FLOODING DELAY IN TURKEY - CASEY LEADS AFTER 14 HOLES
Paul Casey in action in Turkey today (Getty Images(c)
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SCOTS' SCORES
Par 72 (35-37
69 Marc Warren
74 Paul Lawrie (36-38)
Paul had birdies at the long fourth, short eighth and long 11th. bogeys at the short fifth, sixth, seventh, short 14th and 15th.
STILL TO FINISH
David Drysdale Three under par after 11 holes
Craig Lee Three under par after 14 holes
Stephen Gallacher Three under par after 15 holes
Colin Montgomerie Level par after 16 holes.
Richie Ramsay Level par after 14 holes
Scott Jamieson Two over par after 16 holes.
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Paul Casey continued his mastery of Colin Montgomerie-designed golf courses at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya, Turkey to fly into share of the seven under par lead before play was suspended for the day at the Turkish Airlines Open by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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ANTALAYA, Turkey (AP) -- Tiger Woods only
had time for little more than half a round on the opening day of the
weather-affected Turkish Airlines Open today, and he'll be playing
catch-up to the leaders when play resumes.
Woods was among the majority of players
who weren't able to complete their first round after the start was
pushed back three hours because the greens had been flooded by a
thunderstorm.
When his round finally started, he did little to put
himself in
contention, sitting at 1 under after 10 holes following a bogey on No.
9. That left him well behind the leaders, with Paul Casey headlining a
trio atop the leaderboard after moving to 7 under through 14 holes at
the Colin Montgomerie-designed Maxx Royal course.
Ricardo Gonzalez and Thorbjorn Olesen
were the clubhouse leaders after both shot a 6-under 66, with 15 players
having completed their round before bad light halted play.
Organizers are planning on an early
start Friday to make up for lost time, with Woods facing a 20-yard chip
shot over a greenside bunker for his third shot on the 11th when play
resumes.
"It just gets dark so quickly and it's
like someone just turned off the light switch," Woods said. "The air now
also is heavy with moisture so the ball is not going very far compared
to when we were warming up on the range and early in the round. But
towards the end we were hitting about a half a club short. I'm still
working on getting a bit of the rust out of my game but then tomorrow is
going to be a long day for all of us."
He struggled with his driver today at
the penultimate European Tour event of the season and didn't hit a
fairway until the 10th hole. Still, he started by making a four-foot
birdie putt on the first hole and then made another birdie at the par-3
eighth.
His playing partner and Race to Dubai
leader Henrik Stenson was at 4 under, while Montgomerie was at even par
after 16 holes on the course he designed himself.
Despite his slow start, Woods said Montgomerie had done a nice job with the layout.
"It's a tricky golf course and it helps
to have played it numerous times as it is one of those courses where you
get a better feel for it the more you play it," Woods said.
"However
looking back on my 10 and a half holes, I probably left a little out
there and I see that seven under par is leading at this stage, so the
goal in the holes I have left in the morning is to pick up a few quick
birdies."
Gonzalez had six birdies and an eagle
mixed with two bogeys, while Olesen had eight birdies with two bogeys.
Three players, incluing Pablo Larrazabal of Spain, were two shots back
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SCOTS' SCORES
Par 72 (35-37
69 Marc Warren
74 Paul Lawrie (36-38)
Paul had birdies at the long fourth, short eighth and long 11th. bogeys at the short fifth, sixth, seventh, short 14th and 15th.
STILL TO FINISH
David Drysdale Three under par after 11 holes
Craig Lee Three under par after 14 holes
Stephen Gallacher Three under par after 15 holes
Colin Montgomerie Level par after 16 holes.
Richie Ramsay Level par after 14 holes
Scott Jamieson Two over par after 16 holes.
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Paul Casey continued his mastery of Colin Montgomerie-designed golf courses at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya, Turkey to fly into share of the seven under par lead before play was suspended for the day at the Turkish Airlines Open by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The
Englishman’s last two European Tour victories - the 2011 Volvo Golf
Champions and this year’s Irish Open - have come on Montgomerie
courses, and the 36 year old is hoping to make it a hat-trick in Turkey
after his flying start saw
him compile an eagle, six birdies and a single dropped shot in 14 holes
to join Darren Fichardt and Steve Webster in a share of the lead before
play was called for the day.
“I
seem to play very well around Monty’s golf courses,” smiled Casey. “I
won in Bahrain a couple of years ago and then Carton House this year. I
do enjoy his golf courses. I have no idea why, but maybe the fact that
you can be incredibly
aggressive does bode well for me.
“I
made a very aggressive start with eagle at the first hole and this is a
golf course that seems to offer a lot of opportunities starting out. I
probably aim for the stick probably too frequently, but you could get
away with it today –
if you have an opportunity to go at flag and a good yardage, you have
to take it.
"It was foot flat to the floor today and just fire at the
pins, take advantage of the soft conditions we've got and see what
happens.
“The
field is exceptionally strong and with the layout of the golf course,
and the way it is set up, I fully expect somebody is going to get to
maybe 20 plus under par this week.”
With
overnight thunderstorms lingering around the Montgomerie Maxx Royal,
there was a three-hour morning delay to the first round of the Turkish
Airlines Open, but once play got underway the players lit up the third
event of The European
Tour’s Final Series and the penultimate tournament in the 2013 Race to
Dubai.
Fichardt
also managed to play 14 holes of his first round, birdieing half of
them, while Webster reached a share of the lead in the space of 12
holes.
Ricardo
Gonzalez and Thorbjørn Olesen were two of only 15 players to finish
their first rounds, with the Argentinean and the Dane each signing for a
pair of six under par 66s.
Henrik
Stenson, playing alongside World Number One Tiger Woods and US Open
Champion Justin Rose, made a fine start, moving to four under through 11
holes to keep himself ahead of his nearest Race to Dubai Challengers in
the field; Rose
(one under through 11) and Ian Poulter (three under through 11).
While
the birdies and eagles flew in all over the course, Woods made a more
reserved start with two birdies and a single dropped shot in his first
11 holes, taking him to one under before the darkness descended on the
Montgomerie Maxx and
play was halted for the day due to bad light.
Play will resume at 8am local time on
Friday morning, with the players finishing the first round before
beginning round two, with the tee-times the same as round one.
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