Sitting one shot back are the teams of William Sumner/Gary Kirwan and Steve Earsley/Mike Rice. Rice, the reigning U.S. Senior Amateur champion, won this event with Bob Hullender in 1997 and 1999.
Four-time champions Larry Thomas and Chip Stewart (2000-2003) shot a 68 to tie for fourth with the team of David Moore and Steve Bueltel. No other team was able to break 70, and only 11 of the 50 teams were able to break par for the round.
Among other past champions, Charles Hill, Jr./Bob Sine (2005) shot a 73 to sit tied for 14th, and Todd Lusk/Andy Wall (2004) shot a 74 to sit tied for 18th.
Once again, Crown Colony is proving to be a worthy championship test. Crown Colony has long been one of the highest-rated courses in the state of Texas, and has an impressive championship pedigree. In addition to annually hosting the Temple Cup and Temple Cup Senior, Crown Colony was the site of the Southern Amateur in 1987 and 2001, and the Texas State Amateur in 1982 and 1998.
The 54-hole, best-ball tournament resumes with the second round on Friday.
First-round results from the Temple Cup Senior, played at Crown Colony Country
Club in Lufkin, TX, April 6-8, 2006:
| 1 | Henry Cole | Van Stewart | 66 |
| T2 | Steve Earsley | Mike Rice | 67 |
| T2 | William Sumner | Gary Kirwan | 67 |
| T4 | Larry Thomas | Chip Stewart | 68 |
| T4 | David Moore | Steve Bueltel | 68 |
| 6 | Ford Cartwright | Mike Hopson | 70 |
| T7 | Henry Ellis | Jerry Gatti | 71 |
| T7 | Gary Seaman | Don Seaman | 71 |
| T7 | John Goode | John Pigg | 71 |
| T7 | Bob Abbott | Jim Martin | 71 |
| T7 | Dan Alpha | Doug Baker | 71 |
| T12 | Bob Boeger | Ralph Foltz | 72 |
| T12 | Dakin Cramer | Corky Nelson | 72 |
| T14 | Bob Vidricksen | Frank Roth | 73 |
| T14 | Carey Schulten | Curt Wagner | 73 |
| T14 | Richard Cozby | Mike O'Brien | 73 |
| T14 | Charles Hill, Jr. | Bob Sine | 73 |
| T18 | Howard Knowles | Bert Rogers | 74 |
| T18 | Rex Covert | Rick Rogers | 74 |
| T18 | Pat Trowbridge | Ed Heffern | 74 |
| T18 | Joe Cadle | Tom Miller | 74 |
| T18 | Carl Ahrens | Tommy Cruse | 74 |
| T18 | Harvey McCraw | Mike Atnip | 74 |
| T18 | Jim Pope | Kent Herndon | 74 |
| T18 | Andy Wall | Todd Lusk | 74 |
| T26 | Bill Davis | Skip Warren | 75 |
| T26 | Richard Mosman | Bob Mosman | 75 |
| T26 | Mike Morgan | Johnson Ramsey | 75 |
| T26 | Bill Wiley | Jerry Hudgins | 75 |
| T30 | Joe Battson | Robert Scardino | 76 |
| T30 | Bill Rogers | George Hunter | 76 |
| T30 | John Steineker | Jim Thigpen | 76 |
| T30 | Larry Augsburger | Henry Hair | 76 |
| T30 | Mike Busch | Wes Duperier | 76 |
| T35 | Buddy Hurst | Pat Hodges | 77 |
| T35 | Max Haney | Bill Slaughter | 77 |
| T35 | Tripp Owen | Joel Broussard | 77 |
| T35 | Bob Twaddell | Terry Bigham | 77 |
| T35 | Gene Ross | Bob Duboise | 77 |
| T40 | Frank Pickens | Bob Bishop | 78 |
| T40 | Jay Gasper | Bob Wands | 78 |
| T40 | W. Dick Davis | Don Addington | 78 |
| T40 | Bobby Gray | Rod Simmons | 78 |
| T40 | Mace Brindley | Scott Jones | 78 |
| T45 | John McDonald | Jim Rath | 79 |
| T45 | Dick Martin | Fred Hansen | 79 |
| T45 | Craig Carlisle | Ron Montgomery | 79 |
| 48 | B.J. Shaw | Gary Mellema | 80 |
| 49 | Jack Bailey | Mike Arrington | 81 |
| 50 | Norman Brady | Don Campbell | 95 |