Meronk and Surratt share lead after Saudi International first round

VIDEO SHOWS: ASIAN TOUR SAUDI INTERNATIONAL ROUND ONE HIGHLIGHTS RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (NOVEMBER 19, 2025) (ASIAN TOUR MEDIA – Maximum use of two (2) minutes. No use 48 hours after the end of the round (1330GMT on November 21, 2025). No archive. No resales.) 1. ADRIAN MERONK BIRDIE PUTT ON 13TH HOLE 2. CALEB SURRATT SECOND SHOT ON 9TH TO SET UP A BIRDIE 3. THOMAS PIETERS THIRD SHOT ON 12TH TO SET UP A BIRDIE 4. LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN BIRDIE PUTT ON 1ST 5. KIM  SEONG-HYEON SECOND SHOT ON 11TH TO SET UP A BIRDIE 6. TYRRELL HATTON SECOND SHOT ON 9TH TO SET UP A BIRDIE 7. SCOTT VINCENT BIRDIE PUTT ON SEVENTH 8. YOSUKE ASAJI THIRD SHOT ON FOURTH TO SET UP A BIRDIE 9. JOAQUIN NIEMANN BIRDIE PUTT ON THIRD 10. SCENIC OF COURSE STORY: Adrian Meronk and Caleb Surratt shot nine-under-par 62s to share the lead after the first round of action at the Saudi International on Wednesday (November 19).  Both players have enjoyed recent success at Riyadh Golf Club with Polish veteran Meronk lifting the LIV Golf Riyadh title on the same course in February while 21-year-old American Surratt shot a course record 61 in last year's third round before losing out to Joaquin Niemann in a playoff.  Belgium's Thomas Pieters, meanwhile, sits one shot back from the overnight leaders on 63.  The Saudi International concludes on Saturday and serves as the International Series' season-ender and third-to-last stop on the Asian Tour with a total purse of $5 million up for grabs.  (Production: Conal Quinn)

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