
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, September 23, 1994                   TAG: 9409240057
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

WRENN'S 63 LEADS FIELD AT HARDEES

Richmond native Robert Wrenn, a self-described ``good mudder,'' overcame rain and cold and a first-hole bogey Thursday to shoot a 7-under-par 63 in the opening round of the Hardees Classic golf tournament in Coal Valley, Ill.

He matched the tournament's opening-round record and took a two-stroke lead over Doug Tewell and Neal Lancaster.

Mark Calcavecchia, Bob Estes, Mark McCumber, Gil Morgan and Mark Brooks were three strokes back on a day when a chilly wind swept the Oakwood Country Club course.

Wrenn, who has dabbled in TV commentary and course design and is not fully exempt on tour, got off to a poor start when he made a bogey-6 at the 515-yard 10th hole. Then he regrouped.

Wrenn strung together birdies at 15, 16 and 17. He had two more at Nos. 2 and 5 and then came the highlight of his round - an eagle-3 at the sixth hole when he rolled in a 25-footer.

``About that time I wasn't sure I wanted to stop,'' said Wrenn. ``I said, `Let's play another nine.'''

Wrenn, playing before the rain became heavy in the late afternoon, also birdied the seventh and finished the round with a pair of pars.

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