Lingmerth leads by 1 at Quicken Loans National

David Lingmerth is one of a few players in the Quicken Loans National field with any memories to draw on at TPC Potomac — and they’re the best kind of memories.

The winner of a 2012 Web.com Tour event on the tight, tricky layout near Washington, Lingmerth once again relied on his accuracy off the tee Thursday to shoot a 5-under 65 and take the first-round lead.

The 29-year-old Swede, who doesn’t have a top 10 finish on the PGA Tour this season, hit 12 of 14 fairways, which tied for best in the field. Starting on the back nine in the afternoon, he made five birdies in a seven-hole stretch beginning at the 13th hole, three of them from inside 7 feet.

“I feel like that’s kind of one of my strengths, a thing I pride myself in, hitting a lot of fairways,” Lingmerth said. “I like this type of golf course when you can see the definition, you can zone in on your targets. You’ve really got to stay committed off the tee.”

He won the 2015 Memorial Tournament for his lone PGA Tour title.

Troy Merritt, the winner two years ago at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, was a stroke back along with Marc Leishman, Johnson Wagner, Sung Kang, Nick Taylor and Daniel Summerhays.

Henderson, Wie soar

Defending champion Brooke Henderson and 2014 U.S. Open winner Michelle Wie overcame wind and a rocky opening nine holes, shooting 3-under 68s to stake out a perch near the top of the first-round leaderboard at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Olympia Fields, Illinois.

The second major on the women’s tour is again being played at the site of previous men’s majors, in this case Olympia Fields Country Club, and the tough conditions appear to favor the longer hitters. Henderson, whose older sister, Brittany is her caddie this week, won her first major at Sahalee and Wie claimed her only major at Pinehurst.

Chella Choi was the leader in the clubhouse among the early finishers with a 66, including three consecutive birdies on Nos. 13-15. Brittany Altomare, a shot back at 67, played the back nine first in 3 under, then added two birdies on the tougher front side.

Triplett ties record

Kirk Triplett shot an 8-under 62 in the first round of the U.S. Senior Open in Peabody, Massachusetts, to match the lowest round in a PGA Tour Champions major.

Loren Roberts is the only other player to shoot a 62 in the tournament, setting the record in 2006 at Prairie Dunes in Kansas.

Triplett started on No. 10 on the 6,815-yard Salem Country Club course and played his first nine holes in 4 under. After making the turn, he birdied two of the first three holes, and then holed out a 9-iron from 120 yards to eagle the 341-yard, par-4 fourth hole.