Stephen Ames leads the way after opening 68 at the Senior Open Championship
Ireland's Pádraig Harrington plays his approach to the seventh green during the first round of the Senior Open Championship at Carnoustie. Photograph: Kenny Smith/Getty Imagesdidn’t expect too many favours from a links which he described as intimidating, and so it proved in the opening round of the Senior Open presented by Rolex at Carnoustie where the 52-year-old Dubliner shot a first round 71 that left him trailing Stephen Ames by three strokes.
Harrington and fellow Dubliner Peter Lawrie, who turned 50 in March and is playing in his first senior Major, and also compiled a 71 to get very much into the business part of the championship. Of the challenge at Carnoustie, he added of his round: “I’ve plenty of demons out there but I do enjoy myself. I can enjoy the fact that I’ve won here ... but the golf course is tough, there’s a lot of defensive shots on the course. There’s trouble everywhere looking at you. It’s a golf course that, you know, it intimidates you.”
However, a birdie on the 12th got Lawrie back to one under par and he finished with six straight pars to remain inside the top-10.
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