Firoz Ali joint 20th

KUALA LUMPUR, AUG 26: Only two Indians 8212; Firoz Ali and Amritinder Singh 8212; of the nine in fray, returned the under par opening round as Thailand-based American Greg Hanrahan and Japan8217;s Toshikazu Sugihara fired five under par 67 to take the lead in the 200,000 Volvo Masters Golf here today.

The Calcutta-based professional Firoz Ali shot two under par 70 to be at the joint 20th slot while Chandigarh8217;s Amritinder hit one under par 71 and was at joint 31st place. Calcutta8217;s Indrajit Bhalotia, Arjun Singh and Chandigarh8217;s Amandeep Johl carded identical par 72 round and were at joint 46th position. Former Indian Open champion, Delhi8217;s Ali Sher along with citymate hit one over par 73 and were at joint 63 place.

Chandigarh8217;s Kanwar Sekhon and Delhi8217;s Jyoti Randhawa had dismal first round, both shot five over par 77 and were way down the leader board and lying at joint 116 place.

In what is the ninth leg of the Davidoff Tour, Hanrahan and Sugihara led by a stroke from Danny Zarate Philippines, RashidIsmail Malaysia, Aaron Meeks USA, Hendrik Buhrmann, Richard Kaplan SA, Kenny Druce Australia Yanagisawa and Takeshi Ohyama Japan.