Asian Tour: flawless Scott Vincent sets early pace at International Series Singapore, as Gavin Green rolls back the years

Zimbabwe’s Scott Vincent fired a flawless eight-under-par 64 to take an early lead in the International Series Singapore on Thursday, picking up where he left off at the previous tournament in England.

Gavin Green of Malaysia sits in second place after an equally impressive 65, while Englishman Steve Lewton, who finished second at last week’s Asian Tour stop in Indonesia, is in a group of six back in third after shooting a 67.

Hong Kong amateur Taichi Kho had an up and down start to his tournament on the Tampines Course at Tanah Merah Country Club, carding a one-under 71, with an opening round that included three bogeys and four birdies.

Vincent won the International Series England in June and leads the series order of merit having tied for 11th at the first event in Thailand in March, and was once again in inspired form.

“It was a great day, just got off to a really nice start, and then the momentum just kept going. As I have said before I am just out here trying to be a little better each day,” Vincent said.

“Today was a really good day, a lot of things went my way, a lot of putts went in, so it was a good challenge trying to stay present and stay in the moment and enjoy each stage and not get too far ahead. Yeah, so that was the big challenge today and the golf was phenomenal.”