Ireland’s Padrag Harrington and Australia’s Mark Hansbi on Thursday shot 3-under-end 67 to share the first round lead at the US Senior Open at the Broadmur Golf Club in Colorado Springs.
Harrington and Hansbi are ahead of a stroke on seven players tied in 68, at fourth of the five senior leading championships with three rounds.
Harrington, who won the championship in his senior career in 2022, overtook four of his first eight holes on Thursday from more than 1 to 1.
“I was under eight age and may have been slightly higher.” “I three-foot 9. back nine is difficult, but I was still realizing my way around that nine.
“I played it only once before. I was a little temporary in the lead. I think it’s a bit difficult when you are leading and did not know the course 100 percent as you want.”
Harrington led the ground in driving distance on Thursday and killed 15 out of 18 in regulation.
It was a separate story for Hansbi, who won only once during his PGA Tour career and a win over the PGA Tour Champion.
Hansbi managed to make only three pars in his early stages. He went out in 6-under 30-seven Birdie, a bogie-but made five bogies and two birdies behind it.
“Obviously I felt as if I lost some (shots),” Hansbi said. “It’s just disappointing. I (Executive) played like a back nine. What else can you say?
“But I have never been a very consistent player. I am hot or cold, and that kind of that kind. I keep hitting during the round, it just (ticks) closes me, so to speak. So yes, back nine was just a kind of kind.”
The seven players were converted into rounds of Under 68, Bob Estase, Kane Tanigawa, Stewart Sink, Matt Gogel, Stephen Galakar of Scotland, Freddy Jacobson of Sweden and Thomas Beyorn of Denmark.
Jacobson found a difficult way of 68. He began his round at nine and had 1 overs through his first 12 holes, but he ended with three cuddles, two bogies and a closing eagle at his last six.
Jacobson said about his eagle in Par-5 ninth, “I hit the fairway, just hung (it) to the right, so I was happy about it.” “There was a 7-wood left. Just became lucky with the back ridge, and it went a little back towards the pin, made that put. It’s not easy, but very easy if it stayed there, I was very happy about it.”
Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez-The last week’s chief, the Kaulig Company is coming out of a win in the Championship-1-Ender 69 and is tied to the 10th. Angel Cabrera of Argentina, who won the first two senior major of the season, shot 3 overs 73.
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