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Adare Manor: Indian star Jeev Milkha Singh came within inches of registering an albatross before saving par from the middle of a bush on his final hole to grab a share of the lead at the Irish Open on Thursday.
Singh sits on top of the leaderboard alongside Australia's Richard Green with last year's runner-up Bradley Dredge, Sweden's Johan Edfors, Frenchman Michael Lorenzo-Vera and Germany's Marcel Siem two shots behind.
Defending champion Padraig Harrington carded a level par 72 to finish six off the pace after the first round. Singh signed for a six-under-par 66.
Meanwhile, five players were tied on six under par after a rain-affected, first round at the Atlanta Classic on Thursday.
Americans Jonathan Kaye, Ryan Palmer, Jonathan Byrd and Parker McLachlin fired rounds of 66 at the TPC Sugarloaf before the rain made conditions tougher for the later players. Compatriot Kenny Perry joined the quartet at the top after completing 17 holes in heavy rain.
More than an hour's play was lost as the cloudy conditions turned thundery with McLachlin forced to wait to complete his final hole - the course's ninth.
With few non-Americans playing, the best of the foreign players were Colombian Camilo Villegas who was two off the lead with a four under 68.
Villegas had an inconsistent round - he eagled the 13th but made three bogeys including one on the par-five 18th.
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