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.

Padraig Harrington and Stewart Cink endured the ups and downs of the U.S. Senior Open together for a second straight day Friday and found themselves tied for the lead.

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.