Liang and Sterne set pace in Hong Kong

China’s Liang Wen-chong and South African Richard Sterne will take a one-stroke lead into the second day of the UBS Hong Kong Open after carding impressive opening rounds today.

Liang, bidding to become the first Asian player to win the event in a decade, carded a six-under-par 64 and would have taken the outright lead but for a bogey on the ninth, his final hole.