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Both co-leaders recorded an eagle, with Day's coming at the
par-5 18th to tie him with Ames as the first day of the major
championship came to a close.
The pair leads by one shot over Kent Jones, Jerry Kelly,
England's Paul Broadhurst and Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke,
who shot 5-under 65. A group of seven tied at 4-under 66
includes Ireland's Padraig Harrington and South Africa's Ernie
Els.
Day, 56, won his lone PGA Tour title in 1999 and never made the
cut at The Open Championship. While he has come close to a win
on the PGA Tour Champions, a title in Scotland would be his
first on the 50-and-older circuit.
Day posted six birdies and two bogeys Thursday, while Ames'
round was bogey-free. He was 1 under through nine holed before
an eagle at the par-5 10th hole. He added three birdies down the
stretch.
"No mistakes, a lot of fairways, a lot of greens and I gave
myself a lot of opportunities which you need to do out here I
guess," said Ames, 58. I'm very happy the way the year's been
going and playing very nicely."
Harrington and Els each shot under-par rounds on the first day
of last week's Open Championship at St. Andrews, but both missed
the cut. Harrington, playing in his first Senior Open after
turning 50 last August, had six birdies and two bogeys Thursday.
"I'm happy with the score," Harrington said. "I putted well and
my putter saved me most of the day."
Germany's Bernhard Langer, a four-time Senior Open winner, was
tied for 14th after an opening 3-under 67. Steven Alker of New
Zealand, who leads the Charles Schwab Cup money list and won his
first major at the Senior PGA Championship, shot a 2-under 68.
Defending champion Stephen Dodd of Wales opened with a 1-under
69, in a large group that also included Spain's Miguel Angel
Jimenez and Scotland's Paul Lawrie.
--Field Level Media
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