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Golf ball (photo by John McCoy / Getty Images) John Catlin of the United States took the lead in the Blue Canyon Phuket Championship on Thursday as the Asian Tour of Golf returned after a 20-month break imposed by the pandemic. The 9th and 15th holes in par 5 helped the four tour winners to complete the first round 65 of the par 7 under, ahead of Taiwan’s Chan Shih-chang and Ian Snyman. The $ 1 million tournament on Phuket’s idyllic holiday island has made its first shot on the tour since the Malaysia Open in March 2020. Homestar Pachala...
