BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Stewart Cink birdied the par-5 18th gap Thursday at Areas Custom, the second main of the yr on the PGA Tour Champions, for a 7-under 65 and tied for the first-round lead with Alex Cheika.
Cink gained the Main Senior PGA Championship in Florida two weeks in the past, his third win of the yr on the 50-and-over tour. He had eight birdies and one bogey Thursday at Greystone Golf & Nation Membership.
“In the present day’s boredom received me excited,” Sink mentioned. “Does that make sense? In the present day wasn’t a kind of days the place you are going to chip in and gap a putt or one thing dramatic right here and there.”
Cheika, the 2021 winner, had seven birdies in a bogey-free spherical.
“There are particular programs that go well with the gamers’ eyes,” Cheika mentioned. “We have performed nicely right here up to now and we performed stable right now. We did not make too many silly errors.”
Stephen Alker was one stroke behind Charlie Wie and Scott Hend.
Padraig Harrington was 67, together with Colin Montgomerie, Dickie Satisfaction and Thongchai Jaydee. Retief Goossen, winner of final week’s Mitsubishi Electrical Traditional in Georgia, began with a 68.
Defending champion Angel Cabrera shot a 72.
