Aaron Rai from England (on the photo), Jason Scrivener (Australia) and Yūsaku Miyazato (Japan) share the lead at Hong Kong Open after the first round of the new European Tour season. The trio found the key how to deal with the windy conditions and posted first round 65 for five under par. Big favorites struggled today and they are far behind the leaders. Tommy Fleetwood carded first round 69 and shares 23rd place at one under. Patrick Reed had disappointing day and and after +5 today he shares 113th place while Sergio Garcia sits 41st after 70 today.
First round leaderboard:
Aaron Rai is still looking for his first European Tour title.
Using the slopes ⛷️#HonmaHKOpen pic.twitter.com/NKN2MzesFO
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 22, 2018
The evergreen Miguel Ángel Jiménez is back on tour and after a round of two over he shares 72nd place.
Never change, @majimenez1964.#HonmaHKOpen pic.twitter.com/2T0AHNxlzp
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 22, 2018
Thomas Aiken shares seventh place, two shots behind the leaders .
Probably a good job @TommyAikenGolf hit the bunker lip…#HonmaHKOpen pic.twitter.com/Vjqo0AmWgE
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 22, 2018
, Jason Scrivener (Australia) and Yūsaku Miyazato (Japan) share the lead at Hong Kong Open after the first round.){kind=link}