Henrik Stenson won his way to East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, and apparently that was the hard part. The easy part for him: playing the course.
Stenson, two years after a wire-to-wire win at East Lake, shot a 7-under 63 Thursday and took the lead in the Tour Championship.
Stenson didn't finish in the PGA Tour's top 30 last season so he didn't get to play East Lake. Thursday he played the front nine in 29, on his way to a two-stroke lead over Paul Casey.
"I wanted to get out of the blocks quickly, and I surely did," Stenson said.
High school football
Accused coach resigns
An assistant football coach accused of instructing two players to hit a referee during a high school game in Texas has resigned, school officials said.
Assistant Mack Breed told players to retaliate against an official in the closing minutes of John Jay High School's game earlier this month. The players had told their coaches earlier in the game that referees had been directing racial slurs at them. Robert Watts, the referee who was hit, denied using any racial slur.
NHL
Lawyer in Kane case steps down
The lawyer of a woman accusing Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane of sexual assault abruptly quit the case Thursday night, saying he's no longer comfortable representing the woman because of how her mother reported finding an evidence bag that once held the woman's rape kit.
Thomas Eoannou told reporters he doesn't believe the story he was told, that the bag was found by the woman's mother between her front doors. The discovery opens up the possibility that evidence was tampered with.
