SHANGHAI: Sweden's Niclas Fasth shot a stunning first round 64 to equal the course record at the HSBC Champions Tournament yesterday and American Kevin Stadler later matched him to share a three-shot lead at the US$5mil tournament.
A strong finish for a round of 67 put Vijay Singh alone in third while world number two Phil Mickelson, Argentina's US Open champion Angel Cabrera, British Open champion Padraig Harrington of Ireland and five others shared fourth after carding 68s.
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