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DeLaet leads and Rose hits ace as golf returns (Reuters)

Posted: August 11, 2016 at 5:23 pm   /   by   /   comments (0)

2016 Rio Olympics - Golf - Preliminary - Men's Individual Stroke Play - Olympic Golf Course - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 11/08/2016. -   Graham DeLaet (CAN) of Canada hits his tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the men's Olympic golf compeititon . REUTERS/Andrew Boyers

By Steve Keating RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Canada’s Graham DeLaet fired a five-under-par 66 to grab the early clubhouse lead but Justin Rose drew the cheers for a hole in one on golf’s return to the Olympics after a 112-year absence. Taking advantage of ideal morning scoring conditions, DeLaet opened defense of the gold medal won by Canada’s George Lyon at the 1904 Summer Games, mixing six birdies with a bogey to sit one in front of Belgian Thomas Pieters on the clubhouse leaderboard. Rose was two off the lead after six holes.



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