Green, Fujita start U.S. Senior Open with 63s. Local favorite Andrade shot back at Newport CC

Richard Green and Hiroyuki Fujita each shot 7-under 63 in the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday, taking advantage of low wind in the morning to attack the seaside Newport Country Club course and pull a stroke ahead of local favorite Billy Andrade. “It’s late in the day and the wind was really whipping pretty good,” Andrade said. Among them: former Senior Open champions Steve Stricker, Jeff Maggert and Padraig Harrington, and Englishman Lee Westwood, who was making his over-50 tour debut a week after finishing third in the LIV Golf event outside of Nashville, Tennessee.

Green, Fujita start U.S. Senior Open with 63s. Local favorite Andrade shot back at Newport CC

Green, Fujita start U.S. Senior Open with 63s. Local favorite Andrade shot back at Newport CC

Green, Fujita start U.S. Senior Open with 63s. Local favorite Andrade shot back at Newport CC

Green, Fujita start U.S. Senior Open with 63s. Local favorite Andrade shot back at Newport CC

Green, Fujita start U.S. Senior Open with 63s. Local favorite Andrade shot back at Newport CC