Lindh, Morgan and Antcliff dominate first round
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Lindh, Morgan and Antcliff dominate first round

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Charlie Lindh tees off during the first round yesterday. (Photo: Asian Tour)
Charlie Lindh tees off during the first round yesterday. (Photo: Asian Tour)

Sweden's Charlie Lindh, Australia's Jed Morgan and Maverick Antcliff impressed at the International Series Thailand yesterday, shooting seven-under-par 63s to take the first-round lead at the Thai Country Club.

They lead over Americans Peter Uihlein and Paul Peterson, Taiwan's Chan Shih-chang and Lee Chieh-po, China's Sampson Zheng, and Canada's Richard T Lee, who fired scores of 64s.

Lindh is a graduate from this year's Asian Tour Qualifying School -- he earned the sixth card -- and has gradually been finding his feet in the region this year, as highlighted by yesterday's strong round of seven birdies and no dropped shots.

"It felt easy. We had a good plan coming in today, and I had a great start, right away, and I had a good feeling, and just kept going. Steve [his caddie] made a couple of great calls on our back nine, which is the front, which held the score together," said the 27-year-old, who started on the back nine.

Like Lindh, Morgan is also playing his first full season on the Asian Tour -- off the back of a number of invites last year thanks to an outstanding 2022 that saw him win the Australian PGA Championship and the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit.

He stormed through with four birdies in a row from the 13th.

"Very happy with the way I putted obviously," said Morgan. "And also very pleased with my approach shots. The back nine especially felt nice -- it was good to see a few putts in a row go in."

After his round Uihlein, winner of the International Series England in August, said he still has one eye on winning The International Series Rankings.

He is currently seventh on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and third on The International Series Rankings. His countryman John Catlin is the runaway leader on both rankings.

"The Asian Tour [Order of Merit] is probably not attainable with John [Catlin] ahead," said Uihlein, who plays for RangeGoats GC on the LIV Golf League.

He's over 2,000 points behind Catlin on the Asian Tour Merit list, but only 362.78 points back on The International Series Rankings.

The 35-year-old was delighted with his round, made up of six birdies and zero bogeys, even though he wasn't confident with his irons.

"A miracle!" said the American, who tied for 44th in last week's Black Mountain Championship -- also part of The International Series.

"I didn't know what to do half the time I was in the fairway. So yeah, it was good off the tee. It was fantastic. I holed the putts when I hit it close and, you know, that's what you have to do.

"It's just, I like, visually, it's a pretty looking course. Reminds me a bit of Florida."

Michael Maguire, still on a high after his win at the Black Mountain Championship on Sunday, fired a 67, as did defending champion Wade Ormsby from Australia, while Catlin has work to do following a 70.

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