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Massy Kuramoto leads Senior PGA Championship (The Associated Press)

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Massy Kuramoto, from Hiroshima, Japan, hits down the tenth fairway during the second round of the Champions Tour Jeld-Wen golf tournament in Sunriver, Ore., Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

FRENCH LICK, Ind. (AP) -- Massy Kuramoto had the only under-par round with a 1-under 71 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Senior PGA Championship in cool, damp conditions on the testy Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort.

The 59-year-old Kuramoto, a 30-time winner on the Japan Tour, is the chairman of the PGA of Japan and plays on the side, something he does well enough to have won the 2014 Japan Senior Open.