KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Amy Yang took the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia lead, and Michelle Wie had her best score in more than a year. Lydia Ko had to fight to get back to even par in her first event since firing her caddie.Yang shot an 8-under 63 -- one off her own course record -- in hot and humid conditions Thursday for a two-stroke lead over American Marina Alex. The 27-year-old South Korean player birdied all four par-3 holes at TPC Kuala Lumpur.Simple, just keep it simple, Yang said. And try to get as much shade as I can.Wie opened with a 66 , breaking 70 for only the fourth time in 68 rounds this year. Winless in 57 tournaments since the 2014 U.S. Womens Open, shes coming off a season-best 10th-place tie last week in China in the Blue Bay LPGA.I just had fun out there today, said Wie, paired with Alex. I love playing with Marina. Shes a really good friend of mine and she was playing great today, and just kind of feeding off each others energy.The top-ranked Ko birdied the par-5 18th for a 71. She had a double bogey on the par-4 second.Really clumsy double, Ko said. I hit a great drive and then I just leaked a shot in the water. The rest of the day I was just trying to fight back and put myself in position under par. And I got back into good position and I hit it in the water again. So, that wasnt good. But obviously to finish up the round with a birdie on 18 was good. To bring it back to even, I think it could have been much worse.The 19-year-old New Zealander fired Jason Hamilton, the Australian who caddied for her since late 2014, and is using Malaysias Sargunan Suntharaj this week. Hamilton shifted to Ha Na Jang and helped the South Korean player open with a 69.Chinas Shanshan Feng, the 2014 winner, was at 66 along with Wie, Norways Suzann Pettersen , American Mo Martin, Spains Azahara Munoz and South Koreas Jenny Shin.Feng had 10 birdies, watery double bogeys on Nos. 14 and 15 and a bogey. The women are playing TPC Kuala Lumpurs East Course, a week after Justin Thomas successfully defended his title on the West Course in the PGA Tours CIMB Classic.Yang birdied Nos. 15-17 and nearly made it four in a row on the par-4 18th, only to have her 5-footer graze the right edge. That left her a stroke short of the course record she set in 2013.On the par 3s, she hit to a foot on the fifth, 20 feet on the seventh, and 7 feet on 15 and 17. She had 22 putts.My putting was good, Yang said. Just happy to shoot a bogey-free round.She has five top three-finishes this season. Both of her LPGA Tour victories have come in Asia, the first in 2013 in South Korea and the second last year in Thailand.I do enjoy Southeast Asia, Yang said. Id rather play in this weather than cold weather.Wie returned to play last week at Blue Bay after a four-week break.Just really just kept my body right, Wie said. Just really took time off and really tried to get healthy again. I did a lot of rehab and just practiced and tried to play a lot.She also opened with a 66 last year. The American struggled after that a year ago, closing with a 76 to tie for 42nd.Second-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn, grouped with Ko and fifth-ranked Brooke Henderson, had a 68. The 20-year-old Thai star has a tour-high five victories and leads the money list and the Race to CME Globe and player of the year standings. She was third Sunday in China.Stacy Lewis shot a 70 in her first event since mid-September. Winless in 60 starts since June 2014, the 11-time tour champion had a triple bogey on the par-4 11th. She has 11 runner-up finishes during the drought.Henderson also had a 70. The 19-year-old Canadian is playing for the fifth straight week in Asia and plans to make it six in a row next week in Japan in the Asia finale.Defending champion Jessica Korda shot 71. She was second in China. Swell Bottle Nz . The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Jones (19-1). It was the champions closest call. Despite the loss, it was a remarkable show by the confident Swedish challenger, who had the best of the early rounds and then hung on in the fourth and fifth. sWell Bottle Stockists . One game after a miserable showing in Oklahoma City, Gay tied a career high with 41 points and the Sacramento Kings cruised to a 114-97 victory at the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. http://www.swellbottlesnz.com/ .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. SWell Marble Water Bottle .Y. -- Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker. Swell Wood Bottle Nz . Siddikur, whose previous win on the circuit came in Brunei three years ago, finished his bogey-free round with a birdie on the 18th for a total of 17-under 199. Indias Shiv Chowrasia, who has finished runner-up in this tournament twice, was in second place after a 66. Jarryd Hayne will make the strapped Gold Coast club both easier to sell and more expensive, says former NRL chief operating officer Jim Doyle.Now the Warriors CEO, Doyle hailed Haynes signing with the NRL-administered Titans as a positive for the competition and entire code.He classed Hayne alongside Johnathan Thurston, Greg Inglis and the Warriors Shaun Johnson as one of the few superstars of rugby league and predicted the Titans would receive a healthy boost from their high-cost investment.The club has obviously struggled financially for a couple years, Doyle said.They are obviously up for sale and Im sure todays announcement will make them more sellable, but also make them more expensive.Doyle had no concerns with the fact Gold Coast were able to acquire the uncontracted Hayne with only five games to play in the NRL regular season.dddddddddddd.The eighth-placed Warriors face the seventh-placed Titans on Sunday, with fullback Hayne expected to debut in a match that is crucial to both teams finals hopes.Hayne was allowed to sign as he was not registered with the NRL in 2016 and so is exempt from the June 30 deadline for player transfers.Wed say itd be fair if we had to sign an All Black tomorrow and he was available to play for us on Sunday, Doyle said.Its the rules and were fine with that. 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