adminHONG KONG. — Former Asia No. 1 Jyoti Randhawa wielded a hot putter to grab the opening round lead at the Hong Kong Open golf tournament yesterday while Nicolas Colsaerts and Ernie Els were also off to a strong start at the Fanling course.
Randhawa (42) began with a bogey but went on to reel off seven birdies to lead Angelo Que of the Philippines by one shot, needing only 23 putts in the opening round of the European Tour co-sanctioned event.
“I’ve been playing decent in the last few weeks but haven’t been able to put up a good number,” said the 2002 Asian Tour No. 1 from India who finished with two consecutive closing birdies for a six-under-par 64.
“Today I really putted my heart out, so I’m really happy with the way it went, and I’m glad I got the pace on the greens right,” said Randhawa, who remains winless since claiming his eighth Asian Tour title in 2009. —SuperGolf.
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