Thursday, 2 May 2013

Els makes strong start in Indonesia, Hend leads (Reuters)

South Africa's Ernie Els watches his tee shot on the first hole during second round play in the Arnold Palmer Invitational PGA golf tournament in Orlando, Florida March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Brian Blanco

(Reuters) - British Open champion Ernie Els returned to Asia to shoot a strong opening round of four-under-par 68 and lie two shots off lead at the Indonesian Masters in Jakarta on Thursday. The big South African wielded the long-putter he is phasing out to sink five birdies, against one "silly" bogey, to lie two shots behind Australia's Scott Hend and Korea's Hwang Inn-choon at the Royale Jakarta Golf Club. "I've got to be satisfied with that. Obviously you would like to say it could have been better but I played nicely," said Els who finished 14th at the Chiangmai Golf Classic in March. ...




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