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VANCOUVER (British Columbia), Sept 9: Defending champion Vijay Singh shot a three-over-par 73 during the first round of the PGA Canadian Open on Thursday, tying him with 24 others for 71st place. Last year, Singh won a three-hole playoff over Mike Weir, who was denied in his bid to become the first Canadian golfer to win his national championship in 50 years.
Canada’s golfing hero Weir also got off to a slow start Thursday, carding a one-over 71 after five bogeys and a double-bogey on the front nine. But he sank four of his six birdies after making the turn to salvage the day.
65 - Mark Calcavecchia, Lucas Glover
66 - Jesper Parnevik
67 - Scott Dunlap, Todd Hamilton, Brandt Jobe, Ted Purdy
68 - Michael Allen, Jonathan Byrd, Carlos Franco, Brent Geiberger, Mathias Gronberg, J.P. Hayes, Bob Heintz, Scott McCarron, Tom Pernice, John Rollins.
SINGAPORE OPEN
SINGAPORE: Leading second-round scores from the two-million-dollar Singapore Open at Sentosa Golf Club on Friday:
136 - Edward Michaels 69-67, Andrew Buckle 71-65
138 - Mahal Pearce 68-70
139 - Anthony Kang 67-72, Adam Scott 70-69, Ted Oh 69-70, Nick O’Hern 71-68
140 - Thongchai Jaidee 67-73
German Masters
COLOGNE (Germany): Zimbabwean Marc Cayeux took advantage of a last-minute call into the German Masters to grab a share of a six-way tie for the lead after Thursday’s first round.
First round scores
66 Markus Brier, Marc Cayeux, Bradley Dredge, Barry Lane, Andrew Marshall, Peter Senior
67 Paul Casey, Ricardo Gonzalez, Retief Goosen, Bernhard Langer, Jose Manuel Lara, Charl Schwartzel, Niki Zitny
68 Scott Drummond, Kenneth Ferrie, Pierre Fulke, Anders Hansen, Robert Karlsson, David Lynn, Jose Maria Olazabal, Andrew Oldcorn.
