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Josh Ball

Bjorn Hellgren catapulted himself to the top of the Shinhan Donghae Open leaderboard with a scintillating 64 on Friday.
The Swede’s eight-under-par effort left him one shot clear of a packed field, with just three strokes separating him from a large group – including Taichi Kho – tied for eighth on six under.
In a four-way tie for second, Ryutaro Nagano, Tae-hoon Ok, Taiki Yoshida and Sang-hee Lee all reached the weekend on eight under at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club. Young-han Song and Kazuki Higa were a stroke further back.
Looking for his first win on the Asian Tour, Hellgren made an eagle and six birdies for one of the finest rounds of his 12-year professional career.

“Well, starting off we knew the rain was coming, so we knew we had to bag a few birdies early,” the 34-year-old said.
“We didn’t do it yesterday, so … then kind of the rain didn’t come in as hard as we thought, so then we thought maybe we’d take advantage of that.
“The greens started rolling pretty good, and we just hit it where we wanted all the time. So good teamwork and, yeah, pretty strong finish, so I’m happy with it.”
For a time it looked as though Ok would own the day’s low round, and his seven-under 65 marked a return to form for the No 1 player on the Korean Tour.
Three years ago, he registered the biggest win of his career by claiming the inaugural International Series Korea on Jeju Island.
However, he has had to wait until this year for more success, something he said was down to a “great mentality”.
“That’s been my strength,” he said, following a round that involved an eagle and five birdies. “Actually, I did a great job with the putter and short game today, and I had some good par saves.”


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Bjorn Hellgren produces one of the finest rounds of his career to take one-shot lead going into weekend at Shinhan Donghae Open


Bjorn Hellgren produces one of the finest rounds of his career to take one-shot lead going into weekend at Shinhan Donghae Open.


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