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After starting on the back nine, Kelly was 2 under through 14
holes when his tee shot at the 185-yard sixth found the cup for
his 15th career ace.
"I had ... a little more than 180 (yards), but the wind was down
a little out of the right and I was going to hit an 8 and ride
it, but it would have just been too far moving it right to
left," Kelly said. "So I hit a little hold 7 up in there and it
just tracked the whole way and it went in, so (I'm a) happy
guy."
Kelly added a birdie on his closing hole, the par-4 ninth. He
had just one bogey, four birdies and the ace.
Woody Austin, Scott Parel and Gene Sauers are a shot behind at
4-under 67. Sauers recovered from a double bogey at No. 14 by
making six birdies, which led the field.
Jeff Maggert, Lee Janzen, Rob Labritz and New Zealand's Steven
Alker are tied for fifth at 3-under 68.
While a field of 78 Champions Tour golfers are playing their
usual 54-hole stroke play format, the inaugural ClubCorp Classic
also features a celebrity tournament utilizing the Stableford
scoring system. Tony Romo took the lead in the celebrity flight
with a score of 37.
The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current CBS football
analyst won two previous celebrity events held by the Champions
Tour, the 2018 and 2019 American Century Championship.
Retired tennis pro Mardy Fish is second place behind Romo after
shooting a 34, and LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam shot a 33 for
third.
--Field Level Media
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