* Hanson ties march record with 64
* Veteran Lawrie in second place
* McIlroy leaves Donald standing
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DUBAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Swede Peter Hanson and Briton
Paul Lawrie parried a punches of the European Tour's
heavyweights to lead a approach after a Dubai World Championship
first turn on Thursday.
While Rory McIlroy (66) seized a early beginning against
money-list personality Luke Donald (72) in their quarrel to finish the
season as Europe's series one golfer, Hanson dismissed a
record-equalling 64 during a Greg Norman-designed Earth course.
Lawrie constructed a arrange of arrangement that warranted him victory
at a 1999 British Open as he tucked into second place on 65,
one forward of McIlroy and dual in front of Spain's Sergio Garcia.
Hanson, a member of a jubilant 2010 Ryder Cup team, was
bursting with honour after his round.
"I consider it's a best golf I've ever played," he told
reporters. "It is utterly a perfectionist march and a breeze picked
up a small over a behind 9 so we am unequivocally happy with a approach I
struck a turn and rolled a few putts in.
"My ball-striking was unequivocally pure. we gave myself a lot of
chances and my initial 5 birdies were tap-ins that was nice."
Hanson started his turn sensitively yet a method of six
birdies in 8 holes from a 10th distant him from a rest
of a elite, 57-man field.
The 34-year-old spurned a good possibility to obscure a course
record hold by Lee Westwood and Ross Fisher.
"I chipped it adult to about 6 feet during a final and missed my
birdie putt," pronounced Hanson, "but we had no thought about a record.
"It was a unequivocally tough putt, it pennyless tough off a right. I
tried to dump it in from there and it went customarily a small too
hard."
Veteran Lawrie finished a empty run of 9 years but a
victory when he prisoner a Andalucia Open pretension in Mar and
said he still believed he was means of improving as a player.
"I substantially strike some-more balls and work harder during my persion than I
ever did," pronounced a Scot. "I'm customarily 42 and have got a prolonged time
to go.
"If we wish to get improved we have to put a time in and
I've been doing that. we wish to be behind in a tip 50 of the
rankings," pronounced universe series 163 Lawrie.
STUNNING RUN
McIlroy put together a overwhelming run of scores to stand the
leaderboard, resounding home in 30 strokes interjection to 5 birdies
in a final 6 holes.
"That behind 9 was flattering most flawless and we holed some
really good putts," pronounced a universe series two. "I customarily kept
giving myself birdie chances and luckily adequate we was means to
take a few.
"It was a ideal start to a contest for me. To fire a
great measure like that sets me adult easily for a subsequent three
days."
U.S. PGA Tour money-list leader Donald is behest to become
the initial actor to land a orders of consequence on both sides of
the Atlantic.
He has a lead of $1.06 million over second-placed McIlroy at
the tip of a income list and needs to finish in a tip eight
here to pledge he ends a deteriorate as Europe's series one.
"Rory had a good behind nine," pronounced universe series one Donald.
"He was holing putts from everywhere.
"I can't unequivocally combine on what he is doing though.
I've got to take caring of my possess business."
Garcia, leader of back-to-back tournaments in Spain in
October, was calm with his round, generally as a Earth
course is not to his liking.
"I am not going to lie...it's not one of my favourites,"
said a Spaniard. "But it's always in good figure so that makes
it fun and we customarily get good weather."
South Korean Yang Yong-eun, a 2009 U.S. PGA champion,
pulled out after 4 holes since of a shoulder injury.
This week's contest offers a esteem account of $7.5 million
plus an additional reward pool of $7.5 million to be distributed
among a heading 15 players in a final sequence of merit.
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