Golf-Vaillant Takes One-shot Lead After First Round In Bahrain – News18

France’s Tom Vaillant completed strongly to card an eight-beneath par 64 and take a one-shot lead after the primary spherical of the Bahrain Championship on Thursday.

The 22-12 months-previous, in his first full season on the European tour, holds the lead over South Africa’s Zander Lombard and Joel Girrbach of Switzerland.

The Frenchman’s flawless opening spherical started with him parring the primary 5 holes, however Vaillant closed out the entrance 9 with three birdies, and ended his spherical with birdies on the ultimate two holes.

“I just tried to hit as many greens as I could and just play solid the whole day and try to putt at a great speed and if I make some putts it’s great,” Vaillant stated.

Denmark’s Rasmus Hojgaard is three pictures off the lead in eighth place, hitting an eagle on the final to make up for 2 earlier bogeys.

The match marks a return to the DP World Tour for Bahrain after 13 years, and the primary spherical witnessed two holes-in-one, Chen Guxin on the second and Marcus Armitage on the twelfth.

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