Golf roundup
Eaks ties U.S. Senior Open record with 7-under-par 64 OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) – R.W. Eaks, who has never won a PGA event of any kind, shot a 7-under-par 64 Thursday to tie the U.S. Senior Open record and take a three-shot lead over Tom Watson after the opening round.
Eaks had an eagle, eight birdies and three bogeys on a difficult Caves Valley course that yielded only nine sub-par rounds on a sweltering day.
Play was suspended for the day by lightning with 33 players left on the course.
Watson shot a bogey-free 67, one shot better than James Mason and Jose Maria Canizares. Isao Aoki, Fred Gibson and Jim Ahern carded 69s.
St. Jude Classic
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Glen Hnatiuk and Tim Petrovic shot 6-under-par 65s and took a one-stroke lead over a tightly bunched leaderboard in the suspended first round of the St. Jude Classic.
Afternoon thunderstorms delayed play for more than three hours, and darkness stopped play at 8:39 p.m. EDT, with 78 players still on the TPC at Southwind course.
Hnatiuk had seven birdies and one bogey, while Petrovic, who played on the Buy.Com Tour last year, turned in a bogey-free, six-birdie round that was his best yet on the PGA Tour.
Justin Leonard, Matt Kuchar, Garrett Willis, Notah Begay and David Howser were a stroke back, while Deane Pappas, Doug Barron and Steve Pete had 67s. David Toms and Nick Price were in a group of seven tied at 68.
Irish Open
CORK, Ireland – Fred Funk shot a 5-under-par 66 and shared the first-round lead at the Irish Open with Nick Dougherty, Joakim Haeggman, Eduardo Romero and Peter O’Malley.
Defending champion Colin Montgomerie shot a 67 and was in a five-way tie for sixth along with Lee Westwood on the Fota Island course on Ireland’s south coast.