MARTIN LAIRD (69) MAKES GOOD START
ON US PGA TOUR IN HAWAII

Glasgow's Martin Laird made a satisfactory debut on the US PGA Tour with a three-under-par round of 69 in the Sony Hawaii Open.
Kenneth Ferrie from North-east England was the leading British player with a fine round of 66 to be two shots behind leader K J Choi from Korea.

FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
64 KJ Choi (Kor).
65 Steve Marino, Jimmy Walker, Heath Slocum.
66 Brad Adamonis, Mitsuhiro Tateyama (Jpn), Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), J.P. Hayes, Steve Lowery, Kenneth Ferrie (Eng), James Driscoll, Chad Campbell, Daniel Chopra (Swe)
67 Spencer Levin, Robert Garrigus, Vaughn Taylor, Brian Gay, John Mallinger, Alejandro Canizares (Spa), John Riegger, Douglas Labelle, Robert Gamez, Jerry Kelly, Zach Johnson, Todd Demsey, Kevin Na (Kor), Travis Perkins, Chad Collins, Cameron Beckman, Jay Williamson, Carl Pettersson (Swe).
68 Jeff Overton, Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn), Chez Reavie, Matthew Jones (Aus), Tim Wilkinson (Nzl), Nathan Green (Aus), Tim Petrovic, Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Yusaku Miyazato (Jpn), Briny Baird, Dudley Hart, Brian Bateman, Kevin Streelman, Dustin Johnson, George McNeill, J.B. Holmes, Jim Furyk, Mark Calcavecchia, Brett Wetterich, Brandt Snedeker, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn)
69 Bart Bryant, Kyle Thompson, Bob Sowards, Alex Aragon, Charles Howell III, Will MacKenzie, Bob Estes, Yong-eun Yang (Kor), Sean O'Hair, Roland Thatcher, Martin Laird, Jon Mills (Can), Boo Weekley, Craig Kanada, Jesper Parnevik (Swe), Jason Gore, Kiyoshi Miyazato (Jpn), Pat Perez, John Merrick, Jason Allred, Fred Funk, Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Jeff Maggert, Troy Matteson, Rocco Mediate, D.J. Trahan
70 Paul Azinger, Paul Claxton, Vijay Singh (Fij), Wen-chong Liang (Chn), Bryce Molder, Stephen Ames (Can), Frank Lickliter II, Kent Jones, Ted Purdy, Matt Kuchar, Angel Cabrera (Arg), Tom Lehman, Bubba Watson, Tom Pernice Jnr., Kenny Perry, Kevin Stadler, Richard S Johnson (Swe), Robert Allenby (Aus), Paul Goydos, Scott Sterling, J Sae Park, Ryan Armour, Olin Browne
71 Steve Stricker, Patrick Sheehan, Brian Davis (Eng), Brad Elder, Billy Mayfair, Cody Freeman, Brenden Pappas (Rsa), Dean Wilson, Keiichiro Fukabori (Jpn), Jim McGovern, Jonathan Byrd, Shane Bertsch, Nicholas Thompson
72 Jonathan Kaye, Omar Uresti, Eric Axley, John Senden (Aus), Steve Flesch, Alex Ching, Mark Wilson, John Daly, Bo Van Pelt, Carlos Franco (Par)
73 Jeff Quinney, Jeff Sluman, Nick Flanagan (Aus), Parker McLachlin, Peter Lonard (Aus), Jason Day (Aus), Ronald Whittaker, Justin Bolli, John Huston, Marc Turnesa, Tommy Gainey
74 Michael Letzig, Tom Scherrer, David Lutterus (Rsa), Tadd Fujikawa, Bill Haas, Shaun Micheel, Tag Ridings
75 Kaname Yokoo (Jpn)
81 Kevin Hayashi (Jpn)