Leading and selected first-round scores from the European Tour's Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday (GBR & IRL unless stated/par 72/am denotes amateur): 67 - Thomas Pieters (BEL) 68 - David Lipsky (USA) 69 - Masahiro Kawamura (JPN), Shaun Norris (RSA), Kurt Kitayama (USA), Soren Kjeldsen (DEN), Lucas Herbert (AUS), Wu Ashun (CHN), Matthieu Pavon (FRA), Eddie Pepperell, Robert Karlsson (SWE), Dean Burmester (RSA), Kalle Samooja (FIN), Romain Langasque (FRA) 70 - Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Romain Wattel (FRA), Erik van Rooyen (RSA), Sebastien Heisele (GER) 71 - Padraig Harrington, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA), Sergio Garcia (ESP), Zander Lombard (RSA), Justin Harding (RSA), Viktor Hovland (NOR), Ian Poulter, Sebastian Soderberg (SWE), Jack Singh Brar, Julien Guerrier (FRA), Jayden Trey Schaper (RSA/am) Selected: 72 - Henrik Stenson (SWE), Shane Lowry, Martin Kaymer (GER), Graeme McDowell 74 - Matthew Fitzpatrick 75 - Tommy Fleetwood 76 - Jazz Janewattananond (THA), Danny Willett, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 77 - Matt Wallace 78 - Lee Westwood, Li Haotong (CHN) 81 - Shugo Imahira (JPN) afp