It was a hot humid day at this Black Rock resort, the early wave had the advantage with not much wind until their final 3 holes, while the late wave played in a steady breeze. The book on this beautiful course is there isn't much trouble off the tees due to little or no rough, the emphasis is on the approach shot as the greens are big but lightning fast and tricky. Miguel Jimenez who is feeling ill after shooting -5 67, summed it up by saying "if you are above the hole here you are lost "
Michael Hoey from NIR, played in the early wave and took advantage, but needed a course record -8 64 to take the lead on a low scoring opening day. He has won 5 times on this tour, but has been finishing well down the field so far this year, saying afterwards that he has been concentrating on keeping double bogey's off his card, and he did that this morning.
He leads lead Spain’s Carlos Pigem, Taiwan’s Chien-yao Hung and American David Lipsky by a single shot
Lipsky, who won the Asian Tour Order of Merit, finished with back-to-back birdies to join Asian Tour regulars Hung and Pigem on -7 one ahead of India’s Shiv Kapur.
Canadian Richard T Lee continued his fine play with 5 birdies and just one bogey for -4 68 T14
Fan favourite Thongchai Jaidee Danish veteran, Thomas Bjørn both opened with rounds of 69
Bryan Angus
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