Source :- PERTH NOW NEWS
Teenage rookie Yanhan Zhou’s brilliant eight-under-par 62 earned him the first-round lead at the Austrian Alpine Open in Kitzbuhel.
The Chinese, who only turned 18 last month, came home in 30 with four birdies in six holes after the turn, holing a 32ft eagle putt at his last to finish in style.
There was modest cheer for the Australian contingent with Jason Scriviner proving the pick with a 66 that left him four shots off the lead and in a share of 17th place.
Austin Bautista was well down the leaderboard, nine shots adrift of the frontrunner, with Anthony Quayle and David Micheluzzi a further shot behind.
Starting at the 10th, Zhou went out in a two-under 34 but found a scoring run over the last nine holes to equal his previous best DP World Tour score of 62, which he shot in the Volvo China Open a month ago.
It gave him a one-stroke lead over Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia, who had eight birdies and a bogey in his 63.
Zhou, playing in his 12th DP World Tour event but only his seventh outside of his homeland, won seven times last year – more than world No.1 Scottie Scheffler – to earn promotion from the China Tour.
