Peter Hanson of Sweden and Pedro Linhart of Spain were also four under.

BBC: Dougherty shares lead in Sweden

Then in March he finally won his first European Tour event at the Open de Andalucia in Spain beating England's Richard Finch and Peter Whiteford of Scotland, who were tied second by three strokes.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Sweden's Peter Hanson and Jose-Filipe Lima of Portugal were alongside the English trio one shot off Cevaer's lead.

BBC: SPORT | Golf | Cevaer holds slim lead in Beijing