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Shiv Kapur overcomes poor start, tied 27th

SHANGHAI : Shiv Kapur overcame a poor start to finish with a one-over 72 that put him in tied 27th place at the end of the first round of the Volvo China Open golf here on Thursday. The 24-year-old is the best among the five Indians in the field and is four shots behind on the first day.

The joint leaders were the unheralded Huang Ming-jie, who provided the sparkle for the local fans, and Raphael Jacquelin of France, both of whom shot 68 each.

Huang, 26, fired a three-under-par 68 with seven birdies against four dropped shots, while Jacquelin fired five birdies against two bogeys on a tough scoring day.

Gaurav Ghei closed with two birdies in last four holes en route to a two-over 73, while S.S.P. Chowrasia had a ninth hole eagle and two doubles bogeys, two bogeys and two birdies in his eventful round. They were both tied 41st.

Johl in danger

Rahil Gangjee and Amandeep Johl were in danger of missing the cut at five-over 76 each and were at tied 97th place.

The wind was strong and managing the greens was very difficult. The rough was also unforgiving and the fairways were tight making scoring tough.

Kapur had bogeys on first and fourth holes and then a birdie on fifth, but an eighth hole double meant he was three-over at that stage. He pulled one with a birdie on ninth. Birdies on 11th and 16th and one bogey on 12th saw him finish at 73. Thanks to steady putting, American Gary Rusnak was in lone third position a stroke back, while Australia's Unho Park and Adam Blyth, New Zealander Richard Lee and England's Yasin Ali were tied fourth, two strokes off the pace.

Also sharing fourth place were local talent Qiu Zhi-feng, Ireland's Graeme McDowell, South African Richard Sterne, Dutchman Robert Jan-derksen, Chris Hanell and Michael Jonzon of Sweden and Denmark's Thomas Bjorn. — PTI

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