Scott Jamieson in the Thailand mix with a 66

  ASIAN TOUR NEWS RELEASE

Hua Hin, Thailand: Peter Uihlein produced a scintillating eight-under-par 64 to take a one-shot first round lead at the True Thailand Classic presented by Chang today.

The 26-year-old American, fresh from a tied eighth and equal fourth finish in his last two starts, raced into the lead at Black Mountain Golf Club with nine birdies on the card.

Sweden’s Pelle Edberg dropped two bogeys over his closing three holes to settle for a 65 while Scot Scott Jamieson and Spaniard Javier Colomo carded 66s in the US$1.75 million event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour.

Long-hitting Uihlein, a former world amateur number one, was delighted to find himself atop the leaderboard at the True Thailand Classic, the richest golf event in the Kingdom. 
“I’m pleased, I putted well and the putter is still hot which is nice. Hit some good wedges and some good iron shots. It was good,” said the American, who is chasing a second European Tour victory.

After opening with two birdies from the 10^th tee, Uihlein dropped his lone bogey on 12, which subsequently sparked his birdie run. “That’s funny. I birdied the first two holes and then duck-hooked into the water. Sam, my caddie said “man, you look so depressed.” I guess with the way I’ve been hitting it, I was just annoyed and frustrated. After that, I just kind of free-wheeled it.

“This is more my kind of course. This one sets up for longer hitters which is more my style as opposed to what I’ve heard about next week (Delhi Golf Club). It’s always nice to get off to a good start,” said Uihlein.

Edberg, 36, was out in the lead on his own at nine under through 15 holes before enduring some late blemishes. The Black Mountain-sponsored Swede said: “I played really well. Hit some great tee shots, long and straight and it gave me a few birdie chances. I know the course better than my home course in Sweden which says a lot. I know my way around here.”

Australian Jason Scrivener recorded the week’s first hole in one when an eight iron tee shot on the newly designed par three 11th hole found the bottom of the cup. "It was just a perfect number, 154 meters, and I hit a nice eight iron in there which was probably the first good shot of the day so for it to go in was nice," said the Aussie, who received a bottle of bubbly from Black Mountain Managing Director Harald Elisson.

SCOTSWATCH (by Colin Farquharson).  Backing up Scott Jamieson (66) in the mix are Malaysia-based Scot, Simon Yates on 67 and Marc Warren on 68. Not so good were Andrew McArthur and Craig Lee on 74 and 75 respectively. They are T125 and T135 in a field of 156, which means they will need something special in the second round to beat the halfway cut

 

FIRST-ROUND LEADERS

Par 72. Yardage: 7,492

64 - Peter UIHLEIN (USA).

65 - Pelle EDBERG (SWE).

66 - Scott JAMIESON (SCO), Javi COLOMO (ESP).

67 - Gary BOYD (ENG), Robert DINWIDDIE (ENG), Rhys DAVIES (WAL), HSIEH Chi-hsien (TPE), Simon YATES (SCO), David LIPSKY (USA), Shaun NORRIS (RSA), Pariya JUNHASAVASDIKUL (THA), Prayad MARKSAENG (THA).

68 - Angelo QUE (PHI), Joakim LAGERGREN (SWE), Scott HEND (AUS), Marc WARREN (SCO), Prom MEESAWAT (THA), Jorge CAMPILLO (ESP), Himmat RAI (IND), S.S.P. CHAWRASIA (IND), Panuphol PITTAYARAT (THA), Piya SWANGARUNPORN (THA), Chiragh KUMAR (IND), Roope KAKKO (FIN), Anthony KANG (USA).

69 - Atthaphon SRIBOONKAEW (THA), Maximilian KIEFFER (GER), Arjun ATWAL (IND), Rikard KARLBERG (SWE), Johan EDFORS (SWE), Thongchai JAIDEE (THA), Lee SLATTERY (ENG), Wisut ARTJANAWAT (THA), Jeunghun WANG (KOR), LIN Wen-tang (TPE), Carlos PIGEM (ESP), Gregory HAVRET (FRA), Thepbadin AMARANAN (THA), Jens FAHRBRING (SWE).

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