LAHORE: Hamza Amin, Mohammad Asif and Kashif Masih all posted identical cards offourunder 68 in the opening round of the 10th J.A Zaman Memorial Open Golf Championship at the Lahore Gymkhana course here on Thursday.

In a congested professionals` leaderboard, the trio are just a stroke ahead of Matloob Ahmed with Ahmed Baig and Mohammad Rizwan in a group of two at 70, while as many as 12 competitors are at 71 in the race for the lucrative Rs7.5million prize