An Aussie three-time European Tour winner and two-time PGA Tour of Australasia winner is the joint first-round leader of the U.S Senior Open after making a fantastic 63. Richard Green and Japan’s Hiroyuki Fujita have actually cruised through the preliminary to share the lead at the U.S Senior Open with matching ratings of 63 at Newport Country Club. The Australian and Fujita are one shot ahead of American Billy Andrade and 2 clear of fourth-placed Canadian Stephen Ames after signing seven-under scorecards on Thursday. Andrade played in the afternoon while Ames, the very best gamer on the PGA Tour Champions up until now this season, made inroads with a five-under 65. Protecting champ Bernhard Langer of Germany had 3 bogeys and 3 birdies to end up even par. Langer is contending less than 5 months after surgical treatment to fix a broken Achilles tendon. Green felt he was primed for a terrific round after getting comfy in practice rounds. “My technique off the tee and technique into the greens, you understand, my putting capability at the minute is working really well,” he stated. “So I’m type of not amazed a bit that I’ve had a great round.” Green carded birdies on the very first 2 holes and got rolling at No. 10 with 3 successive birdies. He birdied 18 to protect the tie with Fujita with a rating of 31 on the back 9. Fujita credited his good luck on Thursday and didn’t prepare for a rating of 63 at the U.S Senior Open when asked if he was feeling excellent about his video game entering the preliminary. “Not at all. Today was fortunate, and I have problem with shots every day, however today was fortunate,” Fujita stated. Fujita birdied the par-5 initially and was four-under by the time he reached the No. 7 tee thanks to 7 overall shots on Nos.4-6. He birdied 5 holes on the front for a 30 heading out and included 2 more on the back 9 without a bogey. Andrade birdied 3 of his very first 4 holes on his method to a bogey-free round. “Getting off to an excellent start is what all of us desire. We pursue that each time we play,” Andrade stated. Recently’s winner at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, Padraig Harrington, is amongst a huge group connected at four-under 66 that includes Australian Matthew Goggin. “Wind got up a bit at the end, however even then it wasn’t obstructing us. I believe we got the very best of the day for sure,” Harrington stated. “It was an extremely, excellent early morning for scoring. I understand myself, I had an extremely bad ball-striking day.” Stuart Appleby and Rod Pampling are likewise in the mix, with the Australians simply 4 behind the leaders. © Golf Australia. All rights scheduled.
Australian co-leader at U.S Senior Open – Golf Australia Magazine
