HK Open: Higgins Leads,Sujjan tied 3

December 5, 2013.  David Higgins of Ireland made a splendid start with  one shot lead after shootinga six under par 64  in the first round of the Hong Kong Open.

Higgins, who lost his European Tour card by less than €20,000 last year, fired an impressive nine birdies alongside three bogeys in Fanling.

Italy’s Challenge Tour winner Andrea Pavan is a shot further back after a five under par 65, with seven players sharing third on a congested leaderboard.

[highlight] In the third place joint lead is India’s Sujjan singh, Singh shot a round of 66 to share the third position with six other players. [/highlight]

In the third place joint lead is India’s Sujjan singh, Singh shot a round of 66 to share the third position with six other players. Australian Andrew Dodt ,Prom Meesawat of Thailand, Lam Chih Bing and Mardan Mamat of Singapore, Adam Geeand and Seve Benson of England are tied 3 with 66.

Andrew Dodt and Prom Meesawat set the clubhouse target at four under in the morning session, Higgins joined the leaders with a ten foot birdie putt at the third – his 11th.

The three-time Challenge Tour winner birdied the sixth and then knocked in a six footer at the next to reach six under, but a bogey at the ninth, where he chipped across the green into a bunker on the other side, threatened to spoil his round.But he bounced back well with a birdie on the tenth.

“It was great,” said 41 year old Higgins. “I just played solid tee to green holed some lovely putts and had a chip in.

“If you’re going to have a score like that you have to do some good stuff. You’ve got to use your imagination; let it run out a little bit, maybe use a slope here and there, so it’s good for me. It’s a great test of golf,” he added.

India’s, Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chowrasia are tied 15th after carding two-under-68 after first day’s play. Shiv Kapur shot one-under-69 to lie at 27th position on day 1 at the Hong Kong Open. While,  seasoned Jeev Milkha Singh played round of 71 to be tied 69th and Jyoti Radhawa is 88th after shooting 72 on Thursday.