MARC WARREN (70) LEADING SCOT IN SOUTHERN
CHINA TOURNAMENT
Marc Warren, with a two-under-par 70, was the leading Scot at the end of the first round in the TCL Classic at the magnificent Ya Long Bay Golf Club, Sanya (pictured right) in southern China.
Warren birdied the first, second, fourth, 11th, 16th and 18th in hlaves of 33 and 37. His roller-coaster inward half also inclued a double bogey 6 at the 17th and single shots dropped at the 10th and 13th.
The projected halfway cut is that only players with two-under-par (142) or better will survive so that means Barry Hume (71), Steve O'Hara (72), Ross Bain (73) and Simon Yates (76) will have to avoid mistakes on Friday.
Thai sensation Chapchai Nirat got off to a flying start when he fired a sizzling 11-under-par 61 for the opening round lead.
Thanks to a change in putter, Chapchai, 23, enjoyed a blemish free round as he chalked up an impressive 11 birdies and bettered the previous course record of 62 set by American Edward Loar and China’s Liang Wen-chong last year. The in-form Thai had also equalled the low 18-hole record on the Asian Tour set by Chun Chung Chun-hsing in 2001 and Chanin Puntawong in 2003.
Chapchai, who turned pro at the age of 15, took a three stroke lead over Argentina’s Rafael Echenique who shot a 64 for lone second position in the US$1 million event.
South African Keith Horne blasted a 65 in tied third place together with New Zealander Richard Lee and Chinese Taipei’s Lu Wen-teh who was bogey free for the day.
Australia’s Scott Hend was in joint sixth position after a 66 and was tied alongside compatriot Wade Ormsby, England’s Lee Westwood, South African James Kingston and Spain’s Carl Suneson.
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
61 Chapchai Nirat (Tha).
64 Rafael Echenique (Arg).
65 Richard Lee (NZ), Lu Wen-teh (Tpe), Keith Horne (SAf).
66 Scott Hend (Aus), Lee Westwood (Eng), James Kingston (SAf), Carl Suneson (Spa), Wade Ormsby (Aus).
67 Gary Rusnak (US), David Bransdon (Aus), Adam Blyth (Aus), Ashley Hall (Aus), Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Oliver Fisher (Eng), Simon Nash (Aus), Alexandre Rocha (Bra), Brad Kennedy (Aus), Kane Webber (Aus), Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Steve Alker (NZ)
68 Unho Park (Aus), Simon Griffiths (Eng), Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice), Luis Claverie (Spa), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Mark Pilkington (Wal), Juvic Pagunsan (Phi), Sam Little (Eng), Mardan Mamat (Sin), Danny Chia (Mas), Barry Lane (Eng), Cesar Monasterio (Arg), Chawalit Plaphol (THA), Carlos Rodiles (Spa).
Other scores included:
70 Marc Warren (Sco).
71 Barry Hume (Sco).
72 Steven O'Hara (Sco).
73 Ross Bain (Sco).
76 Simon Yates (Sco).
Marc Warren, with a two-under-par 70, was the leading Scot at the end of the first round in the TCL Classic at the magnificent Ya Long Bay Golf Club, Sanya (pictured right) in southern China.
Warren birdied the first, second, fourth, 11th, 16th and 18th in hlaves of 33 and 37. His roller-coaster inward half also inclued a double bogey 6 at the 17th and single shots dropped at the 10th and 13th.
The projected halfway cut is that only players with two-under-par (142) or better will survive so that means Barry Hume (71), Steve O'Hara (72), Ross Bain (73) and Simon Yates (76) will have to avoid mistakes on Friday.
Thai sensation Chapchai Nirat got off to a flying start when he fired a sizzling 11-under-par 61 for the opening round lead.
Thanks to a change in putter, Chapchai, 23, enjoyed a blemish free round as he chalked up an impressive 11 birdies and bettered the previous course record of 62 set by American Edward Loar and China’s Liang Wen-chong last year. The in-form Thai had also equalled the low 18-hole record on the Asian Tour set by Chun Chung Chun-hsing in 2001 and Chanin Puntawong in 2003.
Chapchai, who turned pro at the age of 15, took a three stroke lead over Argentina’s Rafael Echenique who shot a 64 for lone second position in the US$1 million event.
South African Keith Horne blasted a 65 in tied third place together with New Zealander Richard Lee and Chinese Taipei’s Lu Wen-teh who was bogey free for the day.
Australia’s Scott Hend was in joint sixth position after a 66 and was tied alongside compatriot Wade Ormsby, England’s Lee Westwood, South African James Kingston and Spain’s Carl Suneson.
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
61 Chapchai Nirat (Tha).
64 Rafael Echenique (Arg).
65 Richard Lee (NZ), Lu Wen-teh (Tpe), Keith Horne (SAf).
66 Scott Hend (Aus), Lee Westwood (Eng), James Kingston (SAf), Carl Suneson (Spa), Wade Ormsby (Aus).
67 Gary Rusnak (US), David Bransdon (Aus), Adam Blyth (Aus), Ashley Hall (Aus), Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Oliver Fisher (Eng), Simon Nash (Aus), Alexandre Rocha (Bra), Brad Kennedy (Aus), Kane Webber (Aus), Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Steve Alker (NZ)
68 Unho Park (Aus), Simon Griffiths (Eng), Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice), Luis Claverie (Spa), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Mark Pilkington (Wal), Juvic Pagunsan (Phi), Sam Little (Eng), Mardan Mamat (Sin), Danny Chia (Mas), Barry Lane (Eng), Cesar Monasterio (Arg), Chawalit Plaphol (THA), Carlos Rodiles (Spa).
Other scores included:
70 Marc Warren (Sco).
71 Barry Hume (Sco).
72 Steven O'Hara (Sco).
73 Ross Bain (Sco).
76 Simon Yates (Sco).
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