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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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The Tigers have played well down the stretch,
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Bruins seek Pac-10 title against Cardinal in Top-10 matchup >>
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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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