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Karlsson and Singh lead the way
11:12pm Thursday 7th August 2008
Robert Karlsson and Jeev Milka Singh made the early running at Oakland Hills with opening rounds of two-under-par 68 at the 90th US PGA Championship.
Sweden's Karlsson, a top-10 finisher in each of the first three majors of 2008, bounced back from an opening double bogey at the par-four first hole to birdie five of the next seven holes and added another at the 11th before bogeys at the par-four 14th and 15th holes sent him back to two under for his round.
"It was great," Karlsson said. "Actually I played really, really well."
He added: "I went for the pin at the first - silly boy - but then I played really well on the front nine and got the putter going.
"The greens were absolutely perfect, so once I rolled a couple in, I just keep going. It was good."
Singh, from India, also began with bogey at the first and then eagled the par-five second on his way to a 68 which also featured three birdies and two additional bogeys.
Among the early finishers, Karlsson and Singh held a one-shot lead over American Ken Duke and Sergio Garcia, the Spaniard who bogeyed the last for a 69.
Karlsson and Garcia are part of a strong and much-hyped European contingent at Oakland Hills bidding to break a winless streak dating back to Tommy Armour of Scotland in 1930.
Hopes that the 78-year drought can end this weekend have been boosted by the fact that the par-70, 7,395-yard course near Detroit played host to Europe's 18.5-9.5 victory over the United States in the 2004 Ryder Cup.
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