“(O’Brien is) an awesome influence in my life and my game, and I appreciate him”, said the 2006 United States Ryder Cup member, who began working with O’Brien in 2000. “At least I’ve got people watching me”.
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Former Georgia Tech player Ollie Schniederjans had a 71 in his pro debut.
Ko, Pettersen tied for lead in Ladies Scottish Open: Lydia Ko and Suzann Pettersen shared the first-round lead at 4-under 68 on Friday in the Ladies Scottish Open.
Defending champion Tim Clark could only manage an even-par 72 to be tied for 88th.
Torrential rain wiped out most play at the Senior British Open with more than half the field still to start their second round in Sunningdale, England.
Langer tops the leader board at 5-under 65 alongside Americans Michael Allen, Bart Bryant, Marco Dawson, Jeff Sluman and Lee Janzen, Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez and China’s Lianwei Zhang, playing in only his third senior tournament after turning 50 in May.
Emiliano Grillo is pleased to be atop the leaderboard at the RBC Canadian Open and revealed he nearly didn’t make it into the country in time for the tournament.
American Steve Jones and England’s Barry Lane had doubles eagles on the par-5 first hole.
Lane holed his 4-iron second from 218 yards on the 492-yard par-5 and, a couple of hours later, Jones did the same with a 6-iron from 179 yards.
► Meijer LPGA Classic: Lexi Thompson birdied six of the first eight holes and finished with a season-best 7-under 64 for a share of the lead with Alison Lee and Lizette Salas. The group at 66 included Kris Tamulis, Baek Kyu-Jung, Ilhee Lee and Jane Rah.
Top-ranked Inbee Park, a playoff loser last year in the inaugural event, was tied for 18th at four under after a 68. Chella Choi, the Marathon Classic victor Sunday in Sylvania, Ohio, opened with a 71.
Thompson, winless since taking the then-Kraft Nabisco last year for her first major title, took advantage of early windless scoring conditions.
Salas eagled the 478-yard, par-5 11th hole in her bogey-free round, hitting a 3-wood approach to 10 feet.
Day fought hard in the British Open at St. Andrews last week, but his 25-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole ended up a few inches short of the cup. The former Southern California player won the 2014 Kingsmill Championship for her lone tour title.
He started Friday on the back nine and was five under through nine holes for the day, before producing another four birdies.
Denmark’s Lasse Jensen was a stroke back.
Willett, who tied for sixth at the British Open last week, has an overall 13-under 127 in the European Tour event.
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OAKVILLE, Ontario Four days after his near-miss at the British Open, Jason Day has exhibited no ill-effects from that Monday finish and his transatlantic flight to Canada.
