United States PGA Tour starts if 2007 season

FIVE SHARE LEAD IN HAWAII OPENER

Five players, including Vijay Singh, shared the lead on four-under-par 69 in the first event of the 2007 US PGA Tour - the Mercedes-Benz championship at the Kapalua Plantation Golf Club on Hawaii.
Australian Stuart Appleby, bidding for a unique fourth win in a row in this tournament, equalled the par of 73.
Former Open champion Ben Curtis had the poorest score of the opening day - an eight-over-par 81.

FIRST-ROUND SCORES
(Players from US unless stated)

69 Will MacKenzie, Vijay Singh (Fij), KJ Choi (Kor), Brett Wetterich, Stephen Ames (Can).
70 Davis Love III
71 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Jim Furyk, Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Chris Couch.
72 Luke Donald (Eng), Carl Pettersson (Swe).
73 J.B. Holmes, Arron Oberholser, Joe Durant, Adam Scott (Aus), John Senden (Aus), Troy Matteson, Stuart Appleby (Aus).
74 Rodney Pampling (Aus), J J Henry, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus).
75 Kirk Triplett, Tim Herron, David Toms, Corey Pavin.
76 Jeff Maggert.
77 Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Chad Campbell, John Rollins.
78 Eric Axley.
79 D.J. Trahan.
80 Dean Wilson.
81 Ben Curtis.