ON THE FAIRWAYS Thursday’s pro golf events

CHAMPIONS TOUR

TROON, Scotland — Four days after nearly making history at the British Open, Greg Norman labored to a 4-over 75 in the opening round of the Seniors British Open to finish seven shots behind co-leaders Bruce Vaughan and Eduardo Romero. In sunny conditions at Troon, Norman bogeyed six of the first 10 holes and was 6 over before he finally birdied the par-4 13th. He birdied the final hole with a pitch to 3 feet. Norman’s playing partner, Tom Watson, made every green and missed only one fairway in a bogey-free 70. Andy Bean, John Cook and Kirk Hanefield and Nick Job were one shot off the leaders. Vaughan made eight birdies for a 3-under 68 on the links course. But his round was hampered by a double-bogey and a triple. He recovered from the 7s on the sixth and 12th holes to play the last six at 3-under par. Romero had only one bogey, driving into a fairway bunker at the par-5 sixth hole.

PGA

OAKVILLE, Ontario — Mike Weir, Anthony Kim and Eric Axley shot 6-under 65s to share the first-round lead in the rain-plagued Canadian Open. Only half of the field was able to finish the round that was delayed for 5 hours, 42 minutes. Richard Johnson, J.P. Hayes, Nicholas Thompson, Ryan Armour and Jason Allred shot 67s on the Glen Abbey course saturated by 8 inches of rain over six days. John Senden and Charley Hoffman were also at 4 under. Senden played nine holes, and Hoffman eight. Because of the wet conditions, players were allowed to use preferred lies. Two-time defending champion Jim Furyk, a few minutes away from teeing off when play was suspended because of lightning a little before 1 p.m., was 1 under at the turn. A brief storm hit at about 1:30 p.m. and waves of showers followed, flooding bunkers and fairways on the course. Play resumed at about 6:30 p.m., and was suspended because of darkness at 8:49 p.m.

LPGA

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Lorena Ochoa, a six-time winner this year who took off the last three weeks, shot a 7-under 65 and held a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Evian Masters. Ochoa started her round with a birdie and added six more on the back nine in a bogey-free round. Ahn Sun-ju, Candie Kung and Angela Park trailed by one stroke. Laura Diaz, who birdied five of the last eight holes, Juli Inkster, Angela Stanford, Meena Lee and Suzann Pettersen were all at 67. Kim In-kyung, Kim Young and Amy Yang were another shot back, while defending champion Natalie Gulbis led a group at 69. Annika Sorenstam had four bogeys in her round of 71.

Associated Press