French Open fireworks from Irishman
Peter Lawrie crams 10 birdies
into 14 holes in a row
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Irishman Peter Lawrie gave himself the chance of the first Spanish and French Open double for 24 years with an amazing opening round at Le Golf National near Paris today.
Trying to emulate the feat of Bernhard Langer in 1984, the 34-year-old Dubliner began with a double bogey 6, but then packed 10 birdies into the next 14 holes.
However, Lawrie bogeyed two of the last three holes for a five under par 66 and so ended the day in a share of second place with 19-year-old Englishman Oliver Fisher, one behind Spanish rookie Pablo Larrazabal.
Larrazabal is making his debut in the event, but only as a player. He caddied for his older brother Alejandro, British amateur champion in 2002, the following year, as he did in The Masters at Augusta.
Essex youngster Fisher, who lost a play-off to Thomas Levet for the Andalucia Open in March, is chasing his first Tour title.
While Lee Westwood was back in action for the first time since his third-place finish in the US Open and he was happy enough with his 69, the same as Colin Montgomerie.
SCOREBOARD
FIRST ROUND
Par 71
Collated first-round scores (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
65 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa)
66 Peter Lawrie, Oliver Fisher
67 Angel Cabrera (Arg)
68 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Martin Wiegele (Aut), Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Andrew Coltart, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Graeme Storm, Michael Jonzon (Swe), Jamie Donaldson, Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Miles Tunnicliff, Barry Lane
69 Graeme McDowell, Soren Hansen (Den), Colin Montgomerie, Rafael Echenique (Arg), Carlos Rodiles (Spa), David Frost (Rsa), Paul Broadhurst, Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Phillip Archer, Lee Westwood, Philip Golding
70 Hennie Otto (Rsa), Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Simon Dyson, David Lynn, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Stephen Dodd, Richard Finch, Markus Brier (Aut), Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Jyoti Randhawa (Ind)
71 Mikael Lundberg (Swe), Henrik Nystrom (Swe), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Benn Barham, Nick Dougherty, Scott Strange (Aus), Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Simon Wakefield, Peter Hanson (Swe), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Jean Van de velde (Fra), Tom Whitehouse, Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Paul McGinley, Peter O'Malley (Aus)
72 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Damien McGrane, Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), John Bickerton, Johan Edfors (Swe), Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Sebastien Delagrange (Fra), Alastair Forsyth, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Christian Cevaer (Fra), Darren Clarke, Andrew McLardy (Rsa), Carl Suneson (Spa), Gareth Paddison (Nzl), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Rick Kulacz (Aus), Ian Poulter
73 Patrik Sjoland (Swe), Anders Hansen (Den), Ross Fisher, Leif Westerberg (Swe), Simon Griffiths, Rory McIlroy, Sam Little, Gregory Havret (Fra), Steve Webster, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), David Howell, Stuart Manley, Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Miguel Angel Martin (Spa), Paul Lawrie, Richard Green (Aus), Gary Murphy, Emanuele Canonica (Ita)
74 Gary Orr, Peter Whiteford, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Robert Dinwiddie, Danny Willett, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe), Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Sam Walker, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa)
75 Alvaro Velasco (Spa), James Kingston (Rsa), Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Marc Warren, Scott Barr (Aus), Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra), Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Bradley Dredge, Garry Houston, Shiv Kapur (Ind), Daniel Gaunt (Aus), Daniel Brooks, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind), Mardan Mamat (Sin), Stephen Gallacher, Romain Wattel (Fra), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Thomas Levet (Fra), Cedric Menut (Fra)
76 Olivier David (Fra), Lea Cooper, Oliver Wilson, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Benoit Teilleria (Fra), Martin Kaymer (Ger)
77 Francois Delamontagne (Fra), Phillip Price, Matthew Millar (Aus), Mark Brown (USA), Julien Quesne (Fra), Anthony Wall, Alexander Noren (Swe), Thomas Bjorn (Den), Malcolm MacKenzie, Richard Sterne (Rsa), Marcus Fraser (Aus)
78 David Griffiths, David Dixon, Frederic Cupillard (Fra), James Kamte (Rsa), Mark Foster, Simon Khan
79 Anton Haig (Rsa), Ariel Canete (Arg), Francois Calmels (Fra)
80 Francois Rouilleaux (Fra), Sven Struver (Ger), Scott Drummond
81 Adrien Mork (Fra), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Ross McGowan
83 Pedro Linhart (Spa)
85 Cedric Judlin (Fra), Pablo Martin (Spa)
into 14 holes in a row
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Irishman Peter Lawrie gave himself the chance of the first Spanish and French Open double for 24 years with an amazing opening round at Le Golf National near Paris today.
Trying to emulate the feat of Bernhard Langer in 1984, the 34-year-old Dubliner began with a double bogey 6, but then packed 10 birdies into the next 14 holes.
However, Lawrie bogeyed two of the last three holes for a five under par 66 and so ended the day in a share of second place with 19-year-old Englishman Oliver Fisher, one behind Spanish rookie Pablo Larrazabal.
Larrazabal is making his debut in the event, but only as a player. He caddied for his older brother Alejandro, British amateur champion in 2002, the following year, as he did in The Masters at Augusta.
Essex youngster Fisher, who lost a play-off to Thomas Levet for the Andalucia Open in March, is chasing his first Tour title.
While Lee Westwood was back in action for the first time since his third-place finish in the US Open and he was happy enough with his 69, the same as Colin Montgomerie.
SCOREBOARD
FIRST ROUND
Par 71
Collated first-round scores (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
65 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa)
66 Peter Lawrie, Oliver Fisher
67 Angel Cabrera (Arg)
68 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Martin Wiegele (Aut), Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Andrew Coltart, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Graeme Storm, Michael Jonzon (Swe), Jamie Donaldson, Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Miles Tunnicliff, Barry Lane
69 Graeme McDowell, Soren Hansen (Den), Colin Montgomerie, Rafael Echenique (Arg), Carlos Rodiles (Spa), David Frost (Rsa), Paul Broadhurst, Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Phillip Archer, Lee Westwood, Philip Golding
70 Hennie Otto (Rsa), Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Simon Dyson, David Lynn, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Stephen Dodd, Richard Finch, Markus Brier (Aut), Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Jyoti Randhawa (Ind)
71 Mikael Lundberg (Swe), Henrik Nystrom (Swe), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Benn Barham, Nick Dougherty, Scott Strange (Aus), Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Simon Wakefield, Peter Hanson (Swe), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Jean Van de velde (Fra), Tom Whitehouse, Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Paul McGinley, Peter O'Malley (Aus)
72 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Damien McGrane, Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), John Bickerton, Johan Edfors (Swe), Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Sebastien Delagrange (Fra), Alastair Forsyth, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Christian Cevaer (Fra), Darren Clarke, Andrew McLardy (Rsa), Carl Suneson (Spa), Gareth Paddison (Nzl), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Rick Kulacz (Aus), Ian Poulter
73 Patrik Sjoland (Swe), Anders Hansen (Den), Ross Fisher, Leif Westerberg (Swe), Simon Griffiths, Rory McIlroy, Sam Little, Gregory Havret (Fra), Steve Webster, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), David Howell, Stuart Manley, Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Miguel Angel Martin (Spa), Paul Lawrie, Richard Green (Aus), Gary Murphy, Emanuele Canonica (Ita)
74 Gary Orr, Peter Whiteford, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Robert Dinwiddie, Danny Willett, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe), Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Sam Walker, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa)
75 Alvaro Velasco (Spa), James Kingston (Rsa), Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Marc Warren, Scott Barr (Aus), Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra), Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Bradley Dredge, Garry Houston, Shiv Kapur (Ind), Daniel Gaunt (Aus), Daniel Brooks, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind), Mardan Mamat (Sin), Stephen Gallacher, Romain Wattel (Fra), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Thomas Levet (Fra), Cedric Menut (Fra)
76 Olivier David (Fra), Lea Cooper, Oliver Wilson, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Benoit Teilleria (Fra), Martin Kaymer (Ger)
77 Francois Delamontagne (Fra), Phillip Price, Matthew Millar (Aus), Mark Brown (USA), Julien Quesne (Fra), Anthony Wall, Alexander Noren (Swe), Thomas Bjorn (Den), Malcolm MacKenzie, Richard Sterne (Rsa), Marcus Fraser (Aus)
78 David Griffiths, David Dixon, Frederic Cupillard (Fra), James Kamte (Rsa), Mark Foster, Simon Khan
79 Anton Haig (Rsa), Ariel Canete (Arg), Francois Calmels (Fra)
80 Francois Rouilleaux (Fra), Sven Struver (Ger), Scott Drummond
81 Adrien Mork (Fra), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Ross McGowan
83 Pedro Linhart (Spa)
85 Cedric Judlin (Fra), Pablo Martin (Spa)
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