Baek one-shot lead inaugural Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic

Ireland's Niall Turner overcame a double bogey to card a good 67, while Thailand's 16-year-old newcomer Rattanon Wannasrichan showed he would be a star inside making having a bogey-free 68 to be bunched with countrymen Chawalit Plaphol and Atthaphon Prathummanee, Filipino Elmer Salvador, Australian Paul Donahoo, Korea's Kim Hyung-sung and American Berry Henson.

After finishing 51st about the Order of Merit last season, the burly Baek, who is seeking his first Asian Tour victory, overhauled his golf swing after ending 2011 ranked a lowly 92nd with 54% of fairways hit.

"It was quite windy and i also was just playing fairways and greens, fairways and greens. Suddenly, my putting was Mizuno MP-69 Irons good and my irons just went to the pins. I missed some putts but I'm pleased with my score," said Baek, who nailed lengthy birdie putts from from the green on the 18th and first holes.

"I've been changing my swing in the past 90 days and missed three cuts uninterruptedly. I have been spending so much time and last week within the Singha Masters (a neighborhood Thai event), the form was getting better. The confidence is arriving back and i also just went because of it in each and every shot."

Such was Baek's despair while using longest club in the bag that he would not utilize driver for the majority of of 2011. "No more hooks and my yips for that driver has become gone. I'm pretty more comfortable with the new swing and grip. I'm really satisfied with this because i missed only four fairways. Hopefully I'll play good tomorrow and maybe I'll are able to win the trophy," said the Thai-based Baek, who needed only 25 putts in the round.

The lanky Turner lost his ball within the trees on his 11th hole of the day at the second but fought back with four birdies as part of his last seven holes. "I was pretty happy with that. Previously, I would have got cranky and let a number of shots drift away," said the Irishman, that's playing his second season around the Asian Tour.

"I was hitting my driver long callaway razr x irons making it easier on a few of the holes where I managed to get a wedge or nine iron which developed a massive difference as you can stop the ball quite quickly. Its wasn't easy.

Like Baek, his driving was laser-guided as he missed only three fairways and took just 26 putts.

"My tee shots were so great but my iron play was average," said the softly-spoken Thai, whose longest birdie conversion was from 20 feet on the 13th hole.

Rattanon, who overlooked his Asian Tour card by two shots at Qualifying School in January as he double bogeyed his last hole, said he turned professional early while using goal of rewriting Asian Tour history.

"I would like to try being the youngest Asian Tour winner," he declared. "Chinnarat (Phadungsil) won for callaway diablo edge irons the Asian Tour as he was 17 a number of 5 days old, so I've got only a year to try to do it."

After working a couple of years in a very golf shop in Brisbane, Danohoo is enjoying his rookie season touring Asia's elite circuit where he has made three cuts on the trot, together with a tied for sixth place in the ICTSI Philippine Open recently.