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Bjorn shines in Jakarta, Howell on form in China (Reuters)

JAKARTA (Reuters) - European Tour Players Committee chairman Thomas Bjorn, who shunned his own circuit this week to play on the Asian Tour, shook off the jet lag to grab a share of the first round lead at the Indonesia Masters on Thursday.

The Dane, 44, racked up seven birdies in his six-under-par 66 after some pin-point iron play at the Royal Jakarta Golf Club to join early pacesetter, Taiwan's Chan Shih-chang, at the top of the leaderboard.

India's Abhijit Chadha was joint third on five-under, helped largely by a hole-in-one on the par three 15th at the $750,000 event.