Jim Furyk shoots 64 to grab U.S. Senior Open lead
Field Level Media
10 Jul 2021, 11:05 GMT+10
Eighteen years after winning the U.S. Open for the only major victory of his career, Jim Furyk is halfway to another USGA-bestowed title.
On a Friday when only eight players shot under par at the USGA s setup of Omaha Country Club, Jim Furyk put together the round of the day, a 6-under 64 that rocketed him 43 places up the leaderboard and into the 36-hole lead at the U.S. Senior Open.
Furyk, 51, is at 4-under 136 for the championship, two strokes ahead of Canada s Stephen Ames and three in front of Spain s Miguel Angel Jimenez. The trio were the only players under par through two days.
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Ernie Els waves to the gallery during the first round of the U.S. Senior Open golf championship at Omaha Country Club in Omaha, Neb., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP) July 08, 2021 - 6:04 PM
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) â Canada s Stephen Ames and Billy Andrade shot 5-under 65s on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the U.S. Senior Open.
Ames, from Calgary, had seven birdies and two bogeys in the morning session. Andrade had five birdies and no bogeys on an Omaha Country Club course that dried out after the sun broke through and the wind came up in the afternoon.
Andrade, Ames shoot 65s for 1st-round lead at US Senior Open >Stephen Ames tees off on the 17th hole during the first round of the U.S. Senior Open golf championship at Omaha Country Club in Omaha, Neb., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP) Anna Reed >Bernhard Langer tees off during the first round of the U.S. Senior Open golf championship at Omaha Country Club in Omaha, Neb., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP) Anna Reed >Spectators move about the course during the first round of the U.S. Senior Open golf championship at Omaha Country Club in Omaha, Neb., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. (Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP) Anna Reed
Ames hit 11 of 13 fairways and 16 greens in regulation on the 6,891-yard course set in the rolling hills on the north side of the city. He birdied five of seven holes in the middle of the round before missing short birdie putts on Nos. 12 and 13.
Ames made a 15-footer for birdie on the par-4 No. 14 and hit a 6-iron to 4 inches on the downhill, 223-yard par-3 No. 15. But the 57-year-old naturalized Canadian citizen from Trinidad three-putted from 8 feet for bogey on the par-4 17th and came in at 32. I’m like, ’Whoa, could have been a lot lower on the back nine, which is unfortunate, said Ames, whose highest finish in a senior major was a tie for third in the 2018 Senior British Open.
Andrade, Ames share first-round lead at US Senior Open
Billy Andrade and Stephen Ames shot 5-under 65s on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the U.S. Senior Open.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Canada s Stephen Ames and Billy Andrade shot 5-under 65s on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the U.S. Senior Open.
Ames, from Calgary, had seven birdies and two bogeys in the morning session. Andrade had five birdies and no bogeys on an Omaha Country Club course that dried out after the sun broke through and the wind came up in the afternoon.