Thammanoon shoots 9-under at Take Solutions Masters Golf

Thammanoon Sriroj, one of the senior most players on the Asian Tour, turned the clock back with a stunning 9-under 62 at the Par-71 KGA golf course to grab a handy four-shot lead on the first day at the TAKE Solutions Masters here today.

The four-shot lead is the largest any player has held at the end of the first round at any event this year on Asian Tour.

Making good use of the soft conditions and preferred lies ruling, he got his distances to perfection and landed the approaches with unerring accuracy to card a brilliant round of 62.

Thammanoon had a blazing start with five straight birdies after teeing off from the tenth and then a sixth one on Par-5 18th, which was his ninth hole.

He turned in six-under and then added three more birdies on first, third and sixth to get to a whopping 9-under and the record for the lowest round in an Asian Tour event at the KGA was under threat.

He finally made a mistake on seventh with a bogey on seventh, but soon got that back with a birdie on eighth.

Thammanoon, who is using a new set of clubs, except for the putter and the sand wedge, said, My tee shots were good today but my putting was even better. I made a lot of long putts today."