Senior Open 2013: Steve Elkington in touble over 'racist' tweet at British Senior Open Championship in Southport The 55-year-old two-time Masters champion put one ugly blot on his card with a double bogey at the par-four sixth, but he rolled back the years for the remainder of his round. On a day when a tetchy breeze and an unforgiving set-up made high scores the norm, Langer's calm and calculating approach was always likely to work in his favour. And so it proved as a number of his rivals moved backwards. Perhaps the most dramatic slip was the one made by Colin Montgomerie early in his round, when the Scot lost three shots in the space of two holes. Even though he steadied the ship for a perfectly respectable 71, Montgomerie's mood was still dark at the finish. Not for the first time in his career, he brushed off requests for interviews and headed off to spend time with his thoughts. Wiebe joined Langer on five under par with a stunning burst of late scoring that saw the American birdie four of the last six holes for a round of 65, the best of the day. Seniors golf can throw up some unlikely winners at times, but Birkdale has a habit of sorting out the wheat from the chaff. Take, for instance, the strange case of Jan Lubieniecki, a diminutive Pole who found a place in the field as first alternate after Curtis Strange withdrew and delivered a performance that made you wonder if the late Maurice Flitcroft, the infamous Open Championship fraudster, had somehow been reincarnated as a 51-year-old from Krakow. As he surveyed the swings of his fellow players, Frost walked over, introduced himself and offered a few tips. Cheyenne Woods, the niece of Tiger Woods, kept herself in reach of a spot at the Ricoh Women's British Open yesterday when she fired a five under par in the European Masters first round at Denham. The 23-year-old is chasing one of three places available to qualify for next week's major at St Andrews. Her 67 put her sixth, four shots behind joint leaders Caroline Masson, who carded a tournament-record nine under, and South African Ashleigh Simon, who only returned from a hip injury two months ago.