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| March 3, 2006 | Friday | Safar 2, 1427 |
Thongchai tied for lead
JAKARTA, March 2: Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee struck an impressive six-under-par 66 to take the joint first-round lead in the one million dollar Indonesia Open on Thursday.
Thongchai, who finished second in Malaysia two weeks ago, is tied alongside Chinese Taipeis veteran Wang Ter-chang, Englishman Simon Dyson and David Higgins of Ireland at the Emeralda Golf Club.
Andrew Buckle of Australia enjoyed a superb start with a 67 for tied fifth place and was joined by compatriot Brad Kennedy, Korean American Anthony Kang and Sweden’s Steven Jessepen.
China’s Liang Wen-chong and Thailand’s Thammanoon Srirot carded 68s while Indias Rahil Ganjee battled a sprained right wrist for a 69 in the event jointly sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour.
The second place finish in the Malaysian Open prevented Thongchai from a historic treble of wins but the 37-year-old Thai is showing that he is determined to make up for that loss.
Thongchai, a two-time Asian Tour number one and currently third on the UBS Order of Merit, is also bidding for a ticket to the US Masters next month and a strong finish in Indonesia will strengthen his chances.
Leading first round scores
66 - David Higgins, Wang Ter-Chang, Thongchai Jaidee, Simon Dyson
67 - Anthony Kang, Andrew Buckle, Brad Kennedy, Steven Jeppesen
68 - Wilhelm Schauman, Thammanoon Srirot, Liang Wen-Chong, Unho Park
69 - Wade Ormsby, Chinarat Phadungsil, David Griffiths, Stephen Dodd, Philip Golding, Rahil Gangjee), David Carter, Anders Hansen, Damien Mcgrane, Anthony Brown,
70 - Scott Barr, Gary Rusnak, Jose Manuel Lara, Robert Rock, Benn Barham, David Dixon, Leif Westerberg, Alexandre Rocha, Miguel Carballo, Keith Horne, Jarmo Sandelin, Sam Little, Angelo Que.—AFP
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