Mark James goes record low with
63 on US Seniors Tour

Englishman Mark James returned his lowest ever score on the American Seniors (Champions) Tour with an eight-under-par 63 in the first round of the AT&T Championship at Oak Hills Country Club, San Antonio, Texas.
The former Ryder Cup captain, who began his round with a bogey, birdied the first six holes of his inward half and leads the field by one shot from Dan Forsman.
James needs a good result in this event or else he will have to go back to the US Seniors Tour School. The top 30 on the money list after next week's season-ending tournament will keep their cards for 2009. James, a winner on the US over-50s pro circuit last year, has not touched that quality of form this season. He has had one top-10 finish and is languishing in 57th place on the Champions Tour money table.
"This is certainly surprising to me," James said. "I'm not usually one to go really low. I've been working on my game and it's good to see I got something out of it."