Thursday, January 31, 2008

Colin has two late double bogeys to finish on par 72

MONTY CAN'T HOLD THAT TIGER
AS WOODS GOES STRAIGHT INTO
DUBAI LEAD WITH A 65

Tiger Woods effortlessly claimed his 62nd PGA Tour victory at Torrey Pines last week but ominously insisted he has already stepped up his game to a new level.
Buick Invitational winner Woods carded an opening-round seven-under-par 65 at the Dubai Desert Classic to lead a group of 11 players - including Abu Dhabi Golf champion Martin Kaymer, Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell and Englishman Simon Dyson - by two strokes.
"I hit the golf ball a lot more cleanly and shaped the ball better than last week. I played well," said Woods.
"The only bad shot I really hit was at the par-5 13th - other than that, I really hit the ball well."
Defending champion Henrik Stenson joins three-time Dubai winner Ernie Els and Sergio Garcia in a group at four under, with Lee Westwood and Northern Irish prodigy Rory McIlroy a further shot back.
Colin Montgomerie, who was playing alongside Woods, finished the day at level par after carding two double-bogeys over his last four holes.
Andrew Coltart, a late insertion to the field on a sponsor's invite - he lost his European Tour card at the end of alst season, followed up his creditable performance in the Qatar Masters last week with a 69 to be joint top Scot with Alastair Forsyth going into the second round.
Stephen Gallacher had a 70.
Scott Drummond and Paul Lawrie were alongside Monty on 72.
Ross Bain and Marc Warren are fighting to beat the cut on Friday after disappointing 74s today.

FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
65 Tiger Woods (US).
67 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Graeme McDowell, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Simon Dyson, Andrew McLardy (Rsa), Scott Hend (Aus), Gary Murphy, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Thomas Levet (Fra), Jyoti Randhawa (Ind)
68 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Garry Houston, Damien McGrane, James Kingston (Rsa), Shiv Kapur (Ind), David Howell, Soren Hansen (Den), Benn Barham, Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Ernie Els (Rsa), Ariel Canete (Arg), Peter O'Malley (Aus), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
69 Hennie Otto (Rsa), Ross Fisher, Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Andrew Coltart, Peter Hedblom (Swe), Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Peter Lawrie, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Graeme Storm, Rory McIlroy, Alastair Forsyth, Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Lee Westwood, Miles Tunnicliff, Marcus Fraser (Aus), Richard Sterne (Rsa)
70 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Anders Hansen (Den), Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Paul Broadhurst, Peter Hanson (Swe), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Mark O'Meara (USA), Stephen Gallacher, Ian Poulter
71 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Alexander Noren (Swe), Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe), Brendan Jones (Aus), Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Paul McGinley, Johan Edfors (Swe)
72 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), David Frost (Rsa), Niclas Fasth (Swe), Gregory Havret (Fra), Christian Cevaer (Fra), Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Anton Haig (Rsa), Colin Montgomerie, Nick Dougherty, Scott Drummond, Simon Khan, Hideto Tanihara (Jpn), Paul Lawrie, Phillip Archer, Mark Foster, Barry Lane
73 Steve Webster, Jean Van de Velde (Fra), Marcel Siem (Ger), Joakim Haeggman (Swe), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), David Lynn, Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Anthony Wall, Stephen Dodd, Markus Brier (Aut), Richard Green (Aus), Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), Bradley Dredge
74 Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Phillip Price, John Bickerton, Darren Clarke, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Ross Bain, Sam Walker, Marc Warren, Thomas Bjorn (Den), Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Chapchai Nirat (Tha), James Kamte (Rsa)
75 Richard Finch, Tom Whitehouse, Sam Little, Carlos Rodiles (Spa)
76 Matthew Turner, Zane Scotland (Gbr), Michael Campbell (Nzl), David Griffiths, Simon Wakefield, Mardan Mamat (Sin)
77 Carl Suneson (Spa)
78 Oliver Wilson, Pablo Martin (Spa)
79 Faycal Serghini (Mar)
80 Andrew Whitelaw
81 Yousoff Khalid (UAE)

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