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Donaldson sets course record
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 26 - 10 - 2012

SHANGHAI — World No. 51 Jamie Donaldson upstaged world No. 1 Rory McIlroy on Thursday's opening day of the BMW Masters golf, posting a course record of 10-under-par 62.
Welshman Donaldson, who turned 37 a week ago, had 24 putts and bettered the Lake Malaren course record by one shot.
“I played great from the word go,” Donaldson, who captured his first victory in winning the Irish Open in July, told reporters.
If he ends the year inside the top 50, Donaldson will receive an invitation to make a first appearance in the Masters at Augusta in April.
Ryder Cup winning pair Peter Hanson of Sweden and Italy's Francesco Molinari were in joint second place with six-under-par 66s in Thursday's opening round.
McIlroy was tied in fourth place with fellow Northern Irishman Michael Hoey and Europe's Ryder captain Jose Maria Olazabal on five under par.
Park leads in Taiwan
In Taiwan, troubled world No. 1 Yani Tseng drew inspiration from thousands of cheering fans as she carded five-under-par 67 to lie two shots off the first-round lead at the Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship Thursday.
The defending champion, moved to tears this week as she contemplated a seven-month title drought, scored six birdies against a lone bogey to trail South Korea's in-form Park In-Bee by two shots. Park, who has enjoyed 10 top-10 finishes out of 20 tournaments this year, enjoyed a bogey-free round of seven birdies at Sunrise Golf and Country Club in the northern county of Taoyuan.
Nicole Castrale and Danielle Kang of the United States, Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum and Park Hee-young of South Korea were tied for third place on four-under-par 68.
One shot behind on 69 were Paula Creamer and Lizette Salas of the US, South Korea's Chella Choi and Norway's Suzann Pettersen, who won last week's HanaBank Championship in South Korea after a play-off. — Agencies


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