Paul Affleck leads by a shot

Wales' Paul Affleck shot a 5-under-par 66 today to take a one-stroke lead over six players after the first round of the PGA European Tour's Sao Paulo 500 Years Open.

"My ambition this year is to win a tournament," Affleck, 33, said after his bogey-free round on the Sao Paulo Golf Club course. "I've been promising my wife, Norma, for seven years that I would win one, so that's my aim."

Wales' David Park, last year's Compaq European Grand Prix winner, was a stroke back along with Brazilians Jose Aderbal and Ruberiel Felizardo, Swedes Per Nyman and Richard Johnson and Spain's Tomas Munoz.

"I have been pleased with what I've achieved so far this year, but I haven't finished off well enough at the weekends," Park said. "That is my main complaint."

France's Fabrice Tarnaud had the first double-eagle of the 2000 tour season, holing his second shot on the par-5 17th hole.

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