Langer grabs early lead in Senior PGA Championship.

He fires 65 for Senior PGA lead

Shrugging off fatigue from last week’s victory, Bernhard Langer shot a 7under 65 Thursday to take a two-shot lead in the first round of the Senior PGA Championship in Sterling, Va.

The 59-year-old German could break Jack Nicklaus’ record of eight senior majors with a win at Trump National. He tied Nicklaus last week with a five-shot victory at the Regions Tradition. He would also become the first player to win all five of the current senior majors.

Lee Janzen, Scott McCarron and James Kingston were two shots behind Langer. Kingston, a South African who got into the field by finishing among the top 20 in money on the European Senior Tour, tied Langer at 7 under before two late bogeys.

Madison’s Jerry Kelly carded a 70 and Fox Point native Skip Kendall opened with an 80.

Play was suspended late in the afternoon because of thunderstorms with half the 156-man field still on the course. Among the afternoon wave, Larry Mize had the best round going at 5 under through 10 holes. Miguel Angel Jimenez was among the group at 4 under, playing alongside John Daly and defending champion Rocco Mediate, who were both 1 under.

PGA Tour: Kelly Kraft, Derek Fathauer and PGA Tour rookie J.T. Poston all shot 5-under 65 to share the lead after the first round at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.

Jon Rahm, Scott Brown and Graeme McDowell followed at 66. Two-time Colonial champions Phil Mickelson and Zach Johnson both birdied their last three holes and were among six players with rounds of 67.

Defending champion Jordan Spieth, coming off consecutive missed cuts, was tied for 34th after an even-par 70 with six birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey.

Steve Stricker of Madison had a 72.

Only 33 of the 121 players finished under par.

LPGA Tour: Stacy Lewis shot a 7-under 65 to share the first-round lead in the Volvik Championship in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Lewis was tied with an unexpected challenger in Wei-Ling Hsu, the Taiwanese player who has only one top-10 finish on the LPGA Tour.

Nelly Korda was in third place after a 66.