His round included eight birdies and just one bogey at the par-4 ninth.
He leads the trio of Keith Fergus, Larry Mize and Hal Sutton. “Momentum can go quickly,” an apprehensive Forsman told the Birmingham News. “You can be just off a touch and now all the sudden you’re down two shots. It’s a little adjustment out here because on the regular tour you’ve got four days.” Forsman won five PGA tournaments and won the AT&T Champions Classic at Valencia, Calif., in March. Five golfers — Jim Thorpe, Keith Fergus, Tom McKnight, Chris Starkjohann and Gil Morgan — are tied for fifth heading into Saturday’s second round at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Hoover, Ala. Defending champion Andy Bean opened with a 2-under 70 and is tied with 11 others in 31st place.
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