Wadkins One Back at 65 in Senior Debut
He may have won 21 times on the PGA Tour, but Lanny Wadkins was admittedly nervous during his first round on the Senior PGA Tour on Friday.
Wadkins shot a seven-under-par 65 and is a stroke back after the first round of the ACE Group Classic.
Dana Quigley and Jim Thorpe shared the first-round lead, each shooting 64 on the Pelican Marsh course.
“I was probably a little bit more apprehensive, maybe a touch more excited than I would’ve been for a normal tournament,” Wadkins said. “I wanted to play well. I had a lot of preseason hype, so to speak. . . . I know I can play and I wanted to go out and prove to everybody that I still can.”
Tom Watson, playing his first full season on the senior tour, opened with a 69.
Bruce Summerhays opened with a 66, and Larry Nelson, John Jacobs and Walter Hall shot 67s. Defending champion Allen Doyle had a 69.
Arnold Palmer, 70, playing in Naples for the third consecutive year, opened with a 78.
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