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Pampling posts ‘high score’ 68 to set pace

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Seeking his record-setting 46th win on PGA Tour Champions, 2010 US Senior Open champion Bernhard Langer carded even-par 71 and sits T5. Langer made the fewest bogeys or worse (1) in the 156-player field.

Patrick McDermott/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROD Pampling of Australia plays from a fairway bunker on the sixth hole during the first round of the US Senior Open Championship.
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STEVENS POINT, Wisconsin — Rod Pampling holds a two-stroke lead over a trio of players after opening with 3-under 68. It is the highest 18-hole score by a first-round leader/co-leader this season on PGA Tour Champions (previous: 67, two times).

Today’s scoring average (77.353) is the highest first-round scoring average on PGA Tour Champions since the 2015 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship held at the Pete Dye Course at French Lick (77.686).

Today’s scoring average (+6.353) is the highest first-round scoring average (to par) on PGA Tour Champions since the 2010 US Senior Open held at Sahalee Country Club (+6.697).

Pampling had a round of 34-34 to register the third time he is leading/co-leading after the first round on PGA Tour Champions. He is 0-for-2 converting those into victories.

The 52-year-old is seeking his second win on PGA Tour Champions. His last win was during the 2021 Boeing Classic.

Two-time U.S. Open champion (2001, 2004) Retief Goosen sits T2 after shooting 1-under 70. The 54-year-old seeks his third win on PGA Tour Champions (90th start).

Tied with him for second are Miguel Angel Jimenez, winner of two majors on PGA Tour Champions, shot 1-under 70, and Mike Small.

Seeking his record-setting 46th win on PGA Tour Champions, 2010 US Senior Open champion Bernhard Langer carded even-par 71 and sits T5. Langer made the fewest bogeys or worse (1) in the 156-player field.

The 2018 US Senior Open champion David Toms (T5) bogeyed three of his last four holes en route to even-par 71. Toms looks to become the third three-time winner this season on PGA Tour Champions, joining Steve Stricker (4) and Stephen Ames (3)

World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els and Madison, Wisconsin native Jerry Kelly also opened with even-par 72 and sit T5, along with Bob Sowards, 2015 US Senior Open champion Jeff Maggert, Ken Tanigawa, James Kingston, Adilson de Silva and reigning Q-School Final Stage medalist Richard Green.

Looking to become the first player in PGA Tour Champions history to win three consecutive majors contested, Steve Stricker (T15) doubled Nos. 10 and 12 to shoot 1-over 72. The Charles Schwab Cup leader and 2019 U.S. Senior Open champion saw his consecutive rounds of par or better streak end at 55, the all-time record across all PGA Tour-sanctioned Tours.

Defending champion Padraig Harrington, winner of last week’s DICK’S Sporting Goods Open, carded 3-over 74 and sits T29.

World Golf Hall of Fame member Davis Love III withdrew before the start of the first round and was replaced by Tom Werkmeister (T74).

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