Tom Lehman was part of the group of golfers who welcomed back the PGA Tour after a nearly three-month layoff due to the COVID-19 pandemic this past weekend, and the Alexandria native made good on the first round back.

At 61-years-old, Lehman is a regular contender on the senior PGA Tour Champions, but he showed he can still play with the best of the PGA Tour on a given day during his round on June 11. Lehman shot a 65 in the opening round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at the Colonial Country Club in Texas. That was Lehman’s lowest score in a PGA Tour event since the 2011 Waste Management Phoenix Open.

“I've been aiming for this week for a while," Lehman told reporters after the round. "I live in Arizona, and we've been able to play golf all the way through this COVID-19 thing, so I've been playing a lot, practicing a lot. My game feels pretty good. I love the golf course. It benefits people who put the ball in the fairway, no doubt. Today I hit it straight and made a few putts."

Lehman earned a spot in the field by being a former champion of the event. His day-one 65 on the par-70 course put him right up amongst the leaders after the first round in a tournament that Daniel Berger went on to win in a playoff at 15-under par.

Lehman just missed the cut for the weekend after shooting a 74 on day two. His only bogey of the day in round one came on the par-four third hole. Lehman surrounded that with birdies on Nos. 1, 6, 7, 12, 15 and 16.

Hole-in-one by Miller

Alexandria’s Gary S. Miller got the first hole-in-one of the season at the Nordic Trails Golf Course.

Miller was golfing with Mark Larson, Chris Larson and Bob Jerzak on May 28 when he used a pitching wedge from 135 yards to ace the par-three No. 4. It was Miller’s first hole-in-one in 42 years of golfing.