Stewart Cink putts on the 17th green with the Broadmoor Hotel as the backdrop on the first day of the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Cink is in a 7-way tie for second place after the first day of play. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)
Stewart Cink putts on the 17th green with the Broadmoor Hotel as the backdrop on the first day of the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Cink is in a 7-way tie for second place after the first day of play. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Mark Hensby hits out of the sandtrap on the 17th hole during the first session of the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Hensby ended up in first place of the golfers who teed off in the morning with a score of -3.Padraig Harrington chips onto the green on the 10th hole on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Harrington ended up in a 2-way tie for first place with a -3. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Padraig Harrington snacks on an apple while lining up a putt on the 10th hole on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Harrington ended up in a 2-way tie for first place with a -3. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Padraig Harrington tees off on the 17th hole on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Harrington ended up in a 2-way tie for first place with a -3. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Mark Hensby hits off of the tee on the 18th hole during the first session of the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Hensby ended up in first place of the golfers who teed off in the morning with a score of -3.Mark Hensby gets advice from caddie Austin Watson on the 18th hole during the first session of the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Hensby ended up in first place of the golfers who teed off in the morning with a score of -3.Bernhard Langer reacts to missing putt on the 5th green on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Matt Schalk from Erie, Colorado, walks up the hill to the 18th green with his daughter Hailey Schalk by his side on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Matt Schalk from Erie, Colorado, gets help on the 18th green from his daughter and caddie Hailey Schalk on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)No rain, but only umbrellas for sunshine on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Fred Funk grits his teeth as he tees off on hole 1 on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Thomas Bjorn hits onto the 18th green on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Bjorn ended up in a 7-way tie for second place. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Thomas Bjorn putts on the 18th green on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Bjorn ended up in a 7-way tie for second place. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Thomas Bjorn gestures on the 18th green after his first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Bjorn ended up in a 7-way tie for second place. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Brad Bryant looks like he’s going to take flight after making a birdie on the 10th hole on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Harrington ended up in a 2-way tie for first place with a -3. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Stewart Cink sinks a birdie on the 17th hole on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Stewart Cink sinks a birdie on the 17th hole on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)World Golf Hall of Fame Bernhard Langer tees off on the 5th hole during the first session of the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Hensby ended up in first place of the golfers who teed off in the morning with a score of -3.Shane Bertsch from Parker, Colorado lines up a putt on the 18th hole during the first session of the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Thursday, June 26, 2025.Notah Begay III holds up his ball after making a great putt on the 10th hole on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)Father and son, Walker Faust (left) and Erich Faust came from Longmont with matching everything on the first day of play at the U.S. Senior Open Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)World Golf Hall of Fame V.J. Singh signs autographs for you fans while getting in a last practice on the Broadmoor Golf Club course on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. The first day of competition for the U.S. Open Senior Championships starts Thursday morning. (Jerilee Bennett,The Gazette)The seats of the U.S. Senior Open are reflected in a lake at the Broadmoor Golf Club that is the current home of a swan and her five cygnets. The swan family will have a front row seat for all the golf action June 26-29. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)