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Jeev in the lead

Tokyo: Jeev Milkha Singh flew on the wings of two eagles and five birdies to reach the top of the leader board in the Yomiuri Memorial tournament here on the Japan Golf Tour.

Jeev fired a seven-under 65 following his bogey-free six-under 66 on the first day to lead by one shot at midway stage despite a last-hole bogey.

It put him on road to his first Japan Tour title and that comes in the week after his winning the Volvo Masters of Europe in Valderrama.Jeev has won titles on Asian and European tour but none in Japan.

The Indian had eagles on 10th, his first hole of the day, and 17th, the second last. He birdied four in a row from 14th to 17th and added one more on third. His bogeys came on fourth and ninth. He now has three eagles in two rounds.

Tetsuji Hiratsula is second at 12-under with 67 and 65, while Korea's Ike j-Chang, the joint first round leader is third at 11-under.

In Atlanta, two-time US Open champion Retief Goosen of South Africa fired a two-under par 68 on Thursday to share the lead with American Joe Durant after the first round of the US PGA Tour golf championship.Goosen and Durant opened a one-stroke lead over six rivals at the season-ending $6.5 million event.

The tournament lost much of its lustre with the pullouts of world number one Tiger Woods and Masters champion Phil Mickelson.

The scores: Retief Goosen and Joe Durant 68; Tom Pernice, Stewart Cink, Stuart Appleby, Adam Scott, Vijay Singh and Jim Furyk 69; J.J. Henry, Ernie Els, Zach Johnson, Arron Oberholser and Brett Quigley 71; K.J. Choi 72; Ben Curtis, Lucas Glover, Rod Pampling, Chad Campbell, Luke Donald and Trevor Immelman (RSA) 73; David Toms, Rory Sabbatini and Geoff Ogilvy 74; Dean Wilson and Brett Wetterich 75; Carl Pettersson 77; Davis Love 82. — Agencies

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