<p>Jeev and Randhawa shot three birdies each in a strong opening day performance.<br />The lone bogey in the card came off Jeev’s club on the par-three second hole.<br />Both players opened with par shots on the first hole and after Jeev had stumbled to a bogey on the second, Randhawa made up for it with a birdie on the third hole.<br />Jeev himself found a birdie on the seventh hole as the Indians combined for one-under at the end of the front-nine.<br /><br />The duo had a blemish-free backward journey and shared four birdies between them to round off creditable show on the opening day of the USD 5.5 million event’s 55th edition.<br /><br />British duo on top<br />Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell tore up the course with a 14-under-par 58 to give Ireland a three-stroke lead after the first-round fourballs.<br /><br />World number 10 McIlroy drained a 20-foot eagle putt at the par-five 15th and was centimetres away from chipping in for another at the next hole before grabbing Ireland's 10th and 11th birdies of the day to take the outright lead. <br /><br />McDowell did his bit for the cause too, contributing seven birdies in the blemish-free round, including four as the pair charged through the front nine at seven under and another with a 12-foot putt at the 18th. <br /><br />Echenique, runner-up at the BMW International Open in June, also eagled the 15th before giving Argentina the clubhouse lead by draining a 20-foot putt on the final green. <br />World number eight Sergio Garcia had a day to forget with only three of his shots counting towards the 69 he and Gonzalo Fernandez Castano posted to give Spain a share of last place in the 28-team field.</p>
<p>Jeev and Randhawa shot three birdies each in a strong opening day performance.<br />The lone bogey in the card came off Jeev’s club on the par-three second hole.<br />Both players opened with par shots on the first hole and after Jeev had stumbled to a bogey on the second, Randhawa made up for it with a birdie on the third hole.<br />Jeev himself found a birdie on the seventh hole as the Indians combined for one-under at the end of the front-nine.<br /><br />The duo had a blemish-free backward journey and shared four birdies between them to round off creditable show on the opening day of the USD 5.5 million event’s 55th edition.<br /><br />British duo on top<br />Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell tore up the course with a 14-under-par 58 to give Ireland a three-stroke lead after the first-round fourballs.<br /><br />World number 10 McIlroy drained a 20-foot eagle putt at the par-five 15th and was centimetres away from chipping in for another at the next hole before grabbing Ireland's 10th and 11th birdies of the day to take the outright lead. <br /><br />McDowell did his bit for the cause too, contributing seven birdies in the blemish-free round, including four as the pair charged through the front nine at seven under and another with a 12-foot putt at the 18th. <br /><br />Echenique, runner-up at the BMW International Open in June, also eagled the 15th before giving Argentina the clubhouse lead by draining a 20-foot putt on the final green. <br />World number eight Sergio Garcia had a day to forget with only three of his shots counting towards the 69 he and Gonzalo Fernandez Castano posted to give Spain a share of last place in the 28-team field.</p>