BARRY HUME (68) UP WITH
LEADERS IN FIRST ROUND
OF PAKISTAN OPEN
Barry Hume was lying joint third at the end of the first round of the $300,000 Pakistan Open golf championship began at Karachi DGolf club today.
Barry, pictured right, shot a four-under-par 68 to be two shots behind the leader, local hero Muhammad Shabbir.
The former Scottish amateur champion from Haggs Castle birdied the long fourth, the par-4 eighth, the long 14th and the par-4 15th. He did not drop a shot in halves of 34.
England's Simon Hurd is on the same mark as the Scot.
Defending champion Chris Rodgers (England) enjoyed a bogey-free 69.
Scots-born Simon Dunn had a two-under-par 70.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
(Players from Pakistan unless stated)
Par 72
66 Muhammad Shabbir.
67 Airil Rizman Zahari (Malaysia)
68 Vivek Bhandari (Ind), Uttam Singh Mundy (Ind), Barry Hume (Sco), Rahul Ganapathy (Ind), Richard Lee (NZ), Simon Hurd (Eng).
69 Aktar Ali, Amardip Malik (Ind), Stephen Scahill (NZ), Chris Rodgers (Eng), Rick Gibson (Can), Yeh Chang-ting (Tai), Lin Chien-bing (Tai), Jerome Delariarte (Phi), Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind).
70 Simon Dunn (Sco), Peter Erofejeff (Fin), Hur In-hoi (Kor), Imdad Hussain, Scott Hend (Aus), Muhammed Munir, Marcus Both (Aus), Craig Kamps (SAf), Park Jun-won (Kor), Mitchell Brown (Aus), Shane Baxter (Aus), Adam Le Vesconte (Aus), Tony Lascuna (Phi), Lin Wen-hong (Tai), Mark Mouland (Wal).