Asian number one Thongchai Jaidee defied a niggling elbow injury to card a superb bogey-free eight-under-par 64 today to share a two-shot first round lead at the Volvo China Open alongside Korea's Kim Do-hoon.

Two-time Ryder Cup winner Paul Casey believes Colin Montgomerie is the right man to lead the new generation of Europeans at Celtic Manor next year.

Europe can count themselves one up before they start next year’s Ryder Cup – if they select Colin Montgomerie as their captain at Celtic Manor.

A second-round 66 moved Colin Montgomerie to within four shots of the lead in the UBS Hong Kong Open.

Colin Montgomerie, Tiger Woods, the host of the Target World Challenge since its inception in 1999, and Jim Furyk were tied for the lead after the first round of this year’s event.