 The beautiful Al Mouge golf is probably one of the best courses the Asian tour will play all year a fitting venue for International series oh man the wind blew off the Gulf of Oman though and that made it a tough day Louis Hazen though With this beautiful tee shot at the par 3 5th on his way to a 1 under par 71 it was one of those days where anything under par was a good score Scott Vincent who won the international series order of merit last year one of those a birdie at the third for the Zimbabwean C1 Kim is the Asian tour number one this his part for birdie at the 10th Around of 70 for the American There was a little bit of everything on Travis Smith's car today Lovely approach into the fourth for the Australian though an easy birdie for Travis Smith around of 72 even par Saddam Kaukan Janak challenged for the title last week in the Saudi International and he maintained that superb form today He really is impressed at the time an eagle putt at 7 and at 67 He's at 5 under par tied for second alongside Sergio Garcia who didn't get off to a good start two bogeys in the first four holes But eight birdies thereafter This was one of them at the 7th a 67 for the Spaniard But the man who leads is a Yonggu Justin Shin of Canada This is second into the 15th and his way to a 66 without a bogey on the card He now has Asian tour status Get off to a splendid start here in Oman a 66 without a bogey and Yonggu Justin Shin leads by one