Meanwhile, American Fred Funk shot the lowest opening round at a Senior British Open with a six-under-par 64 at Sunningdale in England on Thursday.

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Old man Fred Couples, at 53, knows how to avoid trouble at Augusta and got through Friday's windy second round with a journeyman's 71, for a five-under-par total.

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