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Lee and Nitithorn shoot the lights out on day one

Richard T Lee. (Photo: Asian Tour)

Nara: Day one of the 38th Shinhan Donghae Open witnessed some remarkably low scoring yesterday with Canadian Richard T Lee taking the lead with a sensational nine-under-par 62, which is a course-record at the par-71 Koma Country Club in Nara near Osaka, while Thailand’s Nitithorn Thippong returned a 63.

Thailand’s Tirawat Kaewsiribandit was also in rampant form carding a 64, while Korean PGA Tour star Kim Si-Woo and his compatriot Kim Tae-Ho, Filipino Juvic Pagunsan, Japan’s Yuki Furukawa and Americans Seungsu Han and Todd Baek fired 65s.

It’s the first time the tournament, one of South Korea’s most prestigious events, is being played in Japan, and it is being tri-sanctioned by the Asian,…

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