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BENTON HARBOR, Mich. Air Max 97 Pas Cher Chine . -- Joe Durant knows his future is on the Champions Tour. That doesnt stop him from wanting to play on the PGA Tour. "I guess theres that part of your ego that still thinks you can play on the regular tour and you still want to prove you can do that," Durant said after birdieing his final hole Thursday for a 6-under 65 and a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Senior PGA Championship. Making his third Champions Tour start after turning 50 on April 7, the four-time PGA Tour winner had seven birdies and a bogey at Harbor Shores. Dan Forsman, fighting an arthritic left hip, opened with a 66, and Brad Faxon had a 67. Mark Brooks and P.H. Horgan III shot 68, and two-time Senior PGA winner Jay Haas and Colin Montgomerie were in the group at 69. Kenny Perry, the winner last week in the Regions Tradition in Alabama, topped the group at 70 with Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, John Cook and Tom Watson. Durant, coming off a ninth-place tie Sunday at Shoal Creek in the first major of the year, missed only one fairway and birdied all the par 5s. He also birdied the par-4 seventh hole that plays up a sand dune and usually into the wind off Lake Michigan. "I just had a nice rhythm," said Durant who has played on the PGA Tour, Web.com Tour and the Champions Tour this season and plans to play the PGA Tour and Champions the rest of the year. "I didnt try to do anything fancy. I just went from point A to point B and hit a lot of good shots. It worked out to be a nice round." Durant has struggled with his PGA Tour status position to get into events. "I know my future is more out here than out there, but I would just like to play out there a little bit," he said. "It doesnt get any easier out there, thats for sure." Forsman, a three-time winner on the Champions Tour after winning five times on the PGA Tour, had four birdies and a bogey -- on the seventh -- in his final nine holes. "Its elusive," Forsman said of good play this year. "Its a challenging game by any measure. Certainly the older you get, the aches and pains come along." Faxon made two 35-foot birdie putts early in his round. He has only one top-40 finish in eight tournaments this year and missed the cuts in his two previous Senior PGA appearances. "There was really nothing to predict this round," Faxon said. "But Im excited about playing. My wife (Dory) came in yesterday and we were talking about just playing golf and not worrying too much about stuff. And it happened." Perry is trying to win his fourth consecutive Champions Tour major. He won the Senior Players Championship and U.S. Senior Open in consecutive tour starts last year, then skipped the Senior British Open. He said he is making adjustments to the greens at Harbor Shores. "The last two weeks the greens have been pretty fast, and this week the greens are not nearly has fast on the roll out, so youve got to hit them a little bit," he said. "Any time you can shoot under par in a major youve done a good job. I was very pleased with my round even though I bogeyed the last hole with an 8-iron in my hand." Lee Rinker, who played the PGA Tour fulltime from 1984 to 1999, was the top club pro with a 69. Hes the director of golf at Emerald Dunes Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Roger Chapman, the 2012 winner at Harbor Shores, opened with a 71. Japans Kohki Idoki, the winner last year at Bellerive in St. Louis, had a 76. Air Max 90 Noir Pas Cher . On Thursday theyll learn even more. Despite the cloud of uncertainty that has followed them around from the moment general manager Masai Ujiri was brought in to put his stamp on the franchise, the Raptors have surpassed all pre-season expectations. Air Max 97 Plus Pas Cher . They all do actually — Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 22, 2014There is no confirmation that the date is actually happening, but that didnt stop Embiid from getting dressed up. Fresh cut..... 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He understood that quite early and unfortunately he doesnt have the chance to rectify that now.Rooney has struggled to find his best form under Jose Mourinho at United this season and has started on the bench in their past three games, with Juan Mata moving ahead of him in the pecking order for the No 10 role. Jamie Redknapp urges Gareth Southgate to focus on the England team and forget about the speculation surrounding Wayne Rooneys future Before Mourinho arrived at Old Trafford, Rooney had been earmarked to drop into a deeper midfield role as he got older, something both Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs did successfully under Sir Alex Ferguson. Chaussure Pas Cher Chine. Louis van Gaal began to deploy him there in the second half of last season but Mourinho was adamant when taking over that his captain remain as a striker because he valued his goal-scoring ability. Mourinho: Rooney not a midfielder Wayne Rooney will not play in midfield for Manchester United, Jose Mourinho confirms Rooney admits he deserved to lose his place at United, accepting he has lost some of the pace that once made him one of Europes most feared forwards, but he made it clear he believes the time has come for him to transition to midfield on a more permanent basis.I have heard a lot of people talking about transition - well, let me do it, Rooney said.If that is whats going to happen, let me do that. I feel I am not being given a chance if that is the way I want to go in my career to expand it. I am not being given that chance to go from there to there. England captain Wayne Rooney talks about being dropped from Manchester Uniteds starting XI It is all right talking about your career, saying you can extend it by doing this and that, but of course you need to be given that chance to do it.Despite his recent setbacks, Rooney remains adamant he has plenty left to offer both England and United and he is determined to answer his critics.Rooney said: I am a fighter. I want to get back in the team. I will work hard to try and do that, so that is where I am at. I am sure people who know me know I will come back.Does it gee you up? Of course it does. Its almost like going to an audition when you get turned down - you want to prove yourself to people.You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the Japan Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy three months at half price! Also See: Rooney: Ill play where picked Rashford will be a superstar FA to face government probe Southgate troubled by industry ' ' '
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