Linhart, Dougherty and Hanson share SAS Masters lead

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STOCKHOLM (AFP) — Rounds of 66 from Pedro Linhart, Nick Dougherty and Peter Hanson were enough for a first round joint lead in the SAS Masters here on Thursday.

Spain's Linhart even had three bogies in his round, but a mammoth seven birdies meant he notched up a four-under par round, matching Hanson and Dougherty who had shot the same score earlier in the day.

It was an impressive comeback by Linhart. He dropped a shot at the 11th -- having only started on the 10th -- but then recouped himself by earning birdies on the 12th, 14th and first holes.

Unfortunately he dropped shots at the second and seventh holes but they were balanced out with birdies at the third, fifth, eighth and ninth to score 31 in the front nine.

Hanson, starting on the back nine,...