Canadian veteran Stephen Ames opened with an eight-under par 64 opening round to take a one-stroke lead at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 61-year-old, who has four PGA Tour wins and nine on the Champions Tour, converted from the intermediate rough on the par-4 No. 18 to take a birdie into the second round. He carded five birdies in a six-hole stretch at from on the second to seventh holes on his way to the bogey-free round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World Golf Hall of Fame member and 66-year-old Fred Couples \u00a0shot a 65 to be tied joint second with Freddie Jacobsen shot 65s while defending champion Ernie Els is one of seven golfers two shots off the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jacobson is one of seven first timers in the field at Hualalai this week, is seeking his first win on PGA TOUR Champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In joint seventh with Els are Jay Haas David Duval, Stewart Cink, Canadian Mike Weir, Australia\u2019s Richard Green, and Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sixty-two-year-old Vijay Singh, who finished tied for 40th<\/sup> at last week\u2019s Sony Open at Waialae Country Club, followed it up with a 6-under 69.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LEADERBOARD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Canadian veteran Stephen Ames opened with an eight-under par 64 opening round to take a one-stroke lead at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-8294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-golf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tPlayer<\/strong><\/td> To Par<\/strong><\/td> Scores<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/td> Stephen Ames<\/td> -8<\/td> 31-33 \u2013 64<\/td><\/tr> T2<\/td> Freddie Jacobson<\/td> -7<\/td> 33-32 \u2013 65<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Fred Couples<\/td> -7<\/td> 32-33 \u2013 65<\/td><\/tr> T4<\/td> Seven players tied<\/td> -6<\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"