{"id":10298,"date":"2012-04-26T16:32:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T14:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/golf-frenchman-dubuisson-leads-in-korea-as-weather-hampers-scoring\/"},"modified":"2012-04-26T16:32:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T14:32:25","slug":"golf-frenchman-dubuisson-leads-in-korea-as-weather-hampers-scoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-frenchman-dubuisson-leads-in-korea-as-weather-hampers-scoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Frenchman Dubuisson leads in Korea as weather hampers scoring"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

April 26<\/span> (Reuters) – In-form Frenchman Victor Dubuisson
\nfired a four-under 68 to take the first-round lead at the
\nBallantine’s Championship as swirling winds made scoring tough
\nin Seoul on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The 22-year-old compiled eight birdies in a mixed round at
\nthe $2.2 million European and Asian Tour event to move two
\nstrokes clear of a group of five players including former Ryder
\nCup player Paul Casey.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Dubuisson, who finished tied fourth at last week’s China
\nOpen, took 26 putts on Thursday as he chased his first
\nprofessional title.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Very pleased with four under today,” he said. “My putting
\nwas really good and I think it’s the only way to achieve good
\nscoring in these conditions.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Dubuisson’s card was marred by a double-bogey six on the
\nfourth and bogeys on the 10th and 16th but he did not let those
\nblemishes upset him.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“On the third hole the wind was from the left and so on the
\nfourth tee I thought the wind was going to be left to right but
\nthe wind was turning all the time. It turned right to left and
\nit went into the water,” the Frenchman said of his tee shot.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I was not really upset after that because I didn’t hit a
\nbad shot. I did my best to get my concentration back and I made
\ntwo birdies with good putts on five and six.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Englishman Casey, who has dropped to 45th in the world
\nrankings after missing a lot of golf because of a shoulder
\nproblem, was optimistic about his chances of an overdue victory.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I know if I play the golf I’m capable of then I’ve got a
\nvery good chance to win,” he said. “The way I played today, I
\nneed to keep that form going.”
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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April 26 (Reuters) – In-form Frenchman Victor Dubuisson fired a four-under 68 to take the first-round lead at the Ballantine’s Championship as swirling winds made scoring tough in Seoul on Thursday. The 22-year-old compiled eight birdies in a mixed round at the $2.2 million European and Asian Tour event to move two strokes clear of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-10298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}