. Air Force 1 Mid Utility . 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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Tim Cahill has been ruled out of Australias squad for the Nov. 15 World Cup qualifier in Thailand because of soreness that sidelined him for a domestic game on the weekend.The absence of Australias leading and most reliable scorer depletes the experience in the 23-man squad, leaving skipper Mile Jedinak (67), Mark Milligan (52) and Robbie Kruse (47) as the only players with more than 36 international caps.Brisbane Roar striker Jamie Maclaren has been called up to take Cahills place in one of four changes to the squad which had draws at home against Japan and away against Saudi Arabia last month.Cahill, who moved back to Australia this season after spending his entire career playing abroad, missed Melbourne Citys match against Adelaide United with unspecified soreness.Tim has been left out primarily because we have a 10-day lead-in, which is very rare, and I want to be able to put the squad through a lot of work, Australia coach Ang Postecoglou said. He has done a lot of travel for club and country, and I have decided it is bettter he remains in Melbourne where he is being managed well to ensure he is back on the park as soon as possible and ready for us down the track.ddddddddddddThe Australia squad will start arriving in Bangkok on Sunday for the match that will be the halfway point in the last round of Asian qualifying for Russia 2018.The unbeaten Socceroos are in second place on eight points in Group B, two points behind Saudi Arabia. Thailand is winless from four games in the six-team group. Only the top two teams in each of the Asian qualifying groups get an automatic spot at the World Cup.---Australia squad: Nathan Burns, Milos Degenek, Adam Federici, Alex Gersbach, Craig Goodwin, Jackson Irvine, Mile Jedinak, James Jeggo, Tomi Juric, Robbie Kruse, Mitchell Langerak, Mathew Leckie, Massimo Luongo, Jamie Maclaren, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Josh Risdon, Tommy Rogic, Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Matthew Spiranovic, Bailey Wright. ' ' '