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By STEPHAN NASSTROM
Associated Press

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Nick Dougherty holed a 142-yard wedge shot for eagle Thursday on his way to a 4-under 66 and a three-way tie for the lead in the first round of the SAS Masters.

England’s Dougherty, runner-up in this event last year, was tied with Peter Hanson of Sweden and Pedro Linhart of Spain after a wet and windy round at Arlandastad Golf Course.

Dougherty didn’t have a bogey, and his wedge shot went straight in on the par-4 12th hole for the shot of the day.

“It’s been a long while since I’ve had a round with no bogeys,” said Dougherty, who missed the cut at last week’s PGA Championship with rounds of 77-82. “I had plenty of them last week, that’s for sure.”

Hanson had six birdies but began with a bogey and had another one on the short 18th, his ninth hole.

“It was a good score,” Hanson said. “It’s always nice to get one early in a tournament.”

Linhart, who unlike his co-leaders played in the afternoon, had seven birdies and three bogeys.

Robert Karlsson, the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 21, tied for 69th with a 2-over 72.

The Swedish Ryder Cup player, who had top-20 finishes in all four majors this year, has played this event every year since 1991.

“It’s important for Swedish golf to be here,” he said.

Other world-class Swedes such as Henrik Stenson and Carl Pettersson skipped the tournament.

Two-time former champion Jesper Parnevik, the last Swede to win the event in 1998, shot 68 and shared 11th.

Parnevik, the tournament’s player-manager, played well despite a late night out with sponsors.

“I only slept two hours, so it was tough to get up early in the morning,” he said. “But I’m very pleased. It was tough out there today with the wind.”

Defending champion Mikko Ilonen of Finland shot 70.

D.J. Trahan, among the leading candidates for one of Paul Azinger’s four wild cards for the Ryder Cup team, shot 73.

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Scores with relation to par from the first round of the SAS Masters, played Aug. 14 at the par-70, 6,835-yard Arlandastad Golf Course in Stockholm, Sweden (Note: a-amateur):

1. Nick Dougherty	66			-4
1. Peter Hanson	66			-4
1. Pedro Linhart	66			-4
4. Peter Baker	67			-3
4. Paul Broadhurst	67			-3
4. Robert-Jan Derksen	67			-3
4. Martin Erlandsson	67			-3
4. Peter Fowler	67			-3
4. Gary Orr	67			-3
4. Terry Pilkadaris	67			-3
11. Felipe Aguilar	68			-2
11. Scott Barr	68			-2
11. Magnus A Carlsson	68			-2
11. Jamie Donaldson	68			-2
11. Gareth Paddison	68			-2
11. Jesper Parnevik	68			-2
11. Patrik Sjoland	68			-2
11. Marc Warren	68			-2
19. Thomas Aiken	69			-1
19. Robert Dinwiddie	69			-1
19. Scott Drummond	69			-1
19. Pelle Edberg	69			-1
19. Oliver Fisher	69			-1
19. Ignacio Garrido	69			-1
19. Jean-Baptiste Gonnet	69			-1
19. Anton Haig	69			-1
19. Peter Hedblom	69			-1
19. James Kamte	69			-1
19. Martin Kaymer	69			-1
19. Søren Kjeldsen	69			-1
19. Maarten Lafeber	69			-1
19. Jean-Francois Lucquin	69			-1
19. Paul McGinley	69			-1
34. Henrik Bjornstad	70			E
34. Gregory Bourdy	70			E
34. Markus Brier	70			E
34. Niclas Fasth	70			E
34. Mark Foster	70			E
34. Stephen Gallacher	70			E
34. David Griffiths	70			E
34. Andreas Hogberg	70			E
34. Mikko Ilonen	70			E
34. Michael Jonzon	70			E
34. David Lynn	70			E
34. Ross McGowan	70			E
34. Graeme Storm	70			E
34. Carl Suneson	70			E
34. Peter Whiteford	70			E
34. Chris Wood	70			E
34. Julio Zapata	70			E
51. Phillip Archer	71		+	1
51. Alejandro Canizares	71		+	1
51. Daniel Chopra	71		+	1
51. Adilson Da Silva	71		+	1
51. Bradley Dredge	71		+	1
51. Simon Dyson	71		+	1
51. Mattias Eliasson	71		+	1
51. Dudley Hart	71		+	1
51. Barry Lane	71		+	1
51. Damien McGrane	71		+	1
51. Rory McIlroy	71		+	1
51. Matthew Millar	71		+	1
51. Phillip Price	71		+	1
51. Manuel Quiros	71		+	1
51. Jean-Francois Remesy	71		+	1
51. Carlos Rodiles	71		+	1
51. Simon Wakefield	71		+	1
51. Martin Wiegele	71		+	1
69. Steve Alker	72		+	2
69. Benn Barham	72		+	2
69. Sion E. Bebb	72		+	2
69. Johan Bjerhag	72		+	2
69. Petter Bocian	72		+	2
69. Gabriel Canizares	72		+	2
69. Christian Cevaer	72		+	2
69. Luis Claverie	72		+	2
69. Peter Gustafsson	72		+	2
69. Anders Hansen	72		+	2
69. Lee S. James	72		+	2
69. Per-Ulrik Johansson	72		+	2
69. Robert Karlsson	72		+	2
69. Simon Khan	72		+	2
69. Paul Lawrie	72		+	2
69. Craig Lee	72		+	2
69. Sam Little	72		+	2
69. Gary Murphy	72		+	2
69. Alexander Noren	72		+	2
69. Henrik Nyström	72		+	2
69. Iain Pyman	72		+	2
69. Alvaro Quiros	72		+	2
69. Robert Rock	72		+	2
69. Jarmo Sandelin	72		+	2
69. Joel Sjoholm	72		+	2
69. Oliver Suhr	72		+	2
69. Miles Tunnicliff	72		+	2
69. Sam Walker	72		+	2
69. Anthony Wall	72		+	2
69. Paul Waring	72		+	2
69. Tom Whitehouse	72		+	2
100. Juan Abbate	73		+	3
100. David Drysdale	73		+	3
100. Rafa Echenique	73		+	3
100. Christopher Hanell	73		+	3
100. Garry Houston	73		+	3
100. Raphael Jacquelin	73		+	3
100. Jose Manuel Lara	73		+	3
100. Jan-Are Larsen	73		+	3
100. a-Anders Larsson	73		+	3
100. Thomas Levet	73		+	3
100. José-Filipe Lima	73		+	3
100. Lloyd Saltman	73		+	3
100. D.J. Trahan	73		+	3
100. Alvaro Velasco	73		+	3
114. Fredrik Andersson Hed	74		+	4
114. Joakim Backstrom	74		+	4
114. John Bickerton	74		+	4
114. Ariel Canete	74		+	4
114. Emanuele Canonica	74		+	4
114. Johan Edfors	74		+	4
114. Tony Finau	74		+	4
114. Philip Golding	74		+	4
114. Edoardo Molinari	74		+	4
114. Jamie Moul	74		+	4
114. a-Henrik Norlander	74		+	4
114. Peter O'Malley	74		+	4
114. Sven Strüver	74		+	4
114. Daniel Vancsik	74		+	4
114. Mads Vibe-Hastrup	74		+	4
114. Fabrizio Zanotti	74		+	4
130. Stephen Dodd	75		+	5
130. Darren Fichardt	75		+	5
130. Marcus Fraser	75		+	5
130. Ricardo Gonzalez	75		+	5
130. a-Victor Hielte	75		+	5
130. Steven Jeppesen	75		+	5
130. Santiago Luna	75		+	5
130. Mikael Lundberg	75		+	5
130. Stuart Manley	75		+	5
130. Prom Meesawat	75		+	5
130. Wade Ormsby	75		+	5
130. Hernan Rey	75		+	5
130. Kyron Sullivan	75		+	5
143. Per Barth	76		+	6
143. a-Victor Flatau	76		+	6
143. Peter Lawrie	76		+	6
143. Fredrick Mansson	76		+	6
143. Marcel Siem	76		+	6
143. Lee Slattery	76		+	6
143. Paolo Terreni	76		+	6
143. a-Pontus Widegren	76		+	6
151. Kalle Edberg	77		+	7
151. Chapchai Nirat	77		+	7
153. David Dixon	78		+	8
153. Florian Praegant	78		+	8
155. a-David Palm	79		+	9
156. Marius Thorp	83		+	13

Posted: 8/14/2008

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