Parry and Purdy share lead at open<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Tournament favorite Craig Parry of Australia and
\nAmerican pro rookie Theodore Purdy shared an opening-round lead
\nin the Satelindo Indonesia Open yesterday with 5-under par 67.<\/p>\n
Parry, who said he would play carefully and defensively after
\nhe lost six balls in a pro-am tournament on the course at the
\nJagorawi Golf and Country Club on Wednesday, proved his word by
\nfiring six brilliant birdies against a bogey yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"It was a good round in those conditions. The course was very
\ndamp which made it impossible to get out of the thick rough,\" the
\n31-year-old Parry said.<\/p>\n
Parry began the round with a birdie before bogeying the 3rd to
\ngo out for 35 with two more birdies on the 6th and 9th. Homeward
\nbound, he birdied the 10th, 11th 16th and 17th for 32.<\/p>\n
Purdy, who fired three straight birdies from the 15th onwards,
\nsaid he was pleased with his round yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"I holed a 15-footer for a birdie on 16, two putted the par
\nfive next from 40 feet and tapped in for birdie on 17,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Purdy is on a roll on the Omega Tour, having finished third in
\nthe London Myanmar Open in March and joint fifth in last week's
\nDFS Galleria Guam Open.<\/p>\n
Bunched two shots behind them on 69 are Malaysia's S. Murty,
\nNew Zealand's Simon Owen, Japan's Nozomi Kawahara and South
\nAfricans Nico van Rensburg and Des Terblanche.<\/p>\n
American Mark Calvecchia, the big-name player in the
\ntournament, carded a two-under par 70 in the first round to tie
\nfor eighth place with six other players.<\/p>\n
\"I am nicely placed,\" Calcavecchia said. \"I played pretty well
\nbut the weather is still just too humid for me.\"<\/p>\n
The US$275,000 Satelindo Indonesia Open near Bogor is part of
\nthe Asian PGA's 25-leg Omega tour.<\/p>\n
Past winners of the Open include Surabaya's Kasiyadi in 1989,
\nNew Zealander Frank Nobilo in 1994, Frankie Minoza of the
\nPhilippines in 1986 and American Payne Stewart in 1996.<\/p>\n
Kasiyadi was the only local golfer to close the round with 1-
\nunder 71. He was happy with the result.<\/p>\n
\"I think it is good enough to make it one under, although I
\ndid try my best to make it lower,\" Kasiyadi told The Jakarta
\nPost.<\/p>\n
He said he would do much better in the next rounds while
\ntrying to recapture the title. \"I understand it will be very hard
\nto win the title but I'll try.\" (rsl)<\/p>\n
Selected results:
\n 67 - Craig Parry (Aus) 35 32; Theodore Purdy (USA) 34 33
\n 69 - S Murthy (Mas) 35 34; Simon Owen (Nzl) 32 37; Nozomi
\nKawahara (Jpn) 35 34; Des Terbalanche (Rsa) 35 34; Nico van
\nRenseberg (Rsa) 34 35
\n 70 - Wayne Bradley (Rsa) 34 36; Paul Foley (Aus) 34 36; Charlie
\nWie (Kor) 33 37; Mark Calcavecchia (USA) 35 35; John Senden
\n(Aus) 34 36; Jerry Smith (USA) 33 37
\n 71 - Kasiyadi (Ina) 35 36; Grant Dodd (Aus) 35 36; Jeff Senior
\n(Aus) 36 35; Gerry Norquist (USA) 35 36; Brand King (Aus) 35
\n36; Aaron Meek (USA) 37 34; Preecha Senaprom (Tha) 35 36;
\nStephen Atako-Lindskog (Swe) 35 36;
\n 72 - Lee Peters (UAE) 36 36; Stuart Bouvier (Aus) 35 37; Brad
\nAndrews (Aus) 34 38; Clay Devers (USA) 36 36; Jorrod Moseley
\n(Aus) 36 36; John Wither 36 36; Poh Eng Ching (Sin) 36 36; Mo
\nJoong-kyung (Kor) 36 36; Hendrik Buhrmann (Rsa) 35 37; Mardan
\nMamat (Sin) 36 36; Craig Kamps (Rsa) 37 36; Akimori Tani
\n(Jpn) 37 35; Rob Willis (Aus) 36 36; Scot Laycock (Aus) 36 36;
\nVivek Bhandari (Ind) 37 35;<\/p>",
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