Langer takes lead in Senior British Open
Bernhard Langer shot a 2-under 69 in wind and rain Thursday at Royal Porthcawl in Wales to take the first-round lead in the Senior British Open. The 59-year-old German star had five birdies and three bogeys for a one-stroke lead over 64-yearold Carl Mason of England and Mauricio Molina of Argentina. "I'm pretty pleased that I'm on top of the leaderboard at the moment," Langer said. "Conditions were extremely tough, and not feeling very good physically. So, just glad that I made it through the day and I'm in contention." Langer has nine senior major titles, winning the Regions Tradition and Senior PGA Championship in consecutive weeks in May. He won by 13 strokes the last time the tournament was held on the south Wales course, finishing at 18 under in 2014. "I do like the golf course," Langer said. "You can be aggressive at times and you've got to be cautious at other times. I think my game plan is pretty good. It's just a matter of executing the shots and the putts." Langer also won the 2010 event at Carnoustie. Scotland's Colin Montgomerie was two strokes at 71 back along with Americans Tom Lehman, Billy Mayfair, Tom Pernice Jr. and Billy Andrade, Australians Peter Lonard and Peter Fowler, France's Jean-Francois Remesy and South Africa's Chris Williams.
Kuchar fights dizzy spells in Canada
Matt Kuchar fought dizzy spells in the first round of the RBC Canadian Open, four days after finishing second behind Jordan Spieth in the British Open. "I had a couple of spells where I got a little bit of dizzy and I feel weak," Kuchar said. "I don't know where it came from. I've had plenty of time to get over the travel. Hopefully, it's just something that passes real quick . ... I shook it off the couple times it happened." The 39-year-old American became dizzy marking a ball and sought medical attention during the morning round at Glen Abbey. After playing the first 11 holes in 4 under, he made a double bogey on the par-4 third and bogeyed the par-4 eighth en route to a 1-under 71. Kuchar was six strokes behind leaders Kevin Chappell, Matt Every, Hudson Swafford, Brandon Hagy and Ollie Schniederjans in the round that was suspended because of darkness after afternoon play was interrupted for nearly two hours by lightning and rain. "He had been over to mark a putt after he missed it and got a little light-headed," said playing partner Bubba Watson, a stroke back after a 66. "He just came up a little slow. I don't know why. It's a little warm after the rain. Had a rain jacket on. Probably just a little light-headed. And then the travel. He played over there, a lot of energy used last week. Second place is a lot of energy used over that and then flying back over here with the time change, probably just one of those things. Maybe a little dehydrated."
Kuchar has an endorsement deal with tournament sponsor RBC.
On Sunday at Royal Birkdale in England, he finished three strokes behind Spieth. Kuchar had a onestroke lead with five holes to play before Spieth rallied and pulled away with a birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie stretch.
Defending champion Jhonattan Vegas, Vijay Singh, Jim Herman, Peter Malnati and Martin Flores
Webb leads Ladies Scottish Open
Hall of Famer Karrie Webb shot a 7-under 65 in cold and windy conditions to take a one-stroke lead over Cristie Kerr in the Ladies Scottish Open. "When we were warming up and our first few holes, obviously it was really cold and really windy," Webb said. "I looked at the scoreboard and saw that Cristie Kerr shot 6 under, and I was like, 'What course did she play today?'" Webb played the final 10 holes in 7 under at Dundonald Links. The 42-year-old Australian star birdied the par-4 ninth, made five straight birdies on Nos. 11-15 and added another birdie on the par-5 18th. "I sort of really hung in there through the front nine and made a nice birdie on 9 to turn at 1 under," Webb said. "Then just really started swinging at it well and hitting it quite close and had some good birdie chances and made the most of them." She won the last of her 41 LPGA Tour titles in 2014 at the Founders Cup. Kerr closed with a birdie on the No. 9 in her bogey-free round in the event sanctioned by the LPGA Tour for the first time. It has been part of the Ladies European Tour since 1986. "It was still tough to stand over the shots that you needed to execute, and it's never easy here. So, I'm very pleased with the score," Kerr said. "I just controlled my ball really well out there, with the crosswinds and trajectory and I had a great day." Fellow major champions Stacy Lewis and Inbee Park were tied for third at 69 along with Sei Young Kim, Lina Boqvist and Pornanong Phatlum. ANA Inspiration winner So Yeon Ryu had a 71, and Michelle Wie shot 72.