Ross Fisher starts European Open with
a record-breaking, nine-under-par 63

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
England's Ross Fisher continued to make it a week to remember when he began the European Open with a spectacular nine-under-par 63 at The London Club in Kent today.
Three days after finishing joint third in the Open Championship qualifier at Sunningdale, the 27-year-old finished with six successive birdies to break the course record set by Seve Ballesteros in 1984 when he played in the official opening with designer Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin.
It was also the lowest round of Fisher's European Tour career and ensured he was sitting pretty at the top of the leaderboard ahead of Irish pair Graeme McDowell and Paul McGinley, who were five under after 11 holes.
SCOREBOARD
FIRST ROUND
Par 72
63 Ross Fisher.
65 Graeme McDowell, David Frost (Rsa).
67 Rory McIlroy.
68 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Peter Hanson (Swe), Robert Rock, Peter Hedblom (Swe), David Lynn, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Jose Manuel Lara (Spa).
69 Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Justin Rose, James Kingston (Rsa), Soren Hansen (Den), Michael Jonzon (Swe), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Paul McGinley.
70 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Colin Montgomerie, Benn Barham, Marcel Siem (Ger), Rafael Echenique (Arg), Stuart Manley, Simon Khan, Anthony Wall, Stephen Gallacher, Ian Poulter, Santiago Luna (Spa).
71 David Griffiths, Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Magnus A Carlsson (Swe), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Markus Brier (Aut), Christian Cevaer (Fra), Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Martin Wiegele (Aut), David Howell, Nick Dougherty, Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Darren Clarke, Andrew McLardy (Rsa), Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), James Kamte (Rsa).
72 Garry Houston, Hennie Otto (Rsa), Phillip Price, Oliver Fisher, Paul Broadhurst, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), Carl Suneson (Spa), Alexander Noren (Swe), Thomas Bjorn (Den), Gary Murphy, Alastair Forsyth, Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Emanuele Canonica (Ita), Padraig Harrington, Thomas Levet (Fra).
73 Mikael Lundberg (Swe), Alvaro Velasco (Spa), Gary Orr, Robert Dinwiddie, Paul Streeter, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe), Simon Dyson, Simon Griffiths, Simon Wakefield, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Andrew Oldcorn, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra), Wen-chong Liang (Chn), Marcus Fraser (Aus), Gregory Havret (Fra), Steve Webster, Peter Whiteford, Peter Baker, Francois Delamontagne (Fra), Matthew Millar (Aus), Gareth Paddison (Nzl), Lee S James, Paul Lawrie, Richard Green (Aus), Jamie Donaldson, Phillip Archer, Gregory Bourdy (Fra).
74 Leif Westerberg (Swe), John Bickerton, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Simon Lilly, Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Stephen Dodd, Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Miles Tunnicliff, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Scott Strange (Aus), Carlos Rodiles (Spa), Mardan Mamat (Sin), Sion Bebb, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind), Thomas Aiken (Rsa).
75 Damien McGrane, Luis Claverie (Spa), Jean Van de Velde (Fra), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Johan Edfors (Swe), Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Bradley Dredge, Richard Bland, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Peter Senior (Aus), Mark Brown (USA), Gary Emerson, Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Sam Walker, Mark Foster, Richard Sterne (Rsa), Peter O'Malley (Aus).
76 Patrik Sjoland (Swe), Robert Coles, Anthony Tarchetti, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Graeme Storm, Niclas Fasth (Swe), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Peter Fowler (Aus), Anton Haig (Rsa), Henrik Nystrom (Swe), Shiv Kapur (Ind), Julio Zapata (Arg), Tom Whitehouse, Ariel Canete (Arg), Ross McGowan, Barry Lane.
77 Joakim Backstrom (Swe), Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Michael Campbell (Nzl), David Dixon, Peter Lawrie
78 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Lee Slattery, Danny Willett, Florian Praegant (Aut).
79 David Carter, Richard Finch, Scott Drummond, Sam Little.
80 Sven Struver (Ger)
81 Iain Pyman, Marc Warren.
83 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind).