LAKE ORION, Mich. — Tom Kite was atop the U.S. Senior Open leaderboard that was filled with names after the first round even casual fans know.

Bernhard Langer, who was a shot back, expected the stars to keep shining at the Champions Tour’s fourth of five majors this year at Indianwood.

“You have a tremendous field, there’s so many great players and legends of the game,” he said. “It’s a great test of golf. You’re not going to get a champion that’s a fluke. It’s going to be somebody that’s won a lot of tournaments and is a veteran in tournament competition.

“I think you’re going to see a great leaderboard on the weekend.”

Kite broke a U.S. Senior Open, nine-hole record with a 28 on the front nine and finished 5-under 65.

“You don’t get rounds like that very often, especially in major championships,” Kite said after matching his career-best, nine-hole score. “The hole just seemed large, and I was hitting some nice shots and, obviously, getting some good breaks.”

Corey Pavin caught a bad break and it cost him a share of the lead heading into the start of the second round on Friday morning.

Pavin’s sixth birdie on his 17th hole pulled him into a tie with Kite, but a penalty pushed him back to the pack after he completed his first round. He hit a chip after his ball moved back a fraction of an inch when he grounded his club on his 14th hole, and that later cost him two strokes.

“I could have done without a two-stroke penalty, but that’s the rules, and they were enforced properly,” Pavin said. “I saw it on tape, and it’s definitely what happened. The ball moved.”

That setback put Langer and Lance Ten Broeck in second place. It pushed Pavin into a five-way tie for fourth.