As storm clouds just began to poke their heads over the Cheyenne Mountain, Mark Hensby slumped into his seat at a podium up the range from The Broadmoor, the unlikely early face of

Padraig Harrington made four birdies, though it was the bogey he saved after losing a tee shot deep in a thicket of trees on the 15th hole that helped him keep a share of the first-round lead with Mark Hensby at the U.

The path to the top of the leaderboard was different, but comparable for Mark Hensby and Padraig Harrington in Thursday’s first round of the U.S. Senior Open.