Angel Cabrera has two major championship titles on his resume. He won the 2007 U.S. Open, the 2009 Masters and just missed a third, when he lost the 2013 Masters to Adam Scott in an unforgettable playoff.

He also has 49 other wins worldwide and will be a World Golf Hall of Fame member in the not too distant future.

At 44-years-old Cabrera is on the back nine of his golfing career, but he demonstrated on Thursday that he can still play at a very high level.

Cabrera leads after the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship by posting a six-under par 66. Quail Hollow Golf Club is one of the more difficult golf courses the tour visits all season and Cabrera has proven that he can play well on good golf courses.

Another 40-something, Phil Mickelson is tied with Martin Flores and just one shot behind Cabrera. Mickelson has bothered by nagging injuries and does not have a top-10 finish as of yet this year.

A pair of former major championship winners, Webb Simpson and Stewart Cink are two shots behind the leader at four-under par and tied with one of the better ball strikers on tour, Jonathan Byrd.

Rory McIlroy won his first PGA Tour title here in 2010 and is in a large group of players at three-under par.

Justin Rose, Vijay Singh, Martin Kaymer, Hideki Matsuyama, Charles Howell III, Martin Laird, Kevin Na and Shawn Stefani join McIlroy for T-7 at three-under par.

The last three holes at Quail Hollow are called the ‘Green Mile.’ They are three of the most difficult holes the players will face all year and a two-shot lead will not be safe as the leader turns for the final holes on Sunday evening.

Players are preparing their games for the Players Championship that will be held next week at TPC Sawgrass. The Players is offering a record purse of $10 million with $1.8 million going to the winner.