HONG KONG – The 2019 European Tour got underway on Thursday with Aaron Rai, Jason Scrivener and Yusaku Miyazato shooting 5-under 65s to share the lead after the first round of the Hong Kong Open.
They were already 10 strokes ahead of Masters champion Patrick Reed, who made four bogeys and a double bogey in a 75 - a week after contending at the World Tour Championship in Dubai.
Tommy Fleetwood missed out on a second straight Race to Dubai title last week and he began his latest bid to become Europe's No. 1 by shooting 69.