Rookie Johnson Shares Buick Lead with Funk
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CROMWELL, Connecticut  - Rookie Zach Johnson  produced the day's joint best score, a five-under-par 65, to  join Fred Funk at the top of the leaderboard after the second  round of the $4.2 million Buick Championship Friday.
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Teammates Jimmie Johnson, Sunday's winner in Georgia, and Jeff Gordon are turning the Chase for the Nextel Cup championship into a private duel.
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About the only thing Fred Funk and Zach Johnson have in common is the lead at the Buick Championship. Ryder Cup member Funk is a 16-year PGA Tour veteran with five wins, while Johnson is a rookie with one title.
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GRAND BLANC, Michigan  - American Kenny Perry fired a sizzling nine-under 63 to grab a share of the second round lead at the Buick Open on Friday alongside Jim Furyk and Brett Quigley.
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Kurt Busch has the lead position in the Chase for the Championship and the pole for today&#39;s Ford 400, but Jimmie Johnson has the momentum.
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Denny Hamlin knows how much it meant to win the Budweiser Shootout two years ago as a rookie for Joe Gibbs Racing.
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In the Deutsche Bank field of 156 golfers, many are well-known, but a lot are far removed from the spotlight. Meet another of those unheralded golfers -- PGA Tour rookie Zach Johnson. He won the BellSouth Classic in April and ranks 23d on the money list, but he's hardly a household name. Yet.
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Don't spend too much time comparing NASCAR rookies and former open-wheel drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and A.J. Allmendinger.
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Jimmie Johnson wins for the second time at Darlington this year and moves to within 18 points of Nextel Cup leader Kurt Busch with one race left in the chase for the title.
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Fred Funk shot an eight-under par 64 to seize a one-stroke lead after the third round of the US PGA Tour Southern Farm Bureau Classic in Madison, Mississippi.
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Jimmie Johnson has fought through mistakes, mechanical failures and the despair of losing friends in a plane crash to charge back into NASCAR&#39;s closest championship battle ever.
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Zach Johnson, a rookie on the PGA Tour, and Fred Funk share the lead after Friday&#39;s second round at the $4.2-million PGA event.
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SAN DIEGO, California  - Tiger Woods shrugged off a scrappy display with his driver to charge into early contention in the Buick Invitational first round on Thursday.
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CROMWELL, Connecticut  - Woody Austin birdied the  first hole of a sudden-death playoff against fellow American  Tim Herron to win the $4.2 million Buick Championship on  Sunday.
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Rookie Patrick Crayton was responsible for getting Bill Parcells yet another win over his old rival Joe Gibbs. Crayton caught a 15-yard pass on fourth-and-10 before hauling in a 39-yard touchdown with 30 seconds
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Fred Funk fights through back problems to keep a two-stroke lead at the Mayakoba Golf Classic.
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Brent Geiberger has been here before &#151; playing in Greensboro and needing a strong weekend to secure his future on the PGA Tour. It worked out for him two years ago, and he's off to another good start. Geiberger, John Rollins and Nick Watney shot 8-under 64s on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.