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Cameron Percy takes first-round lead at ISPA HANDA Senior Open
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Seeking his first win on PGA TOUR Champions, Australian Cameron Percy opened with 7-under 63 and leads by one stroke after the first round of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open at Gleneagles’ Kings Course.
Cameron Percy, 31-32 – 63 (-7)
- The 52-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (52nd start).
- Best finish: 2nd/T2 (three times)
- 2nd (2025 Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS)
- 2nd (2025 Stifel Charity Classic) – lost in a playoff
- T2 (2025 Principal Charity Classic) – lost in a playoff
- Making his 12th start of the 2026 season, he has three top-10 finishes.
- Best finish: T3 (American Family Insurance Championship) – team event with partner Greg Chalmers
- Entered the week ranked No. 21 in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standings.
- Seeks his first senior major title (13th start).
- Best finish: T5 (two times)
- 2025 ISPS HANDA Senior Open
- 2026 Kaulig Companies Championship
- Best finish: T5 (two times)
- Making his second appearance at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open, he finished T5 in 2025 (Sunningdale).
- This is his fifth time leading/co-leading after the first round on PGA TOUR Champions.
- Is 0-for-4 converting those into victories (0-for-1 in 72-hole events).
- Co-led at the 2025 Galleri Classic (finished 6th)
- Led at the 2025 Senior PGA Championship (finished 7th) – 72-hole event
- Co-led at the 2025 PURE Insurance Championship (finished T11)
- Led at the 2025 Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS (finished 2nd)
- Is 0-for-4 converting those into victories (0-for-1 in 72-hole events).
- Matched his low 18-hole score on PGA TOUR Champions (159th round).
- Previous instance: 2024 Rogers Charity Classic (2nd Round)
- Looks to become the fifth first-time winner of the 2026 season on PGA TOUR Champions.
- Previous instances in 2026:
- Zach Johnson (James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational)
- Boo Weekley (Insperity Invitational)
- Scott Hend (Trophy Hassan II)
- Ben Crane (American Family Insurance Championship) – team event with partner Darren Clarke
- Previous instances in 2026:
Other notes
- 53-year-old Lionel Alexandre (2nd) carded bogey-free 64. All three of Alexandre’s previous starts in PGA TOUR Champions events came at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open.
- Previous finishes: T57 (2024), MC (2025), MC (2026).
- World Golf Hall of Fame member and two-time Open Champion (2002, 2012) Ernie Els (T3) posted 5-under 65.
- Looks to become the sixth player to win both The Open and The Senior Open.
- Previous instances: Bob Charles, Gary Player, Tom Watson, Darren Clarke, Padraig Harrington
- Looks to become the sixth player to win both The Open and The Senior Open.
- 2018 champion Miguel Angel Jiménez (T3) shot 5-under 65.
- Looks to become the fourth multi-time winner of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open since 2003.
- Multi-time winners since 2003: Bernhard Langer (4), Tom Watson (3), Loren Roberts (2)
- Looks to become the fourth multi-time winner of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open since 2003.
- 66-year-old Tom Pernice Jr.. (T3) opened with 65 to shoot his age or better for the second time on PGA TOUR Champions. After carding a front-nine 35, Pernice went 6-under on a five-hole stretch (Nos. 10-14) en route to a back-nine 30.
- Pat Perez, who turned 50 years old on March 1, shot bogey-free 65 and sits T3. In two previous starts in PGA TOUR Champions events, he finished T5 (Senior PGA Championship) and T8 (U.S. Senior Open).
- Charles Schwab No. 2 and 2015 Open Champion Zach Johnson (T12) opened with 3-under 67.
- Looks to become 10th player in PGA TOUR Champions history to win three consecutive starts. He won the Principal Charity Classic and Kaulig Companies Championship in his two previous starts.
- Most recent to win three consecutive starts on PGA TOUR Champions: Steve Stricker (2022 Sanford International, 2022 Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS, 2023 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai)
- Looks to become 10th player in PGA TOUR Champions history to win three consecutive starts. He won the Principal Charity Classic and Kaulig Companies Championship in his two previous starts.
- Charles Schwab Cup leader and 2009 Open Champion Stewart Cink (T64) carded 1-over 71 for his second over- par round of the 2026 season (32 individual stroke play rounds).
- Previous instance: 1-over 71 (U.S. Senior Open, Final Round).
- Looks to become the fifth player to win three senior majors in the same year. He won the Senior PGA Championship and Regions Tradition earlier this season.
- Previous instances: Gary Player (1988), Jack Nicklaus (1991), Bernhard Langer (2017), Steve Stricker (2023)
