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Champions leader Tom Lehman hopes to fix swing

The Columbian
Published: June 1, 2011, 5:00pm

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Tom Lehman is having one heck of a season for a guy who feels his swing has been out of synch of late.

Lehman leads the Champions Tour in earnings, tops the Charles Schwab Cup standings and will try for his fourth victory in nine starts when he tees off Friday in the Principal Charity Classic.

But in Lehman’s mind, something isn’t quite right with his game and last weekend was a reminder. The 52-year-old Minnesota native ran off six straight birdies in the third round of the Senior PGA Championship at Valhalla, the longest such stretch on the tour this year, then struggled to a final round 77 that included two double-bogeys.

Lehman says he could feel a round like that coming because his swing has been off.

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