The wisp drifted in from the same spot it has all week, a hint of grey poking its head over the ridges of The Horns before hovering angry over the back greens of The Broadmoor.

Stewart Cink made up five shots over nine holes against Padraig Harrington in their head-to-head pairing at the U.S.

COLORADO SPRINGS — Padraig Harrington said he thought it was one part nice, another part disappointing, to scrounge out a bogey after snapping a tee shot deep into the woods on the 15th hole of his opening round at the US Senior Open.