Khalin, Bhullar start will with 68 each in Korea

Young Khalin Joshi and Gaganjeet Bhullar, a five-time Asian Tour winner, were off to a fine start with cards of three-under 68 each that placed them tied-10th at the end of the first round of Shinhan Donghae Open today.
While Joshi, who started on the back nine, and turned in one-over, had four birdies on his second nine, Bhullar had three birdies on front nine and one birdie and one bogey on the back nine in his 68 in the KRW 1.2 billion (approximately USD 1 million) tournament.
Of the other Indians, Jyoti Randhawa (71) was Tied-42nd, while Arjun Atwal (73) and Jeev Milkha Singh (75) struggled in 76th and 105th places. Ailing Shiv Kapur, still not fully recovered from illness, shot 76.

Korea's Byeonghun An got his title defence off to a promising start when he opened with a six-under-par 65 to grab the first round lead.
Lee Sung, a one-time Asian Tour winner, ensured a strong local presence atop the leaderboard by signing for a 66 to share second place with compatriots Giwhan Kim and Taewoo Kim at the tournament which is seeing the return of the Asian Tour as its new sanctioning partner along with the Korean PGA.
Qualifying school graduate Nicholas Paez of the United States together with Thailand's Thitiphun Chuayprakong and Australia's Michael Wright led the international charge by returning with a 67 to share fifth place with Koreans Jungho Yoon and Junsung Kim.

Playing alongside Australian Order of Merit leader Scott Hend and New Zealand's Danny Lee, An was in the first group out on the opening back-nine 10.
The world number 38, who is the highest ranked player this week, had to overcome two early bogey scares on 10 and 11 before he steadied the ship with eight birdies to stay ahead of the chasing pack at the Bears Best Cheongna Golf Club.