RICHLAND -- Scott Erdmann, a professional from Lake Oswego Country Club, took the first-round lead Monday at the Windermere Northwest Open Invitational at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland.
Erdmann fired a 7-under-par 65, making seven birdies in the round.
Defending champion Jeff Coston, a professional from Semiahmoo in Blaine, trails by one stroke in second place.
Overlake's Pat Howard, a former Tri-Citian, sits in third at 67.
Birk Nelson, a former Columbia Basin College player now at Diamond Woods, and Walla Walla Country Club's Brady Sharp are tied for fourth at 68 -- along with another ex-CBC golfer, Dan Whitaker (an amateur out of Suncadia), and amateur Alex Stamey.
The 54-hole tournament resumes at 7:30 a.m. today with players teeing off on both No. 1 and 10.
Today's tee times are at the end of this story, while all first-round scores in in the Scoreboard.
-- Follow Eric Degerman's blog at Sportstricities.com as he caddies for high school classmate Spencer Klapp, an amateur out of Tualatin, Ore.
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