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| May 2, 2003 | Friday | Safar 29, 1424 |
O’Malley takes lead
BRESCIA (Italy), May 1: Australian Peter O’Malley exceeded his own expectations on Thursday when he took a two-shot lead in the Italian Open despite a two-month layoff from tournament golf.
The 37-year-old Sydney professional who bases himself in England for much of the tour season, bounced back from a three-putt bogey at his opening hole to card an eight-under-par 64.
That equalled the Gardagolf course record set by 1997 Italian Open winner Bernhard Langer and it left O’Malley two strokes better than surprise contender from England, Gary Clark.
Italian Open scores
64 - Peter O’Malley (AUS)
66 - Gary Clark
67 - Fredrik Orest (SWE), Ricardo Gonzalez (ARG), Roger Chapman
68 - Stuart Little, Richard Sterne (RSA), Mattias Eliasson (SWE), Matthew Blackey, Tobias Dier (GER), Pierre Fulke (SWE), Andrew Sherborne, Erol Simsek (GER), David J Geall
69 - Gary Murphy, Jose Manuel Lara (SPA), Anthony Wall, Shaun Webster, Marten Olander (SWE), Rolf Muntz (NED), Raul Ballesteros (SPA), Fernando Roca (SPA), Federico Bisazza (ITA), Fredrik Widmark (SWE)
70 - Ben Mason, Gustavo Rojas (ARG), Roger Wessels (RSA), Gary Orr, David Drysdale, Philip Golding, Sam Little, Costantino Rocca (ITA), Colin Montgomerie, Simon Khan, Neil Cheetham, Sven Struver (GER), James Kingston (RSA), Julien Clement (SWI), Neil Cheetham, Simon Wakefield, Ryan Reid (RSA), Jesus Maria Arruti (SPA).
Kang in lead
SEOUL: Local favourite Kang Wook-soon took a two-stroke lead in the first round of the $400,000 Maekyung Open with a five-under-par 67 on Thursday.
Leading first round scores
67 Kang Wook-soon
69 Richard Backwell (Australia), Suk Jong-ryul
70 Kim Sang-ki, Amandeep Johl (India), Chawalit Plaphol (Thailand), Chung Joon, Anthony Kang, Lee In-woo, Lee Jun-young, Kwon Jong-kil, Chung Jae-hoon, Danny Chia Malaysia), Greg Hanrahan (U.S.)—Reuters
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