Lee, Bae and Phachara hold clubhouse lead at International Series Qatar




 Lee, Bae and Phachara hold clubhouse lead at International Series Qatar


Canadian Richard T.Lee, Sangmoon Bae from Korea and Thailand’s Phachara Khongwatmai shared the morning honours early on day one at the US$2.5 million International Series Qatar today after shooting three-under-par 69s, when strong winds were prevalent.


They have the clubhouse lead at Doha Golf Club from South Africans Charl Schwartzel and Darren Fichardt who came in with 70s, in the third event of the season on the Asian Tour and the second of the year’s International Series tournaments.


Australia’s John Lyras, Andy Ogletree from the United States, Indian Jyoti Randhawa, Malaysian Ben Leong, Filipino Miguel Tabuena and Thailand’s Nitithorn Thippong and Gunn Charoenkul all carded 71s.

“I made a few good long putts in my round and just kept it in play, windy conditions so you have to keep it in the fairways and get it on the green to have putts that can go in,” said the Canadian.


“I think I converted that pretty well even though I had two bogeys out there, I’m looking forward to tomorrows round.”


It was an encouraging round, made up of five birdies and two bogeys, for Lee considering he had to retire from last week’s International Series Oman as he was feeling unwell.


He added: “Yeah I’m feeling about 70% healthy again and hopefully the next three days I can hold up and play the round I played today.”


Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion, was happy to made a good start considering the difficult conditions which the wind reach gusts of 35 kilometres per hour.


He said: “Yeah, I thought teeing off early we would get a little bit of benefit with the wind, but we didn’t, so spent most of the day in pretty strong conditions and thought I played really well. You always feel like when you play well you always feel like you could have left a few out there but in these conditions two under will be good.”


Lee is a two-time winner on the Asian Tour and came close to winning two International Series events last year in Singapore and Morocco before finishing runner up on both occasions.


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Sangmoon Bae of Korea pictured during Round One on Thursday February 16, 2023 at the US$2.5 million International Series Qatar at Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar. The tournament is being held from February 16-19, 2023. Picture by Paul Lakatos/Asian Tour.


Charl Schwartzel of South Africa pictured during Round One on Thursday February 16, 2023 at the US$2.5 million International Series Qatar at Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar. The tournament is being held from February 16-19, 2023. Picture by Paul Lakatos/Asian Tour.

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