KEY POINTS:
New Zealand's Richard Lee was lying third equal after the first round of the US$600,000 ($824,175) GS Caltex Maekyung Open golf toutrnament in Seoul, Korea, yesterday.
Lee shot a four-under-par 68 to be four shots off the lead set by Chinese star Liang Wen-chong.
Another New Zealander Eddie Lee was on 70.
The Maekyung Open is the 13th leg of this season's Asian Tour, which is offering a record US$28 million in total prize money through 29 events.
Leading first round scores.-
64 - Liang Wen-chong (China)
66 - Mitchell Brown (Australia)
68 - RICHARD LEE (NEW ZEALAND), Yoo Jong-Gu (Korea)
69 - Lee Gun-Hee (Korea), Ross Bain (Scotland)
70 - Mardan Mamat (Singapore), Ashley Hall (Australia), Lee In-Woo (Korea), Lee Jin-myung (Korea), EDDIE LEE (NEW ZEALAND), Choi Gwang-soo (Korea), Shin Yong-jin (Korea), Kim Kyung-tae (Korea), Lu Wei-Chih (Taiwan)
- NZPA