(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

SHENZHEN, China (AP) Alvaro Quiros and Simon Dyson each shot a 5-under 67 to share the lead after the first round of the China Open on Thursday.

The pair were a stroke ahead of a group of six golfers that included defending champion Brett Rumford of Australia and Alexander Levy of France, who briefly moved into a tie with Quiros and Dyson in the growing darkness on his back nine but bogeyed the par-3 8th hole before play was suspended. He has one hole remaining to play.

England's Ian Poulter was in a group of 12 golfers just behind at 3-under on a crowded leaderboard.

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