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Lee carded a 4-under 67 in the first round of LIV Golf Singapore (total purse US$30,000,000) at Sentosa Golf Club (par 71) on March 12 (Korea Standard Time), finishing with five birdies and one bogey.
He is tied atop the leaderboard with Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Jon Rahm (Spain) and Lee Westwood (England).
Lee spent last season on the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) Tour, where he notched four career wins. He earned his spot on the LIV circuit by finishing first at the LIV Golf promotions in January.
This season he posted a T13 in Riyadh in February, T37 in Adelaide and T18 in Hong Kong in March. He’s now chasing his first LIV victory and his first top-10 on the tour.
Anthony Kim (USA) shot 2-under 69 to sit T12 alongside Cameron Smith (Australia) and Joaquín Niemann (Chile). Danny Lee (New Zealand), representing Korea Golf Club, shot an even-par 72 to finish T27.
Song Young-han carded a 73 (+2) to sit T39; An Byeong-hun shot 74 (+3) to tie for 45th; Kim Min-kyu struggled to an 80 (+9), leaving him 57th.
[Sports Today reporter Lee Sang-pil sports@stoo.com]
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