Faldo makes senior debut, leads Senior British Open

Nick Faldo recaptured enough of his famous competitive edge to shoot a 3-under 68 for a share of the lead in his senior tour debut.

The six-time major champion made six birdies -- including a 3-foot putt at the last -- in the first round of the Senior British Open at Muirfield in Gullane, Scotland, where he won two of his three Opens, in 1987 and 1992.

Joining Faldo at 3 under were 65-year-old Dave Stockton, a regular on the Champions Tour, Nick Job and Gordon J. Brand.

Faldo went out with Tom Watson (70) and Mark O'Meara (72), a trio with a combined 16 majors.

LPGA Tour

Pat Hurst and Brittany Lincicome of the United States and Eun-hee Ji of South Korea each shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday to share the lead after the first round of the Evian Masters in Evian-Les-Bains, France.

Michelle Wie, the 17-year-old star from Hawaii, shot a 73 and has not broken par since finishing tied for second at this event last year.

On a day of low scoring, the leaders were just one shot ahead of Christina Kim of the United States, and Kyeong Bae and Jin Joo Hong of South Korea.

PGA Tour

Hunter Mahan had to rely on the crowd to tell him where his approach shot ended up on the ninth green in the Canadian Open.

The loud roar made it easy to figure out that he holed the 81-yard shot for his third eagle of the round.

Playing in perfect scoring conditions on Angus Glen's North Course in Markham, Ontario, Mahan also holed out from 189 yards on No. 18 -- the ninth hole of his morning round -- and made a more routine eagle with a 10-foot putt on the par-5 11th. He finished with a 9-under 62 to match the tournament record and take a two-stroke lead.

Australia's Steve Allan was second after a 64.

-- The Associated Press