THOUSAND OAKS (California) Dec 9: New Zealand’s US Open champion Michael Campbell grabbed the first round lead at the Target World Challenge on Thursday, stealing the spotlight from host and defending champion Tiger Woods.
Campbell fired a course record-tying nine-under-par 63 to take a two-shot lead after the opening round of the $5.5m event.
Campbell led Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke by two shots with last year’s runner-up, Padraig Harrington of Ireland, another three shots back on 68.
Woods, who serves as tournament host, struggled early before finding his game on the back nine to finish with an even-par 72.
First-round scores:
63 - Michael Campbell (NZL)
65 - Darren Clarke (NIR)
68 - Padraig Harrington (IRL)
69 - Kenny Perry
70 - Thomas Bjorn (DEN)
71 - Tim Clark (RSA), Fred Couples
72 - Chris DiMarco, Luke Donald (GBR), Fred Funk, David Howell (GBR), Tiger Woods
73 - Jim Furyk, David Toms
76 - Davis Love, Colin Montgomerie (GBR)
BANGKOK: Leading second-round scores on Friday in the $600,000 Masters of Asia:
133 - Shiv Kapur 66-67
134 - Jyoti Randhawa 70-64
135 - Marcus Both 69-66
137 - Adam Fraser 68-69, Andrew Buckle 66-71
138 - Zhang Lian-wei 72-66, Lu Wen-teh 71-67
MELBOURNE: Leading second round scores of the Australian Masters golf on Friday:
130 - Nick O’Hern (AUS) 64-66
135 - Robert Allenby (AUS) 67-68, Bubba Watson (USA) 70-65
136 - Martin Doyle (AUS) 69-67
137 - Bradley Iles (NZL) 68-69, John Senden (AUS) 67-70
138 - Jarrod Moseley (AUS) 72-66
139 - Jason Day (AUS) 72-67, Dean Alaban (AUS) 69-70—Agencies
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