CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- Woody Austin made four birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine and finished with a 4-under 68 to take the first-round lead in the Senior British Open.
The 52-year-old Austin rebounded from bogeys on Nos. 9 and 10 with birdies on 11, 12, 14 and 16. He has struggled after winning three times in four events this year on the PGA Tour Champions.
"It seems, I forgot how to play after that," Austin said. "It's been really bad since. It's been unfortunately a long stretch of really ugliness."
The wind was 10-15 mph at Carnoustie Golf Links with a mix of sun and clouds and a high in the 60s.