BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN

New putter changes

Goosen's luck on the

greens, leads with 64

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Retief Goosen was left wishing he had changed putters a week ago after he rolled in eight birdies to take the first-round lead at the BMW International Open in Munich today.
"It would have been nice to make them at the US Open - I holed nothing there," said the 40-year-old South African, pictured above, after a 64 put him two in front of England's Richard Finch.
Goosen, 16th at Bethpage Black on Monday, added: "I tested a new putter in the pro-am here and it felt sort of good, so I decided to give it a try."
Two birdies in the first three proved to him it was a good move and after picking up further strokes at the sixth, ninth and 13th he finished with three more.
The last one had a touch of good fortune, though. His approach to the par-5 squirted right and might have gone in water but for clattering into a television tower.
The twice US Open champion is seeking his first European Tour victory for more than two years, but in the past eight months has tasted victory in Asia, Africa and America.
Conditions were as muddy underfoot as they were in New York and one particularly bad shower forced play to be suspended for a while.
As a late starter Goosen avoided that, but being caught in it did not bother Finch - and nor should it have after what happened at the Irish Open last year.
The Hull golfer famously won at Adare Manor after falling in the river playing a shot on the final hole.
This time he returned to eagle the sixth, his 15th, and birdie two of the next three. In the group three behind was Welshman Phillip Price and following David Duval's showing in the US Open perhaps this is going to be the week of the big comebacks in golf at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried. Two months away from his 52nd birthday, Bernhard Langer comfortably got the better of 20-year-old playing partner Rory McIlroy.
Langer, trying again to become the oldest European Tour winner in history, returned a four under par 68 to be four behind pacesetter Retief Goosen.
McIlroy, 10th in the US Open on Monday, was only level par with four to play, birdied the next two, but then closed with a bogey 6 after trying to hit out a fairway bunker with a wood and hitting the lip.
Just ahead of them Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie had a real roller-coaster ride before signing for a 70. Three under after six he fell back to level par, but finished with back-to-back birdies.
Not a good day, though, for American John Daly. He could manage only a two over 74, the same as Irish Open amateur winner Shane Lowry, now in danger of a third successive missed cut as a professional.
FIRST ROUND
Par 72
64 Retief Goosen (Rsa)
66 Richard Finch
67 James Kingston (Rsa), Phillip Price, Andrew Coltart, Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Danny Willett, David Lynn, Niclas Fasth (Swe), Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Marcus Fraser (Aus)
68 Bernhard Langer (Ger), Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Alvaro Velasco (Spa), Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Rafael Echenique (Arg), Oliver Fisher, Stephen Dodd, Paul McGinley, Barry Lane, Thomas Levet (Fra), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
69 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Anders Hansen (Den), Branden Grace (Rsa), Peter Lawrie, Kenneth Ferrie, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Matthew Millar (Aus), Markus Brier (Aut), Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa), Nick Dougherty, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind), Paul Broadhurst, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Phillip Archer, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned)
70 Carlos Del Moral (Spa), Gary Orr, Klas Eriksson (Swe), Peter Hedblom (Swe), John Bickerton, Graeme Storm, Anthony Snobeck (Fra), Lee Slattery, Michael Jonzon (Swe), Wade Ormsby (Aus), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Michael Hoey, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Colin Montgomerie, Scott Strange (Aus), Marcel Siem (Ger), Seve Benson, Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Brett Rumford (Aus), David Drysdale, Luke Donald
71 Damien McGrane, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Steven O'Hara, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Johan Edfors (Swe), Rory McIlroy, Max Kramer (Aut), Chris Wood, Stuart Davis, Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Shiv Kapur (Ind), Gareth Maybin, Scott Drummond, Mark Brown (Nzl), Gary Murphy, Richard Green (Aus), Tano Goya (Arg), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Chris Doak
72 Joakim Haeggman (Swe), Benn Barham, Simon Wakefield, Peter Hanson (Swe), Sven Struver (Ger), Bradley Dredge, Christian Cevaer (Fra), Hennie Otto (Rsa), Alan McLean, David Howell, Paul Waring, Gary Lockerbie, Marcus Higley, Paul Lawrie, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Lorenzo Gagli (Ita), Mark Foster, Richard Sterne (Rsa)
73 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe), David Frost (Rsa), Alex Cejka (Ger), Callum Macaulay, Marco Ruiz (Par), Stephen Gallacher, Jorge Campillo (Spa), Stephan jr. Gross (Ger), Ashun Wu (Chn), Oskar Henningsson (Swe), Jyoti Randhawa (Ind)
74 Mikael Lundberg (Swe), Thomas Aiken (Rsa), Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Federico Cabrera (Arg), Tino Schuster (Ger), Robert Dinwiddie, Florian Fritsch (Ger), Anthony Wall, John Daly (USA), Taco Remkes (Ned), Shane Lowry, Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Marcel Haremza (Ger), Sam Little, Peter Fowler (Aus)
75 Richard Bland, Richie Ramsay, Daniel Froreich (Ger), Francois Delamontagne (Fra), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Wil Besseling (Ned), John E Morgan, Marc Warren, Richard Porter (Ger), Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Pablo Martin (Spa), Peter O'Malley (Aus)
76 Anthony Kang (USA), Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Alastair Forsyth, Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Miles Tunnicliff, Gregory Havret (Fra)
77 Anton Haig (Rsa), Alessandro Tadini (Ita), Matjaz Gojcic (Slo), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Michael Curtain (Aus), Ben Parker, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Jose Manuel Lara (Spa)
79 Ake Nilsson (Rsa)
80 Marc Farry (Fra)
82 Martin Keskari (Ger)
64 Retief Goosen (Rsa)
66 Richard Finch
67 Niclas Fasth (Swe), Phillip Price, Andrew Coltart, Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Danny Willett, Gregory Bourdy (Fra), David Lynn, James Kingston (SAf), Marcus Fraser (Aus).
68 Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Alvaro Velasco (Spa), Stephen Dodd, Rafael Echenique (Arg), Paul McGinley, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Oliver Fisher, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Thomas Levet (Fra), Barry Lane, Bernhard Langer (Ger), Paul McGinley.
69 Anders Hansen (Den), Nick Dougherty, Branden Grace (Rsa), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Kenneth Ferrie, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Paul Broadhurst, Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Matthew Millar (Aus), Markus Brier (Aut), Inder Van Weerelt (Ned), Phillip Archer, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa)
70 Carlos Del Moral (Spa), Gary Orr, Klas Eriksson (Swe), Peter Hedblom (Swe), John Bickerton, Lee Slattery, Michael Jonzon (Swe), Wade Ormsby (Aus), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Michael Hoey, Colin Montgomerie, Marcel Siem (Ger), Scott Strange (Aus), Seve Benson, Daniel Vancsik (Arg), David Drysdale, Luke Donald
71 Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Stuart Davis, Damien McGrane, Chris Wood, Shiv Kapur (Ind), Gareth Maybin, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Mark Brown (Nzl), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Johan Edfors (Swe), Gary Murphy, Max Kramer (Aut), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Chris Doak, Scott Drummond, Steven O'Hara.
72 Christian Cevaer (Fra), Paul Waring, David Howell, Alan McLean, Simon Wakefield, Peter Hanson (Swe), Sven Struver (Ger), Marcus Higley, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Mark Foster, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita), Richard Sterne (Rsa), Paul Lawrie.
73 Marco Ruiz (Par), Magnus A Carlsson (Swe), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Stephan Gross (Ger) (am), David Frost (Rsa), Alex Cejka (Ger), Jyoti Randhawa (Ind), Stephen Gallacher, Callum Macaulay.
74 Mikael Lundberg (Swe), Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Federico Cabrera (Arg), Tino Schuster (Ger), Robert Dinwiddie, Anthony Wall, John Daly (USA), Taco Remkes (Ned), Shane Lowry, Peter Fowler (Aus)
75 Richie Ramsay, Daniel Froreich (Ger), Francois Delamontagne (Fra), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Marc Warren, Richard Porter (Ger), Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Pablo Martin (Spa), Peter O'Malley (Aus)
76 Anthony Kang (USA), Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Alastair Forsyth, Miles Tunnicliff, Gregory Havret (Fra)
77 Anton Haig (Rsa), Alessandro Tadini (Ita), Matjaz Gojcic (Slo), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Ben Parker, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den)
79 Ake Nilsson (Rsa)
80 Marc Farry (Fra)