FIRST - ROUND LEADERS

R.W. Eaks

First-year senior tour member starts fast on back nine -- birdies on 11,12 and 13 -- and front nine -- two birdies and an eagle on first three holes.

Tom Watson

Three-time winner on senior tour hits 12 of 14 fairways (86 percent); four birdies -- three on the back nine -- came on par 4s and 5s.

James Mason

Double bogey on No. 6 offsets six-birdie round.

Allen Doyle

Average drive of 245 is lowest among leaders.

Tom Kite

Plays three par-5s at 1-under.

Jose Maria Canizares

Needs only 25 putts; best among leaders.

No. 3

On the 515-yard, par-5 third hole, R.W. Eaks hit a drive into the left side of the fairway. With 194 yards to the flagstick, Eaks hit a 6-iron onto the green. It stopped about 13 feet short of the cup, which was cut in the right front of the green. Eaks, who had started on the back nine and was 6-under at the time, made the putt for eagle 3 to go to 8-under.

Statistics

Hole average: 4.80

Eagles: 2

Birdies: 55

Pars: 76

Bogeys: 19

Double bogeys: 4

Others: 0