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it's a first visit to india for the european tour this week - the inaugural indian masters, co-sanctioned by the asian tour, attracted the likes of ernie els to the delhi golf club. thursday was in no way memorable for the south african, though, his near miss in dubai last week was followed by an opening round 75 here, that included a nine on the 18th, with two penalty shots thrown in. thomas bjorn fared infinitely better, the dane's reservations about the delhi course were forgotten with his four-under 68 to lie tied for fourth with india's own shiv kapur. new zealand open champion richard finch of england is a shot better off, he shares second place with ireland's in-form damien mcgrane. but to the delight of the locals it's home hero jyoti randhawa who leads after day one. randhawa's success was built on his magnificent approach shots to the two par fives on the back nine - this at the 14th resulting in an eagle three. and then once again at the 18th, the indian took on the longest hole on the course with great success. randhawa ended with another eagle and a 65 to open a two-shot lead after the first round.