Gaurav Ghei, returning to the Asian Tour for the first time since his win in Beijing last month, shot a flawless six-under in the opening round of the Macau Open golf tournament on Thursday.
Ghei, with his 65 at the Par-71 Macau Golf and Country Club, was one shot behind the leader and Asian Tour rookie Australian Leigh McKechnie. Indians had a good day overall, with Arjun Singh, Digvijay Singh, Uttam Singh Mundy and Rahil Gangjee all firing four-under 67 each to be tied 13th.
Youngsters Gaganjeet Bhullar and Sujjan Singh shot one-under 70 each to be tied 51st. Amritinder Singh and SSP Chowrasia were one-over for tied-90th place, Harmeet Kahlon and Gurbaaz Mann were two-over 73 in 103rd place, and Firoz Ali (74) was tied 114th.

Mckechnie in lead
McKechnie was one clear of a bunch of five tied second at 65. The pack included Ghei, Malaysia’s Iain Steel, former Macau Open champion Jason Knutzon of the United States, Lu Wen-teh of Chinese Taipei and American Anthony Kang.
Veteran Zhang Lianwei of China was among those two shots behind the leader.
Ghei had two birdies and an eagle on the first stretch after starting from the tenth. He added two more birdies on the seventh and ninth, his closing hole of the day for a superb 65.