Friday, May 30, 2008

AUSSIE STRANGE COMES HOME IN 29
OVER 2010 RYDER CUP COURSE

Australian Scott Strange played the second half of Celtic Manor's new 2010 Ryder Cup course in just 28 strokes on Thursday to lead the Wales Open.
The 31-year-old from Perth birdied all but two of the nine holes for a brilliant eight-under-par 63 which put him one ahead of Italy's Edoardo Molinari after a day that had begun with a 105-minute fog delay.
Open champion Padraig Harrington managed only a 70, however, while last week's PGA Championship winner Miguel Angel Jimenez struggled through 11 holes in eight over before withdrawing with a left knee problem.
Strange's round actually began on the long 11th because of the lay-out of the course and, after grabbing a birdie at his second hole, he then finished the inward half with five more in a row.
After covering the front nine in 35 he then completed his day's work with a two on the 210-yard 10th.
The European Tour record for nine holes is 27 - five players have done that, including Robert Lee on two occasions - but Strange would not have been added to that list if he improved his score by one because placing was allowed on the wet fairways.

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