MUNICH (Germany), Aug 30: German veteran Bernard Langer fired an eight-under-par 64 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the 1.8-million-dollar Munich Open Thursday.

The 45-year-old Langer, who is bidding for his first tournament win here, leads the board ahead of English trio Ian Poulter, Robert Coles and Richard Bland who sit joint second on 65.

South African Trevor Immelmann sits fifth on 66.

American John Daly, who took the honours here last year, had a shaky start and could only manage a two-under-par round of 70 to leave him in 48th place overall.

The first round was postponed for around an hour in the afternoon due to storm warnings.

Leading first round scores

64 - Bernhard Langer (Ger)

65 - Ian Poulter, Robert Coles, Richard Bland

66 - Trevor Immelman (Rsa)

67 - Andrew Butterfield, David Lynn, Russell Claydon, Stuart Little, Peter Fowler (Aus), Jamie Spence, Klas Eriksson (Swe), John Bickerton, Patrick Platz (Ger), Emanuele Canonica (Ita), Darren Fichardt (Rsa)

68 - Thomas Bjorn (Den), Benjamin Miarka (Ger), David Park, Simon Khan, Steen Tinning (Den), Daren Lee, Miles Tunnicliff, Alastair Forsyth, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Alex Cejka (Ger), Sven Struver (Ger), Gary Evans, Barry Lane, Gordon Brand Jnr

69 - Marc Farry (Fra), Thomas Levet (Fra), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Andrew Marshall, Markus Brier (Aut), Carl Suneson (Spa), Fredrik Andersson (Swe), Greg Owen, Joakim Haeggman (Swe), Philip Golding, Paul Eales, Gary Emerson, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor), Steve Webster, Jorge Berendt (Arg), Marten Olander (Swe).

Air Canada Championship

SURREY (British Columbia): Leading scores after the first round of the $3.5 million Air Canada Championship played at the par-71, 7,072-yard Northview Golf and Country Club course Thursday (U.S. unless stated).

65 David Frost (South Africa)

66 Peter Lonard (Australia), Shigeki Maruyama (Japan), Scott Gump, Hank Kuehne

67 Jeff Gove, Kevin Sutherland, Jim McGovern, Ben Crane, Craig Barlow, David Gossett, Steve Lowery, Esteban Toledo (Mexico), Tommy Tolles, JJ Henry

68 Bob Burns, Jay Delsing, Paul Stankowski, Fred Funk, Chris Riley, Joel Edwards, Tom Scherrer, Mike Weir (Canada), Scott Hoch, Rory Sabbatini (South Africa), John Rollins, Glen Hnatiuk (Canada), John Senden (Australia), Boo Weekley, Jonathan Kaye, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Sweden), Carlos Franco (Paraguay), Mark Calcavecchia, Woody Austin, Stephen Ames (Canada), Harrison Frazar, Blaine McCallister, Robin Freeman, Jeff Brehaut, Steve Allan (Australia), Kenneth Staton, Graeme McDowell (Britain).—AFP