Ames, Weir head into Sunday with a major shot

TSN Senior Reporter

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Stephen Ames and Mike Weir are both heading into Sunday with a great opportunity to win their first senior major championship.

The two Canadians sit first and tied for second respectively with one round left in the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship after both players fired rounds of 67 at the Harbor Shores Resort Course in Benton, Mich.

Ames leads the tournament by two shots while Weir is tied with Bernhard Langer.

“I enjoyed the way I played, the way I handled myself,” said Ames. “Second, I hit the ball right where I was looking at it all day, which was -- that helps, obviously. And again, I made some nice putts, which is obviously a key to shooting a good round on a major.”

Ames made five birdies on his day against just a single bogey. He was forced to scramble somewhat on his back nine in the windy conditions. On the 14th, his approach shot found some deep rough beside the green and it appeared he may have trouble just getting onto the putting surface. But a chop with a wedge delivered the ball to within two feet of the pin and he dropped that to save par.

On the par-5 15th, his tee shot sailed right and ended up behind a small bush. He managed to hack the ball back into play and then hit a silky iron to the green and two putted for a par.

As it has for much of the tournament, Ames’ putter was again reliable as he rolled in a number of lengthy birdie putts and added some no-stress two-putt pars to his round.

Now he heads into Sunday as the leader, being chased by the rest of the pack

“I don't like being the guy, period,” he said of his position on the leaderboard. “It doesn't matter. Either way I look at it, I'm going to go out there and play my own game. I can't control what