Refreshed Dougherty has seen it all before

NICK DOUGHERTY will be hoping his sense of déjà-vu is a good omen after the first round of the OSIM Singapore Masters.

The young Englishman finds himself trailing the leaders, who are at seven under, just as he was last year when he went on to claim his first European Tour title.

A year ago, he trailed Colin Montgomerie; this time, it is local favourite Mardan Mamat - who was later joined at the top of the leaderboard by Australian Marcus Fraser - the only difference being Dougherty shot a 68 in 2005 rather than a 69.