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Kaymer Leads at Le Golf National

Martin Kaymer

German star Martin Kaymer leads after round one at Le Golf National.

The 24 year old began the Open de France ALSTOM with a course record-equalling round of 62.

So bad was Kaymer’s right foot that as well as being seen by a doctor he had a hole cut in his golf shoe to allow him to play Wednesday’s pro-am.

With the help of his three partners he won that by four with an amazing 16 under par best-ball of 55, but to be only seven worse than that on his own underlined what a massive talent he is.

Kaymer’s round actually began with a bogey, but after five birdies in the next nine holes he chipped in for eagle at the long third and finished with three more birdies for an inward 30.

Nick Dougherty followed up his win at the BMW International Open with a 66 and Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie, without a top ten finish since he was runner-up in this event last year, returned a 69.

Miguel Angel Jiménez, celebrated his 500th European Tour event but began with a hook into the water, he did however hit back for a 67 and fellow Spaniard Pablo Larrazábal, the defending champion, matched that with five birdies in the last six holes – after a triple bogey eight on the ninth.

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Retief Goosen remains the leader

Retief Goosen

Retief Goosen from South Africa remains in the lead at the European Tour BMW International Open after the second round by adding a a score of 68 to his opening round of 64.

The 2 time US Open Champion moved to 12 under par and he is now one ahead of Søren Kjeldsen from Denmark. Goosen went 33 holes without a bogey, but after dropping a stroke at the 441 yard 7th he closed with his 13th birdie of the week.

Currently tied for 3rd spot is Nick Dougherty from England and David Drysdale from scotland 2 shots back from Goosen at -10.

Other noteables:

Bernhard Langer is T8 at 8 under par. and Colin Montgomerie dropped 15 places to finish the second round T56 with an overall score of -3.

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Retief Goosen leads the BMW International Open

Retief Goosen

Retief Goosen leads the European Tour BMW International Open at Golfclub München Eichenried

Retief Goosen is the current leader of the BMW International Open after round 1.
Goosen who finished tied for 16th at the US Open Bethpage Black, shot a first round of 64 to finish at 8-under-par with a 2 shot lead over Richard Finch.

Finch began his round on the 10th, and followed a birdie on the 11th and 15th with a bogey at the 16th However, he topped that in the second half of his first round in a sodden Munich, birdying the first before following a 22-foot eagle putt on the sixth by holing birdie attempts from 35 and 18 feet at the seventh and ninth to finish with a six under par 66.

Behind Finch and Goosen there is 9 players tied for 3rd including Stephen Dodd who is currently 26th on the European Tour race to Dubai, and Niclas Fasth who is sitting at 38th.

Goosen described his round, beginning with his reflections on the par three third where he picked up his second birdie: “I holed about a 25 footer,” he said.

“And then obviously the next two holes are very much birdie holes, and I didn’t make birdies there, but the par five, I had a good birdie again there and chipped down to a couple of feet.

“Nine, I holed a ten footer for birdie on nine. The front nine was good.

“Disappointing par on the 11th. I hit a five wood into the green, hit it in the bunker and it came out about ten feet and missed that.”

He added: “The 16th  is always a chance for birdie but they have the flag close to the water there today, and I hit a five wood off the tee and had about 80 yards left and hit it to about 12 feet behind the hole and made a good putt there.

“At the 17th, I hit a seven iron similar sort of distance, 12, 15 feet.

“The 18th was a good drive and my second, completely splashed it right into the TV towers and stuff on the right there. When you get a round like this going, it’s nice to get a break and make it a really good round.

“It could easily have gone in the water and ended up being a six and been disappointing.”

Other Notables:

Rory McIlroy is currently T63 with a score of 1-under-par
Colin Montgomerie is Tied for 41st at -2 after scoring 70 on his first round
Bernhard Langer who is playing in his home tournement is currently tied for 12th spot with a score of 68 (4-under-par)

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