Danny Lee in top-10 at LIV Golf Hong Kong
- NZ Sports Wire
- Mar 8
- 2 min read
New Zealand golfer Danny Lee sits inside the top-10 after the first round of the LIV Golf Hong Kong tournament.
Lee fired a bogey-free four-under 66 at the Hong Kong Golf Club on Friday to join major winners Bryson DeChambeau and Henrik Stenson in a share of eighth, three strokes behind the leader, Englishman Paul Casey.
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Starting at the 14th hole, Lee got into red numbers on his first hole, before another birdie at the par-four 17th. He made another at the par-five third, before eight straight pars and a birdie at the par-five 13th, his closing hole.
It was a less productive day for fellow Kiwi Ben Campbell, who produced three birdies and two bogeys in a one-under 69 to be tied for 29th along with Jon Rahm, Cam Smith and Patrick Reed.
Lee's Iron Heads GC team is tied for fourth and Campbell's RangeGoats GC seventh ahead of Saturday's second round (5.15pm NZ Time).
Another pair of NZ golfers - Kazuma Kobori on the DP World Tour and Fiona Xu on the LPGA Tour - missed the cut at respective tournaments on Friday.
Kobori had one birdie, four bogeys and two double-bogeys in a seven-over 77 at the Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa, finishing tied for 141st at seven-over, eight shots below the cut-line.
Xu managed two birdies, six bogeys and a double-bogey in a six-over 78 at the Blue Bay LPGA tournament in Hainan, China, dropping her to eight-over, four strokes short of playing the weekend.