Make it five in a row for Mark Wiebe.

Wiebe overcame a two hour, ten minute fog delay to fire a 3-under-par 67 during the first round of play at the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship at Baltimore Country Club’s East Course in Timonium on Thursday.

For Wiebe, it marked the fifth consecutive round in which he walked off the course with at least a share of the lead, as he is among a four-way tie atop the leaderboard with three rounds remaining.

It hasn’t take long for Wiebe to make a name for himself on the Champions Tour, as he won his first event, SAS Championship in North Carolina, two weeks ago. Wiebe didn’t become eligible to play on the tour until Sept. 13, when he reached the required 50 years of age.

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“I have gone out and [I am] playing nice golf the last couple months,” Wiebe said. “I am not really thinking about who I am playing against.”

Wiebe kept himself among the leaders by using a cautious approach on difficult greens, and letting his putter do the rest. And relying on his short game was a good decision.

He birdied the fourth, fifth, 12th, 14th and 16th holes, enabling him to overcome bogies on the 15th and 18th holes. Wiebe would have entered Friday with sole-possession of the lead if he hadn’t two-putted the final hole. Entering today’s second round, Wiebe is tied with Walter Hall, Loren Roberts, R.W. Eaks and Scott Hoch.

“You know, I played pretty well,” Wiebe said. “I just tried to be patient. It sounds like a cliché, but on this type of golf course you really can’t force the issue. You have to really take what the course gives you.”

Wiebe has never won a major — his only two victories before the SAS Championship were on the PGA Tour in 1985 and 1986 — and a victory this weekend would be the biggest career accomplishment for a player who entered 15 events on the Nationwide Tour last year and made only three cuts.

“I am just thinking the hole is the same size and so is the ball,” Wiebe said. “So whether it is Nationwide, whether it is the [PGA] Tour or whether it is the Champions Tour, it is still golf.”

— dcarey@baltimoreexaminer.com