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Published: Saturday July 11, 2009 MYT 8:31:00 AM

Bean and Price shoot 65 to lead at 3M Championship

BLAINE, Minnesota: Andy Bean and Nick Price each shot a 7-under 65 to tie for the lead after the first round of the Champions Tour's 3M Championship on Friday.

Using a new driver, Bean, who has two second-place finishes this year, was 5 under through seven holes, and birdied three of his last four holes.

Price shot a 30 on the back nine, including four straight birdies.

Gene Jones, who finished fourth last year, shot a 66 at the TPC Twin Cities and is one shot back.

Starting on the back side, Jones birdied four of his first six holes, and added birdies on his first three holes on the back side to get to 7 under.

He double-bogeyed the par-3 eighth, and just missed eagle on his final hole.

Ronnie Black, Dan Forsman, Bernhard Langer and Scott Hoch each shot 67 and are two shots back.

Fulton Allem, Ben Crenshaw, Mike Goodes and Gary Hallberg are three shots off the lead.

Crenshaw was at 7 under heading to the final hole, but put two shots in the water, finishing with a triple bogey.

Defending champion R.W. Eaks was among a group of a dozen players that shot a 2-under 70.

No champion has defended his title in the event's 17-year history.

Forty-five of the 79 players broke par. - AP

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