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7 hours ago
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Hensby hangs tough with power pairing in US Senior Open
Padraig Harrington and Stewart Cink endured the ups and downs of the US Senior Open together for a second straight day and found themselves tied for the lead. The payoff - sharing the final tee time to kick off the weekend at the hilly, hard-to-read Broadmoor. Finishing on a high note 💪@Padraig_H made six birdies on Friday including this clutch putt on the last!@USGA — PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) June 28, 2025 Cink made up five shots over the final nine holes of his head-to-head pairing against Harrington, and the players headed into the weekend tied at six-under 134, along with the late-charging Mark Hensby. Cink shot 31 on the front nine, their second nine, to match Harrington's score on the back. Both players - the only two who average more than 300 yards driving on the 50-and-over PGA Tour Champions - called it a comfortable pairing, especially on a hilly course at altitude where gauging distance is anything but routine. "If anything, he'd be a little bit longer than me," Harrington said. "But I suppose I know his game enough that I can see what's happening, as well. He is definitely a partner I would choose to play with." Hensby shot his second straight round of three-under 67, finishing the day with his 14th and 15th birdies of the tournament. That included a 20-footer on No.8 that would have been from closer had his tee shot not hit Doug Barron's ball on the green. Hensby was nine-under par on the front nine and three over on the back after two days. "Making a lot of birdies, so that's a good thing around here," the Australian said. Don't count out Mark Hensby 👀The Aussie is T1 in Colorado Springs! — PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) June 28, 2025 Three behind are Thomas Bjorn (69), followed by YE Yang (68) and Billy Andrade (69) at two under. At one under, Darren Clarke, Steve Flesch and Miguel Angel Jimenez rounded out the list of nine players heading into the weekend under par. Cink hit all 18 greens in regulation, making it 35 of 36 for the week. He called that stat overrated, especially at a course where the real test starts on the notoriously difficult-to-read greens that cant away from a monument lurking above the course on Cheyenne Mountain. "You don't want to be chipping downhill on this course, it's not a secret," said the 52-year-old Cink, the 2009 British Open champion who is playing in his first US Senior Open. Cink two-putted from 45 feet on No.9 for his fifth birdie on the front and a score of 66 - the best of the tournament so far. After Harrington shot 31 on the more difficult back nine, then kept the lead at five with a birdie on the par-5 third, he was thinking there might be an opportunity to open a big lead heading into the weekend. A pair of three-putts - one on the seventh and the other on the par-3 fourth green that has been slowed down to temper the severe slope - resulted in bogeys. But it ended well for the three-time major champion, whose wins came at the 2007 British Open and the '08 British and PGA Championship. Short-sided in a greenside bunker on No.9, Harrington made a 20-footer along the same line Cink had just putted for a birdie to head into the clubhouse in a tie. "I got a lovely read off Stewart. I don't think I would have given it as much break, so that was nice," said Harrington, who won the US Senior Open in 2022. "They're the breaks you get when things are going well." Australian Scott Hend (69) is tied 10th at even par, while Steven Alker and Stuart Appleby are a shot further back. Among those missing the cut were 12-time senior major champion Bernhard Langer, who shot 77, and Angel Cabrera, a two-time major winner this year, who shot 75. Both missed the number by three.
USA Today
15 hours ago
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- USA Today
Padraig Harrington, Stewart Cink beat weather delay, tie for lead at 2025 U.S. Senior Open
The 45th U.S. Senior Open features a couple of familiar names tied atop the leaderboard as well as some familiar afternoon summer weather at the Broadmoor. Padraig Harrington, who opened his second round Friday with three birdies on his first four holes, went on to post a 3-under 67. Meanwhile, Stewart Cink shot 4-under 66. Those two are tied for the lead at 6 under overall in Colorado Springs, Colorado. For Harrington, it's his second straight 67. He was the 18-hole leader alongside Mark Hensby, but Hensby isn't scheduled to tee off for his second round till 1:43 p.m. local time (4:34 p.m. ET) on Friday. Harrington is the 2022 U.S. Senior Open champ. Cink is competing in this event for the first time. They were in the same threesome the first two days alongside Justin Leonard. Harrington even got a read from Cink on the par-5 ninth hole, where Harrington drained a long putt. "The one on 9, I got a lovely read off Stewart. I don't think I would have given it as much break, so that was nice," he said. "We're seeing that a lot lately, aren't we, people getting reads? That was advantageous. They're the breaks you get when things are going well." Soon after they finished, the U.S. Golf Association suspended play due to dangerous weather in the area. Fans were told to exit the grandstands and take shelter immediately. The horns just sounded, halting play in the second round of the U.S. Senior Open at The guess on how long the delay will last. Being in the early wave and beating the weather delay is a bonus, according to Harrington. "This is the advantage of having a late-early tee time. It gives you an extra, I probably got close to 24 hours before my next round, so it's time to rest and get your head in place because it's going to be a long weekend from now for sure," he said. "When you're at the top of the leaderboard all week, it's always a stressful week." The Broadmoor is hosting the Senior Open for a second time. Earlier in the week, the USGA awarded the venue two future Opens. A year ago, the Senior Open went to a Monday finish due to dangerous weather during the final round in Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. Defending tournament champion Richard Bland is not in the field, as his commitment to LIV Golf has him in Dallas this week.
Irish Times
a day ago
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- Irish Times
Pádraig Harrington tied for the lead at US Senior Open
Pádraig Harrington shot a three-under-par 67 on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the US Senior Open at Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs. Harrington and Australian Mark Hensby are ahead by one stroke over seven players tied at 68, with three rounds to go at the fourth of five senior Major championships. Harrington, who won this championship in 2022 early in his senior career, birdied four of his first eight holes on Thursday before playing the back nine in one-over-par. 'I was four under through eight and probably could have been a little bit more,' Harrington said. 'I three-putted 9. The back nine is hard, but I was still really feeling my way around that nine. READ MORE 'I only played it once before. I was a little bit tentative in the lead. I suppose it's a little harder when you're leading and not knowing the course 100 per cent like you would like to.' Harrington led the field in driving distance on Thursday and hit 15 of 18 greens in regulation. Darren Clarke is tied 33rd on one over, while Chris Devlin is five over The seven players who turned in rounds of two-under 68 were Bob Estes, Ken Tanigawa, Stewart Cink, Matt Gogel, Scotland's Stephen Gallacher, Sweden's Freddie Jacobson and Denmark's Thomas Bjorn. Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez – coming off a win at last week's Major, the Kaulig Companies Championship – opened with a one-under 69 and is tied for 10th. Angel Cabrera of Argentina, who won the first two senior Majors of the season, shot a three-over 73. Meanwhile, Leona Maguire is in a tie for second at the Dow Championship in Michigan on the LPGA Tour. Playing with American Jennifer Kupcho in a team event, they are one shot behind Gemma Dryburgh of Scotland and Cassie Porter of Australia. Kupcho and Maguire got past an early bogey and put four birdies on their card. 'Foursomes, it's always a game of patience,' Maguire said. 'Nice to hole quite a long [putt] on 16. Had a nice one on 3 to bounce back after the bogey on 2 to kind of get the round going.'
Yahoo
4 days ago
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Brother of Michael Greller, Spieth's caddie, qualifies for U.S. Senior Open Championship
Caddie Michael Greller has had some memorable moments at USGA championships, including being on the bag of Jordan Spieth when he won the U.S. Open a decade ago at Chambers Bay, not far from his home in Washington. But to hear Greller tell it, seeing his older brother, Tom, who qualified the hard way for this week's 45th U.S. Senior Open Championship at The Broadmoor's East Course in Colorado Springs, Colo., takes the cake. Advertisement 'I'm calling it the greatest [sports] accomplishment in the Greller family,' Michael, whose younger sister, Katie, was an All-American Division III basketball player at George Fox University in Oregon, told the USGA's David Shefter. 'I'm just watching golf. I don't hit any of the shots.' Tom Greller, brother of Jordan Spieth's caddie Michael Greller, qualified for the U.S. Senior Open. For more than 20 years, Tom, 53, had been trying to play his way into USGA championships and he finally did so, becoming one of 39 players to make it through local and final qualifying. He's also one of 44 first-time U.S. Senior Open competitors in pursuit of the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy Tom survived the first 18-hole qualifier on April 7 at Arrowhead Golf Club, in Molalla, Ore., in a 4-for-3 playoff that included a bogey on the first playoff hole. Five weeks later, before the results were even official that Tom had booked his ticket in windy conditions at Bend (Ore.) Golf Club, Michael had booked an AirBnB for the family to attend. But he won't be on the bag, even though Spieth is skipping this week's Tour stop in Detroit. Advertisement That honor belongs to Tom's 20-year-old son, Ray, a rising sophomore on the Northwestern College (Orange City, Iowa) men's golf team, who will ably serve as caddie. Tom's other son, 17-year-old Luke, will also make the trek, along with wife, Tabitha. But little brother already has lent a hand in arranging a practice round alongside Hall of Famers Ernie Els and Bernhard Langer on Monday afternoon and is helping strategize how to play The Broadmoor's par-70 East Course that stretches to 7,247 yards but won't play too long at 6,200-foot-plus altitude. You can read more about Tom Greller's journey to his first USGA championship, here, including this nugget: When he qualified for the Senior Open, Michael was caddying for Spieth during a practice round at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, alongside Rickie Fowler. Spieth and Fowler sent video messages, the latter jokingly saying 'we'll see you at Shinnecock Hills next year.' That, of course, was a playful reference to the fact that the U.S. Senior Open champion receives an exemption into the following year's U.S. Open. Tom likely hasn't dreamed that big but if he pulled off being the Cinderella Story out of nowhere, the question would be: Who does Michael caddie for at Shinnecock – his boss or his big brother? This article originally appeared on Golfweek: US Senior Open 2025: Tom Greller, brother of Spieth caddie, qualifies
USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Brother of Michael Greller, Spieth's caddie, qualifies for U.S. Senior Open Championship
Caddie Michael Greller has had some memorable moments at USGA championships, including being on the bag of Jordan Spieth when he won the U.S. Open a decade ago at Chambers Bay, not far from his home in Washington. But to hear Greller tell it, seeing his older brother, Tom, who qualified the hard way for this week's 45th U.S. Senior Open Championship at The Broadmoor's East Course in Colorado Springs, Colo., takes the cake. 'I'm calling it the greatest [sports] accomplishment in the Greller family,' Michael, whose younger sister, Katie, was an All-American Division III basketball player at George Fox University in Oregon, told the USGA's David Shefter. 'I'm just watching golf. I don't hit any of the shots.' For more than 20 years, Tom, 53, had been trying to play his way into USGA championships and he finally did so, becoming one of 39 players to make it through local and final qualifying. He's also one of 44 first-time U.S. Senior Open competitors in pursuit of the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy Tom survived the first 18-hole qualifier on April 7 at Arrowhead Golf Club, in Molalla, Ore., in a 4-for-3 playoff that included a bogey on the first playoff hole. Five weeks later, before the results were even official that Tom had booked his ticket in windy conditions at Bend (Ore.) Golf Club, Michael had booked an AirBnB for the family to attend. But he won't be on the bag, even though Spieth is skipping this week's Tour stop in Detroit. That honor belongs to Tom's 20-year-old son, Ray, a rising sophomore on the Northwestern College (Orange City, Iowa) men's golf team, who will ably serve as caddie. Tom's other son, 17-year-old Luke, will also make the trek, along with wife, Tabitha. But little brother already has lent a hand in arranging a practice round alongside Hall of Famers Ernie Els and Bernhard Langer on Monday afternoon and is helping strategize how to play The Broadmoor's par-70 East Course that stretches to 7,247 yards but won't play too long at 6,200-foot-plus altitude. You can read more about Tom Greller's journey to his first USGA championship, here, including this nugget: When he qualified for the Senior Open, Michael was caddying for Spieth during a practice round at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, alongside Rickie Fowler. Spieth and Fowler sent video messages, the latter jokingly saying 'we'll see you at Shinnecock Hills next year.' That, of course, was a playful reference to the fact that the U.S. Senior Open champion receives an exemption into the following year's U.S. Open. Tom likely hasn't dreamed that big but if he pulled off being the Cinderella Story out of nowhere, the question would be: Who does Michael caddie for at Shinnecock – his boss or his big brother?
