HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Scott Erdmann and Jeff Sorenson shot 6-under 65s on the Hershey Country Club’s East Course, and Lonny Alexander had a 6-under 66 on the West Course to top the leaderboard Sunday after the first round of the 44th PGA Professional National Championship.
Erdmann, from Tigard, Ore., is a PGA assistant professional at Oswego Lake Country Club; Sorenson, from Blaine, Minn., is a PGA teaching professional at Columbia Country Club in Minneapolis; and Alexander, from New Braunfels, Texas, is the PGA director of instruction at Onion Creek Club in Austin.
The final two rounds will be played on the East Course, the site of Byron Nelson’s 1940 PGA Championship victory.
