On the links Thursday’s other pro golf results

OHL CLASSIC

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO

Daniel Berger had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch on his final nine Thursday for a share of the lead in the OHL Classic. Making his sixth PGA Tour start, Berger birdied Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 and finished with two pars for a 6-under 65 on Mayakoba Resort’s El Camaleon course. Will MacKenzie, Robert Garrigus, Steve Wheatcroft, Hudson Swafford and Tony Finau also shot 65, and 50-year-old Davis Love III was a stroke back in a group that included Warren JFK High School graduate Jason Kokrak, Aaron Baddeley, Charley Hoffman and Pat Perez. Defending champion Harris English closed with a three-putt bogey for a 67.

LORENA OCHOA INVITATIONAL

MEXICO CITY

Christina Kim had two eagles in a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead Thursday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. Kim eagled the par-5 second and 17th holes at tree-lined Club de Golf Mexico, the first-year venue after six seasons in host Lorena Ochoa’s hometown of Guadalajara. The 30-year-old Kim also birdied Nos. 4, 7 and 16 in her bogey-free round. She won the last of her two LPGA Tour titles in 2005. Spain’s Azahara Munoz was second. She eagled No. 17 to tie for the lead and dropped back with a bogey on the par-4 18th. Third-ranked Lydia Ko birdied the final two holes for a 68. The 17-year-old New Zealander has two victories this year. Lizette Salas, Gerina Piller and Pornanong Phatlum shot 69.

SENIOR PGA PROFESSIONAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA.

Jim Deiters and Frank Esposito Jr. shot 8-under 64s on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Senior PGA Professional National Championship. The 51-year-old Esposito, the PGA head professional at Brooklake Country Club in Florham Park, New Jersey, had a bogey-free round on PGA Golf Club’s Ryder Course. The 50-year-old Deiters, the PGA head professional at Midland (Michigan) Country Club, had nine birdies and a bogey on the Ryder Course. Deiters and Esposito tied the first-round record set by Bob Ford in 2007 and matched by Roy Vucinich in 2008.

TURKISH AIRLINES OPEN

BELEK, TURKEY

Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez shot a 9-under 63 Thursday for a one-stroke lead on the opening day of the Turkish Airlines Open. Jimenez eagled his opening hole and had seven birdies in an 11-hole stretch starting on the fourth. He was one shot off the record at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course. England’s Ian Poulter also recorded an eagle and seven birdies, but a bogey left him one shot off the lead.

Associated Press