Chorley's Dougherty heads Malaysia scoreboard

9:32am Thursday 6th March 2008

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Chorley's Nick Dougherty remained at the top of the leaderboard at the Maybank Malaysian Open today after opening the tournament with a 10-under-par 62 at the Kota Permai Golf and Country Club.

With none of the players teeing off in the afternoon seriously challenging the sensational score carded by the 25-year-old earlier in the day, Dougherty maintained a two-stroke advantage over Simon Dyson and Australian Marcus Fraser, both of whom carded eight-under 64s in the morning.

"It was a great start to the tournament. It was my lowest round on Tour and it sets me up well," said Dougherty, whose first Tour win came at the Singapore Masters in 2005.

"I drove the ball really well and putted really well and while my iron play wasn't up to scratch, the good thing was that my misses were all in the right places.

"It was nice to string some birdies together because that's one thing I've been lacking. It's superb to string seven together today and 10 in all and have no bogeys."