Dougherty goes low for Malaysian Open lead

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03/06/2008 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nick Dougherty fired a 10-under-par 62 on Thursday to grab the first-round lead of the Malaysian Open at Kota Permai Golf Club.

Despite the 10-under score, Dougherty is only two ahead. Conditions were optimum for scoring with little wind and lift, clean and place rules in effect.

Simon Dyson and Marcus Fraser share second place at minus-eight.

Danny Chia, Keith Horne, Soren Kjeldsen and Daniel Vancsik all posted rounds of seven-under-par 65 on Thursday and are tied for fourth place.

Dougherty began on the 10th tee Thursday and parred his first hole. From there, it was a pair of birdie runs that propelled Dougherty into the first- round lead.

Dougherty birdied three in a row from the 11th hole. He took a break from making birdies with back-to-back pars from No. 14. After those pars, Dougherty soared up the leaderboard.

The Englishman birdied seven in a row around the turn. Dougherty made a long birdie putt at the par-three fourth to reach 10-under par for the championship and admitted that magic golf number entered his head.

"I knew a 59 was on after I made that long birdie putt on the fourth so three birdies in the last five is not that tall an order, but unfortunately it didn't happen," said Dougherty.

Dougherty actually went birdieless over his final five holes. It was still enough to match the tournament record, although the opening round was played under preferred lies.

"It was a great start to the tournament, it's my lowest round on tour which is always nice, especially on the opening round which sets you up nicely for the tournament," said Dougherty.

"I played nice, I played good. I drove the ball well, I putted really well. Iron work wasn't up to much, but the good thing was that my misses were all in the right places and I think that shows how much I have improved in the last few years."

Mark Brown, who won last week at the Johnnie Walker Classic and captured the Asian Tour event the week before that, continued his fine form. On Thursday, he shot a six-under 66 and is tied for eighth place.

"He (Dougherty) played really well today with a 10-under score," said Brown. "But there is still three days to go and I'm not thinking too much about it. It was a little difficult to focus after all that's been happening with me and I try not to worry about the other stuff and just play my game."

He is tied with defending champion Peter Hedblom, S.S.P. Chowrasia, Robert-Jan Derksen, Rafa Echenique, Graeme McDowell, Carlos Rodiles, Scott Strange and Oliver Wilson.

Darren Clarke shot a three-under 69 and is part of a group tied for 36th place.

Former U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell struggled badly on Thursday. He carded a 12-over 84 and is in last place.

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