SHENZHEN, China -- Martin Kaymer and Alex Cejka combined for a 10-under-par 62 to give Germany a one-stroke lead over Australia's Richard Green and Brendan Jones after the first round of the World Cup of Golf on Thursday. The United States duo of Ben Curtis and Brandt Snedeker were tied for third with Spain and Canada at 64. Four other teams -- Sweden, Ireland, Denmark and New Zealand -- were three strokes behind the leaders at the Mission Hills Golf Club in southern China. Colin Montgomerie and Alastair Forsyth shot a 68 for defending champion Scotland. Despite gusting winds and the hilly layout, scores were low playing the best-ball format. Today's format is the tougher foursomes (alternate-shot), and scores likely will be higher.
* MELBOURNE, Australia -- South Africa's Tim Clark waited out a three-hour suspension because of a severe thunderstorm to shoot a 5-under 67 for a share of the first-round lead in the Australian Masters. Australian Scott Hend was in the clubhouse at 67 when a hail-laced storm hit Huntingdale, forcing nearly 80 players off the course today. When they returned, Clark birdied 15 and 16 on what he said was a "totally different course." Chris Downes of Australia, who played the final five holes of his first round this morning, was third at 68. American John Daly shot 76. HOCKEY
* GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Phoenix Coyotes center Olli Jokinen will be sidelined for at least two weeks by a shoulder injury, ending his consecutive games streak at 397. Jokinen, the team's second-leading scorer with seven goals and 18 points, was injured in the first period Wednesday night at Columbus when he was checked hard into the boards by Blue Jackets defenseman Marc Methot. Jokinen went to the bench apparently favoring his left shoulder, then went to the locker room for treatment and did not return to the game. The Coyotes released no details of Jokinen's injury at Thursday's practice, but coach Wayne Greztky said Jokinen will miss tonight's home game against Colorado and "it looks like (he'll be sidelined) for two to four weeks."
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* LAMBETH, Ontario -- Tom Burgess, who played briefly in the major leagues before serving as a coach under Joe Torre and Bobby Cox, has died. He was 81. A member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, Burgess died Monday at his Lambeth home after a battle with cancer, Baseball Canada said. Burgess spent most of his professional playing career in the minors but had two short stints in the big leagues as an outfielder and first baseman. He went 1-for-21 (.048) with the 1954 St . Louis Cardinals and didn't get back to the majors until eight years later, when he batted .196 with two homers and 13 RBIs for the 1962 Los Angeles Angels. After his playing career ended, Burgess managed at many levels for St. Louis, Atlanta, the New York Mets , Texas and Detroit. He was third base coach for the Mets under Joe Frazier and Torre in 1977 and for Atlanta under Cox in 1978. Burgess also coached and managed for Baseball Canada and Baseball Ontario.
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