GolfCzech.com | Golf news | Lam leads stars as rain halts first round of Barclays Singapore Open
11/14/2008
Chih Bing Lam upstaged the big names to take a first-round lead at the $5 million Barclays Singapore Open on Thursday in a bid to become the first local player to win the tournament.
Lam birdied three of the final four holes to finish with a 4-under 67 and the clubhouse lead over Australia's Marcus Both (68) in an opening round delayed by lightning. Play was halted because of darkness with almost half the field unable to finish their opening rounds.
South Africa's Ernie Els, who lost this tournament in a playoff in 2006 before missing the cut last year, was 3 under after 14 holes when play was called off, leaving him tied for second on the leaderboard with Both, England's Oliver Wilson and India's Digvijay Singh.
Phil Mickelson, who lost his No. 2 ranking to Spain's Sergio Garcia last week, shot 73 and is six strokes off the pace in the star-studded Asian Tour event. He recovered after bogeys on four of the first six holes and was tied with Darren Clarke.
Leaderboard – Round 1:
1. Ernie Els SAF 66 - 5
2. Chih Bing Lam SIN 67 - 4
3. Marcus Both AUS 68 - 3
4. Nick Redfern ENG 69 - 2
Simon Dyson ENG 69 - 2
Kyung-tae Kim KOR 69 - 2
Keith Hotŕne SAF 69 - 2
9. S.S.P. Chowrasia IND 70 - 1
Rory McIlroy NIR 70 - 1
Richard Moir AUS 70 - 1
Chapchai Nirat THA 70 - 1
Mitchell Brown AUS 70 - 1
K.J. Choi KOR 70 - 1
Digvijay Singh IND 70 - 1
Chris Rodgers ENG 70 - 1
Markus Brier AUT 70 - 1
Charlie Wi KOR 70 - 1
Liang-wei Zhang CHN 70 - 1
Source: AP, Asia Tour
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