Michael Long and Ryan Fox are the best of the Kiwi golfers after the opening round of the Perth International.
Long and Fox both fired a three-under 69 at the Lake Karrinyup Country Club yesterday to lie in a share of 25th, five shots back from co-leaders John Wade and Thorbjorn Olesen who are at eight-under.
The PGA Tour of Australasia tournament, which is co-sanctioned with the European Tour, has a purse of nearly $2 million.
Of the rest of the of Kiwis in the field, Mahal Pearce (-2) is in a share of 38th, while Ben Campbell and Nick Gillespie are among a group of players at one-under in a tie for 53rd.
Josh Geary and David Klein (even par) are in 77th. Mathew Perry and Richard Lee (+2) are in a tie for 114th, while Mark Brown and Gareth Paddison have a lot of work to do in their second round today if they want to make the cut after they began with a five-over 77 that left them in a share of 136th.
