India’s S.S.P. Chowrasia opened his campaign in the BMW PGA Championship with a two-under-par 70 at Wentworth Club in England on Thursday.
The Asian Tour stalwart, winner of this season’s Emaar-MGF Indian Masters, rolled in three birdies, one eagle and three bogeys to earn a share of 12th place with amongst others, South Africa’s Anton Haig.
Shiv Kapur fired a solid 71 for tied 26th place while Thognchai Jaidee of Thailand and James Kingston of South Africa were amongst those who carded 72s to lie in 41st place after the opening round.
Another Indian, Jyoti Randhawa was further back after a 73. Ireland’s Paul McGinley fired a near flawless 65 to lead in the opening day.
In the Munsingwear Open KBS Cup in Japan, Chinese Taipei’s Lin Keng-chi, Asia’s number one in 1995, carded a 69 to share 13th place. He is four shots behind leaders Nobuhito Sato and Hideto Tanihara.
65 Paul McGinley
66 Robert Karlsson (Swe)
67 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Marcus Fraser (Aus)
68 Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Garry Houston, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Simon Wakefield
69 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Alvaro Velasco (Spa), Marc Warren
70 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Anton Haig (Rsa), Gary Orr, Graeme McDowell, Oliver Wilson, David Howell, Nick Dougherty, Rafael Echenique (Arg), Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind), Magnus A Carlsson (Swe), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Richard Green (Aus), Miles Tunnicliff, Gregory Havret (Fra)
71 Steve Webster, Hennie Otto (Rsa), Shiv Kapur (Ind), Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Marcel Siem (Ger), Stuart Manley, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Simon Khan, Oliver Fisher, Johan Edfors (Swe), Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Paul Casey, Matthew Morris, Peter O'Malley (Aus)
72 Damien McGrane, James Kingston (Rsa), Ross Fisher, Andres Romero (Arg), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Peter Hanson (Swe), Alastair Forsyth, Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Henrik Nystrom (Swe), Andrew Coltart, Carlos Rodiles (Spa), David Lynn, Paul Broadhurst, Paul Lawrie, Jamie Donaldson, Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Luke Donald, Mark Foster
73 Mikael Lundberg (Swe), Colin Montgomerie, Scott Strange (Aus), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Peter Lawrie, Anthony Wall, Gary Murphy, Markus Brier (Aut), Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa), Emanuele Canonica (Ita), Ross McGowan, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind)
74 Christian Cevaer (Fra), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Paul Streeter, Benn Barham, Scott Drummond, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Lee Slattery, Rory McIlroy, Ariel Canete (Arg), Sam Little, Pablo Martin (Spa), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Thomas Levet (Fra)
75 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Anders Hansen (Den), Simon Dyson, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa), Stephen Dodd, Alexander Noren (Swe), Andrew Oldcorn, Ernie Els (Rsa), Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra), Bradley Dredge, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Greig Hutcheon, Darren Clarke, Mark Brown (USA), Sam Walker, Stephen Gallacher, Richard Finch, Richard Sterne (Rsa)
76 Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Soren Hansen (Den), Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe), David Shacklady, Ian Ellis, John Bickerton, Justin Rose, Thomas Bjorn (Den), Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Andrew McLardy (Rsa), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Carl Suneson (Spa), Retief Goosen (Rsa), Tom Whitehouse, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Barry Lane
77 David Griffiths, Niclas Fasth (Swe), Phillip Price, Phillip Archer, Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Lee Westwood, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Jon Lupton
78 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Sean Mason, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Robert Dinwiddie, Pelle Edberg (Swe), Mardan Mamat (Sin)
79 Peter Whiteford, James Kamte (Rsa), Peter Hedblom (Swe), Graeme Storm
80 Brett Rumford (Aus), Michael Campbell (Nzl), Leif Westerberg (Swe), Anthony Tarchetti, Jean Van de Velde (Fra), Mark Staunton, Kane Webber (USA)
81 John Dwyer, Peter Baker
83 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), Zane Scotland (Gbr)
84 Michael Jonzon (Swe)
