Ray Floyd won the Masters, the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship. Fred Gibson won something called the Tobago Open.

Floyd's career winnings on the PGA Tour alone are more than $5 million. Gibson collected a whopping $704.

Floyd still draws large galleries wherever he goes. Gibson is one of those players who send fans scrambling for their pairings sheet.

For one day, though, the careers of the star and the journeyman pro are intertwined.

Floyd and Gibson both shot 5-under 67s today in the second round of the Ameritech Senior Open and were tied for the lead at 7-under 137 in the $1.3 million tournament at Kemper Lakes.

"No, but he's never played with me, either," Gibson said when asked if he's ever played with Floyd. "So we've got something in common."

Defending champion Hale Irwin had the best round of the day, getting birdies on five of the first nine holes for a 6-under 66, leaving him two strokes off the lead. John Mahaffey and Jose Maria Canizares, one of the first-round leaders, was tied with Irwin at 5-under 139.

The other first-round leaders didn't fare so well. DeWitt Weaver bogeyed the 18th hole and fell to 4-under 140, while David Graham shot a 4-over 76 to drop to 1-under 143.

"I've done it before, and I was nervous," Gibson said of being a leader. "I didn't die, and they say if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger. ... You go out there and you play the golf course. The golf course gives you what it gives you, and you take what you can."

Floyd and Gibson both did that Saturday. Floyd had birdies on Nos. 4 and 5, but his big move came after he made the turn. On the par-5 No. 11, he put a wedge shot 1-1/2 feet from the hole from 86 yards out and made the easy putt for birdie.

He ran off a string of birdies on three straight holes by making short putts on Nos. 13, 14 and 15.

"From the 10th hole, I had some really good golf shots," Floyd said. "I'm very pleased with the way I played."

Asked if he's excited about being in the lead, he smiled.

"I'm pretty relaxed about playing golf," he said. "You've got to remember, I've been playing for 37 years."

Gibson started his run with a curling, 20-foot birdie putt on the 10th hole, and added another birdie on the 11th. He made short putts on Nos. 14 and 15 for two more birdies, and made a 20-footer on the par-3 17th.

"Sometimes when you don't have any expectations, things just happen," Gibson said. "We'll see what happens tomorrow."

Floyd and Gibson will have to keep an eye on Irwin, who called his son for some putting advice after his 1-over 73 in the first round. Whatever the younger Irwin said must have worked. Irwin started the round with a 20-foot birdie putt on the first hole and kept picking up strokes from there.

On the par-5 11th, he looked like he was in trouble when his third shot barely cleared the water in front of the green. But the ball bounced on the edge and rolled six inches from the pin. As the crowd gave an appreciative cheer, Irwin smiled and held his hands out.

"Sometimes you make a putt early in the day like I did at the first hole ... and you just build some momentum," Irwin said. "Now it's up to me. I've got the opportunity unless someone goes crazy coming in here. I finished nicely with a birdie at the last hole. It creates that momentum, that slingshot effect for tomorrow."

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