Forsyth & Lane lead with opening 63's

Scotland's Alastair Forsyth and Barry Lane of England are in a tie for the lead on 8-under-par as the opening round of the Malaysian Open at Royal Selangor draws to a close.

They fired splendid rounds of 63 to take a two-stroke advantage ahead of Argentina's Ricardo Gonzalez and India's Harmeet Kahlon while Nick Faldo, placed third in Singapore last week, was 3-under-par after a 68.

Forsyth, who missed out by one place on retaining his card for the European Tour, started in blistering fashion with four birdies in the opening six holes.

He went out in 32 and four more birdies on his return saw him join Lane at the top of the leaderboard after a bogey-free round.

Lane's round started and finished brilliantly with an eagle at the 3rd and birdies at the 1st and 6th before he ended the day with four consecutive birdies from the 14th.

Indian golf continued its magnificent upsurge after Arjun Atwal's victory at the Singapore Masters last weekend.

As well as Kahlon's 65, Jyoti Randhawa was nicely placed on 5-under par through 12 holes.

Germany's Alex Cejka and Ian Woosnam of Wales were nicely poised after 3-under-par rounds of 68.

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