Rodney Dale and Grahame McDonald share a one stroke lead after the opening round of the 2009 Australian Men’sSenior Amateur Championship at Bribie Island Golf Club. In overcast conditions, Dale (NSW) and McDonald (QLD) shot rounds of one-under 71 to lead defending champion Stefan Albinski (NSW), Ross Bockman (NSW) and two-time former champion Kiwi Rodney Barltrop by one after their even-par rounds. Keeping golf talent in the family, Dale is the younger brother of former champion Denis Dale while McDonald took out the recent Northern Territory Senior Amateur Championship. A further shot back is 2008 runner-up Alex Cleave (WA), joined by five others including former Australian Men’sSenior Match Play champion Chris Coats (QLD) and Asia Pacific Golf Confederation Senior Amateur team member Brian Sams with rounds of 73. Six players shot rounds of 74 to be three shots away from the leaders. In the Australian Senior Interstate Strokes Team Event (played in conjunction with the Senior Amateur) the New South Wales team, lead by Stefan Albinski, holds a one shot lead over the Western Australian team lead by Alex Cleave and Bob Gamsby. Grahame McDonald led the opening day charge for Queensland into third place. The second round action continues on Wednesday at Bribie Island Golf Club. 2009 AUSTRALIAN MEN S SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND ONE LEADERS: Pos Name State Rd 1 1 DALE, Rodney (NSW) 71 2 MACDONALD, Grahame (Qld) 71 3 ALBINSKI, Stefan (NSW) 72 4 BARLTROP, Rodney (NZ) 72 5 BOCKMAN, Ross (NSW) 72 6 CLEAVE, Alex (WA) 73 7 COATS, Chris (Qld) 73 8 CORBEN, Greg (NSW) 73 9 GAMSBY, Bob (WA) 73 10 PARKIN, Arthur (NZ) 73 11 SAMS, Brian (NSW) 73 12 BOWEN, Graham (WA) 74 13 LEITCH, Michael (NZ) 74 14 MUSGRAVE, Frank (NSW) 74 15 STANFORD, Greg (NSW) 74 16 TATT, Chris (Vic) 74 17 WEBBER, Martin (NZ) 74 18 BULLAS, Allan (Vic) 75 19 KING, Peter (Qld) 75 20 ROBERTS, Peter (Qld) 75 21 STEPHENS, John (NSW) 75