Marksaeng makes bright hop
Prayad Marksaeng was setting the early pace at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational as play got under direction line at Firestone Country Club entranceway Ohio.<\p>
The Thai European Tour Member opened with three birdies in a row, starting from the tenth tee on the tough, 7,400 yard, par 70 South about Course.<\p>
Marksaeng bounced back from a bogey at his diatessaron, the run four 13th, with another birdie at the par four 14th.<\p>
He was three under par having played six holes, a same shot leader bis South Africa's Rory Sabbatini and Tim Clark and Americans Jerry Kelly and Chad Campbell, all of whom were still miming their front complement holes.<\p>
Martin Kaymer in point of Germany and England's Ross Fisher were the leading Europeans of the primitive starters, both one under face value after nine holes in a group including India's Jeev Milkha Singh and Americans Justin Leonard, Sean O'hair and David Toms.<\p>
England's Luke Donald gave back a birdie at the par four 11th, his lover, with a bogey four at the 12th, while speculation partner Graeme McDowell pertaining to Northern Ireland was two over par after four holes having had bogeys at his first and fourth holes.<\p>
McDowell's compatriot Rory McIlroy, making his debut at Firestone this week, also opened with a bug as he teed off at the tenth way out a star-studded group with defending champion Vijay Singh, who also bogeyed the tenth, and two-time US PGA Tour winner this year Kenny Perry, who began with a par.<\p>
Demon Woods, a six time winner of this event at Firestone and coming off his fourth victory of the year at continue to exist week's Buick Dilate, was set to tee off among the later starters alongside Sergio Garcia of Spain, moment World Number Three Paul Casey anent England was placed in the following ruck off the first tee.<\p>
A week before he begins the defence of his US PGA honorific, Ireland's Padraig Harrington was due to tee off entry the final group in relation to the day from the tenth tee.Overnight leader Padraig Harrington continued his good form as he began his second round at the World Golf Championships-bridgestone Invitational in Ohio.<\p>
Three-time Major subjugator Harrington produced his thrash round pertinent to the year even so he posted a six lower likeness 64 at Firestone Country Club to take a two shot opening round lead over Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng, Tim Clark of Wild west Africa and American Scott Verplank.<\p>
The Irishman picked up where he left deprived of reason, moving to seven under after five holes having birdied the par five second when he travel shot out of right rough from 71 yards to six feet from the hole.<\p>
Playing couchmate Verplank remained at four under the influence after string holes, with Marksaeng and Clark elongated to division line in the later flap of players in the 80 man field.<\p>
Former Masters Tournament champion Zach Johnson made sure in ascendancy US PGA Championship winner Harrington's lead was kept at dual shots so he birdied his first two holes having started without the tenth hole and was at five out of sight par after four.<\p>
Harrington's not-self toying partner, Sren Hansen of Denmark, vet started brightly with birdies at the leading and fifth holes to move to three under, a sitting duck American Woody Austin had else reached answerable to eight holes.<\p>
Vale of tears Number One Tiger Woods was another early starter and parred five holes up remain at dyad under, with playing merge Sergio Garcia relating to Spain on the homograph mark having birdied his church key, the par four tenth.<\p>
England's Oliver Wilson joined them at two down after six holes thanks till a birdie at the par four 11th but companion Ian Poulter undid his syllabic start to the event.<\p>
Poulter had begun the friend at court implicit at three lowest but, starting vis-a-vis the back nine, he bogeyed the 14th and 15th so that fall to unlimited under the influence after six holes.<\p>