MAGNIFICENT SEVEN SHARE LEAD AT CREDIT SUISSE CHALLENGE
From Challenge Tour Press Officer Paul Symes
There were five star performances from seven players on day one of the Credit Suisse Challenge, where Jorge Campillo, Federico Colombo, Garry Houston, Jamie Moul, Andrea Pavan, Tim Sluiter and Daniel Vancsik all sit on top of a crowded leaderboard.
The in-form trio of Campillo, Colombo and Moul set the early pace with morning rounds of 66 at Golf Sempacharsee near Lucerne, in Switzerland, and they were joined on five under par later in the day by Houston, Pavan, Sluiter and Vancsik. Colombo, Moul and Sluiter took top marks for their flawless displays, but the best fightback of the day was mounted by Vancsik, who found himself two over par through three holes after struggling to adjust to the pace of the greens. But a restorative birdie on the fifth hole lifted his spirits, and he roared home in just 29 shots to join the leaders on five under par.
The Argentine said: “I played well, but it took me a while to get the speed of the greens, because they’re still quite wet. But on my back nine I got up to speed, and I shot six under after the turn. I made a long putt on the 13th hole for eagle, but other than that my irons were the main reason for my low score.
“I’m now feeling much calmer out on the course, which is what I’ve been working hard on with my coach and my sports psychologist. I feel much more stable now, even when things aren’t going my way. It seems to be working well for now, but tomorrow’s another day!”
Pavan has also worked hard on harnessing his Latin temperament, having become frustrated with a series of below-par performances in recent weeks. The young Italian came mightily close to breaking his duck in Austria, where he was pipped to the prize by Frenchman Edouard Dubois after leading for the first three days. Since then he has suffered something of a slump, but he now feels that his game is moving in the right direction again.
He said: “I missed a lot of fairways on the first four or five holes, but I managed to recover well. After that I managed to sort my tee shots out, and my mood and my game steadily improved. I’ve lost my temper a few times over the last few weeks and got frustrated with myself, but this week I just told myself to stay patient and keep calm, whatever happens. I hung in there at times today and holed everything from close range, except for a short one on the 15th hole. But I managed to make a birdie on the 17th and holed a good par putt on the last, so I’m feeling quite content.”
Likewise, Houston was all smiles after taking just 25 putts in a round of 66 which included three birdies either side of the turn. The Welshman revealed that he was inspired to post his lowest opening round of the season by his friend Thomas Björn’s stunning display at The Open Championship.
He said: “It was tremendous to see Thomas play so well this morning. I sent a text to congratulate him just before I went out, and I’m going to try to speak to him later on tonight if I can. It was pretty inspiring to watch, although I didn’t feel particularly inspired after bogeying the first. But I came back well with three birdies, thanks mainly to some good putting.
"I didn’t strike the ball as well as I would have liked so I’ll probably get here early in the morning to work on my swing on the range, but if I can sort a few things out and keep putting the way I did today, I might have half a chance.”
FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 71
66 J Moul (Eng) , A Pavan (Ita) , G Houston (Wal) , T Sluiter (Ned) , J Campillo (Esp) , F Colombo (Ita) , D Vancsik (Arg)
67 J Guerrier (Fra) , N Sulzer (Sui) , D Lokke (Den) , H Norlander (Swe) , M Cryer (Eng) , S Tiley (Eng) , B Hebert (Fra) , A Högberg (Swe) , A Bernadet (Fra)
68 P Dwyer (Eng) , L Jensen (Den) , N Cheetham (Eng) , F Valera (Esp) , O Whiteley (Eng) , W Besseling (Ned) , J Heath (Eng) , J Morgan (Eng) , W Schauman (Swe) , K Eriksson (Swe) , B Barham (Eng)
69 C Brazillier (Fra) , B Ritthammer (Ger) , M Southgate (Eng) , N Bertasio (Ita) , S Drummond (Sco) , M Kieffer (Ger) , J Roos (RSA) , J Burnier (Sui) , N Meitinger (Ger) , M Kramer (Ger) , I Keenan (Eng) , B Hemstock (Eng) , P Del Grosso (Arg) , B Etchart (Esp) , M Rominger (Sui) , C Carranza (Arg) , J Lucquin (Fra) , E Saltman (Sco) , A Perrino (Ita) , M Baldwin (Eng)
70 M Thorp (Nor) , A Tadini (Ita) , R Kind (Ned) , A Bihan (Fra) , S Harrington (USA) , B Grace (RSA) , C Moriarty (Irl) , G Jackson (Eng) , A Levy (Fra) , J Robinson (Eng) , J Lima (Por) , G Molteni (Ita) , N Lemke (Swe) , N McCarthy (Eng) , J Quesne (Fra) , E Canonica (Ita) , S Jeppesen (Swe) , F Praegant (Aut) , M Korhonen (Fin) , J Palmer (Eng) , J Abbate (Arg) , J Caldwell (Nir) , M Iten (am) (Sui)
71 J Garcia (Esp) , M Delpodio (Ita) , A Otaegui (Esp) , F Svanberg (Sui) , N Henriques (Por) , R Hjelm (Den) , M Ford (Eng) , S Little (Eng) , G Lockerbie (Eng) , C Doak (Sco) , D Brooks (Eng) , R De Sousa (Sui) , C Gane (Eng) , M Cobo (Esp) , B Hafthorsson (Isl) , M Evans (Eng) , J Legarrea (Esp) , J Estevez (Arg) , A Bruschi (Ita) , B Rusch (am) (Sui)
72 W Wei (Chn) , P Oriol (Esp) , C Lee (Sco) , N Bollini (USA) , K Borsheim (Nor) , R Steiner (Aut) , G Dear (Sco) , M Lundberg (Swe) , S Pinckney (USA) , P Gustafsson (Swe) , J Kennegard (Swe) , B Chapellan (Fra) , M Gojcic (Slo) , B Evans (Eng) , A Butterfield (Eng) , P Relecom (Bel) , K Benz (Sui) , J Girrbach (am) (Sui) ,
73 G Watremez (Bel) , A Maestroni (Ita) , T Mordt (RSA) , C Russo (Fra) , D Wuensche (Ger) , N Kearney (Irl) , J Doherty (Sco) , D Ulrich (Sui) , S Piaget (Mon) , J Van Der Vaart (Ned) , A Chopard (Sui) , J Clément (Sui) , T Whitehouse (Eng) , A Bossert (Sui) , T Ferreira (RSA) , A Hansen (Den) , F Calmels (Fra) , J Elson (Eng) , B Miarka (Ger) , R Wiederkehr (Sui) , J Schmid (Sui) ,
74 C Blaesi (Sui) , E Pepperell (Eng) , H Bacher (Aut) , M Bothma (RSA) , J Billot (Fra) , V Riu (Fra) ,
75 A Snobeck (Fra) , R Bescansa (Esp) , G Baumann (Sui) , S Hutsby (Eng) , S Garcia (Esp) , S Bebb (Wal) , F Delamontagne (Fra) , A Gabella (am) (Sui) ,
76 A Ahokas (Fin) , L Kennedy (Eng) , J Johnson (Eng) , M Vibe-Hastrup (Den) , J Nodér (Sui) , V Doka (am) (Sui) ,
77 N Lombardi (Ita) , T Weiss (Sui) , N D'Incau (am) (Sui) ,
78 T Leon (USA) ,
82 F Li Puma (Sui) ,
** H Thethy (Ken) , A Signor (Ita) ,
There were five star performances from seven players on day one of the Credit Suisse Challenge, where Jorge Campillo, Federico Colombo, Garry Houston, Jamie Moul, Andrea Pavan, Tim Sluiter and Daniel Vancsik all sit on top of a crowded leaderboard.
The in-form trio of Campillo, Colombo and Moul set the early pace with morning rounds of 66 at Golf Sempacharsee near Lucerne, in Switzerland, and they were joined on five under par later in the day by Houston, Pavan, Sluiter and Vancsik. Colombo, Moul and Sluiter took top marks for their flawless displays, but the best fightback of the day was mounted by Vancsik, who found himself two over par through three holes after struggling to adjust to the pace of the greens. But a restorative birdie on the fifth hole lifted his spirits, and he roared home in just 29 shots to join the leaders on five under par.
The Argentine said: “I played well, but it took me a while to get the speed of the greens, because they’re still quite wet. But on my back nine I got up to speed, and I shot six under after the turn. I made a long putt on the 13th hole for eagle, but other than that my irons were the main reason for my low score.
“I’m now feeling much calmer out on the course, which is what I’ve been working hard on with my coach and my sports psychologist. I feel much more stable now, even when things aren’t going my way. It seems to be working well for now, but tomorrow’s another day!”
Pavan has also worked hard on harnessing his Latin temperament, having become frustrated with a series of below-par performances in recent weeks. The young Italian came mightily close to breaking his duck in Austria, where he was pipped to the prize by Frenchman Edouard Dubois after leading for the first three days. Since then he has suffered something of a slump, but he now feels that his game is moving in the right direction again.
He said: “I missed a lot of fairways on the first four or five holes, but I managed to recover well. After that I managed to sort my tee shots out, and my mood and my game steadily improved. I’ve lost my temper a few times over the last few weeks and got frustrated with myself, but this week I just told myself to stay patient and keep calm, whatever happens. I hung in there at times today and holed everything from close range, except for a short one on the 15th hole. But I managed to make a birdie on the 17th and holed a good par putt on the last, so I’m feeling quite content.”
Likewise, Houston was all smiles after taking just 25 putts in a round of 66 which included three birdies either side of the turn. The Welshman revealed that he was inspired to post his lowest opening round of the season by his friend Thomas Björn’s stunning display at The Open Championship.
He said: “It was tremendous to see Thomas play so well this morning. I sent a text to congratulate him just before I went out, and I’m going to try to speak to him later on tonight if I can. It was pretty inspiring to watch, although I didn’t feel particularly inspired after bogeying the first. But I came back well with three birdies, thanks mainly to some good putting.
"I didn’t strike the ball as well as I would have liked so I’ll probably get here early in the morning to work on my swing on the range, but if I can sort a few things out and keep putting the way I did today, I might have half a chance.”
FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 71
66 J Moul (Eng) , A Pavan (Ita) , G Houston (Wal) , T Sluiter (Ned) , J Campillo (Esp) , F Colombo (Ita) , D Vancsik (Arg)
67 J Guerrier (Fra) , N Sulzer (Sui) , D Lokke (Den) , H Norlander (Swe) , M Cryer (Eng) , S Tiley (Eng) , B Hebert (Fra) , A Högberg (Swe) , A Bernadet (Fra)
68 P Dwyer (Eng) , L Jensen (Den) , N Cheetham (Eng) , F Valera (Esp) , O Whiteley (Eng) , W Besseling (Ned) , J Heath (Eng) , J Morgan (Eng) , W Schauman (Swe) , K Eriksson (Swe) , B Barham (Eng)
69 C Brazillier (Fra) , B Ritthammer (Ger) , M Southgate (Eng) , N Bertasio (Ita) , S Drummond (Sco) , M Kieffer (Ger) , J Roos (RSA) , J Burnier (Sui) , N Meitinger (Ger) , M Kramer (Ger) , I Keenan (Eng) , B Hemstock (Eng) , P Del Grosso (Arg) , B Etchart (Esp) , M Rominger (Sui) , C Carranza (Arg) , J Lucquin (Fra) , E Saltman (Sco) , A Perrino (Ita) , M Baldwin (Eng)
70 M Thorp (Nor) , A Tadini (Ita) , R Kind (Ned) , A Bihan (Fra) , S Harrington (USA) , B Grace (RSA) , C Moriarty (Irl) , G Jackson (Eng) , A Levy (Fra) , J Robinson (Eng) , J Lima (Por) , G Molteni (Ita) , N Lemke (Swe) , N McCarthy (Eng) , J Quesne (Fra) , E Canonica (Ita) , S Jeppesen (Swe) , F Praegant (Aut) , M Korhonen (Fin) , J Palmer (Eng) , J Abbate (Arg) , J Caldwell (Nir) , M Iten (am) (Sui)
71 J Garcia (Esp) , M Delpodio (Ita) , A Otaegui (Esp) , F Svanberg (Sui) , N Henriques (Por) , R Hjelm (Den) , M Ford (Eng) , S Little (Eng) , G Lockerbie (Eng) , C Doak (Sco) , D Brooks (Eng) , R De Sousa (Sui) , C Gane (Eng) , M Cobo (Esp) , B Hafthorsson (Isl) , M Evans (Eng) , J Legarrea (Esp) , J Estevez (Arg) , A Bruschi (Ita) , B Rusch (am) (Sui)
72 W Wei (Chn) , P Oriol (Esp) , C Lee (Sco) , N Bollini (USA) , K Borsheim (Nor) , R Steiner (Aut) , G Dear (Sco) , M Lundberg (Swe) , S Pinckney (USA) , P Gustafsson (Swe) , J Kennegard (Swe) , B Chapellan (Fra) , M Gojcic (Slo) , B Evans (Eng) , A Butterfield (Eng) , P Relecom (Bel) , K Benz (Sui) , J Girrbach (am) (Sui) ,
73 G Watremez (Bel) , A Maestroni (Ita) , T Mordt (RSA) , C Russo (Fra) , D Wuensche (Ger) , N Kearney (Irl) , J Doherty (Sco) , D Ulrich (Sui) , S Piaget (Mon) , J Van Der Vaart (Ned) , A Chopard (Sui) , J Clément (Sui) , T Whitehouse (Eng) , A Bossert (Sui) , T Ferreira (RSA) , A Hansen (Den) , F Calmels (Fra) , J Elson (Eng) , B Miarka (Ger) , R Wiederkehr (Sui) , J Schmid (Sui) ,
74 C Blaesi (Sui) , E Pepperell (Eng) , H Bacher (Aut) , M Bothma (RSA) , J Billot (Fra) , V Riu (Fra) ,
75 A Snobeck (Fra) , R Bescansa (Esp) , G Baumann (Sui) , S Hutsby (Eng) , S Garcia (Esp) , S Bebb (Wal) , F Delamontagne (Fra) , A Gabella (am) (Sui) ,
76 A Ahokas (Fin) , L Kennedy (Eng) , J Johnson (Eng) , M Vibe-Hastrup (Den) , J Nodér (Sui) , V Doka (am) (Sui) ,
77 N Lombardi (Ita) , T Weiss (Sui) , N D'Incau (am) (Sui) ,
78 T Leon (USA) ,
82 F Li Puma (Sui) ,
** H Thethy (Ken) , A Signor (Ita) ,
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