{"id":9608,"date":"2012-08-31T04:15:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T04:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9608"},"modified":"2012-08-31T04:15:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T04:15:21","slug":"bourdy-survives-brutal-test-to-lead-omega-european-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9608","title":{"rendered":"Bourdy survives brutal test to lead Omega European Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Crans Montana<\/strong>: France\u2019s Gregory Bourdy withstood testing conditions to take the opening round lead with a flawless eight-under-par 63 at the <a href=\"index.php?option=com_googlesearch_cse&amp;n=30&amp;cx=010230829620037021599%3AWMX1253964426&amp;cof=FORID%3A11&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;q=Omega+European+Masters&amp;hl=en\">Omega European Masters<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden\u2019s Fredrik Andersson Hed returned with a 65 to take second place alongside England\u2019s Oliver Fisher while India\u2019s Anirban Lahiri and Australia\u2019s Scott Barr are among the four players bunched in fourth place at the \u20ac2.1million showpiece which is the first event in Europe to be co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Bourdy opened with a birdie par-four 10th. He continued to birdie the 15th and 17th hole to turn in 32.<\/p>\n<p>After further birdies on the first and second holes, the Frenchman then broke clear when he carded his sixth birdie at the fifth hole.<\/p>\n<p>Bourdy picked up more red numbers at holes seven and eight to complete an eventful day at the picturesque Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve never had rain like this here before. It was raining even more than it did in Scotland last week!\u201d said Bourdy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe forecast for the next couple of days is not great either, but there\u2019s nothing you can do about it. You just have to deal with it, and I managed to do that very well today. I feel much warmer after a 63, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d added the Frenchman.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Lahiri passed his opening test at the Omega European Masters with flying colours.<\/p>\n<p>With the cold and heavy rains pelting down, the two-time Asian Tour winner showed that he can play under all-weather conditions and is the man to watch for this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is definitely the best round that I had since I started playing here. I\u2019ve come into this event not in the best of form and state of mind before but this year it has been a lot different. I\u2019m very focused and confident,\u201d said Lahiri, who has credited his Vipassna meditation for turning his performances around.<\/p>\n<p>Lahiri\u2019s career has been on the upswing this season, having enjoyed four top-10 finishes including his second Asian Tour win on home soil earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian\u2019s precocious talent did not go unnoticed when he finished tied 31st at the British Open and he is already proving that he can do no wrong with his flawless first round where he marked his card with five birdies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI putted really well on the front-nine as I holed everything that I looked at. I did hit a lot of shots off here and there but I\u2019m glad I scrambled well and I\u2019m happy that I didn\u2019t drop a shot,\u201d said Lahiri, who had earlier taken a share of the morning clubhouse lead with his 66.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s Scott Barr knows that he must continue to stay grounded as he continues to chase his long-awaited maiden victory on the Asian Tour.<\/p>\n<p>The Singapore-based Australian almost got his career breakthrough in India earlier in February but was left disappointed on the final day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been playing well in patches this season and I had the chance to win earlier in the year which didn\u2019t quite come off,\u201d said Barr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nice to play well but there\u2019s still a long way to go. Hopefully I can get out there and play well again tomorrow,\u201d added Barr.<\/p>\n<p>Having put himself in a good position after the first round where he marked his card with seven birdies against two bogeys, Barr is hopeful that his good run will continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was struggling earlier on in the day as we don\u2019t play in these sort of conditions in Asia. But once I started to putt well, I began to get my confidence going,\u201d said Barr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been working very hard with my putting at home and that\u2019s starting to pay dividends. Hopefully it\u2019ll pay off at the end of the week,\u201d added Barr.<\/p>\n<p>Leading scores after round 1 of the Omega European Masters being played at the par 71, 6889 Yards Crans-sur-Sierre course (a- denotes amateur):<br \/>63 &#8211; Gregory BOURDY (FRA).<br \/>65 &#8211; Fredrik ANDERSSON HED (SWE), Oliver FISHER (ENG).<br \/>66 &#8211; Anirban LAHIRI (IND), Rhys DAVIES (WAL), Robert COLES (ENG), Scott BARR (AUS), David HOWELL (ENG).<br \/>67 &#8211; Markus BRIER (AUT), Niclas FASTH (SWE), Johan EDFORS (SWE), Sam LITTLE (ENG), Andrew DODT (AUS), Stephen GALLACHER (SCO), Danny WILLETT (ENG), Romain WATTEL (FRA).<br \/>68 &#8211; Marcus FRASER (AUS), Lee SLATTERY (ENG), Anders HANSEN (DEN), FELIPE AGUILAR (CHI), Julien QUESNE (FRA), Thomas LEVET (FRA), Graeme STORM (ENG), David DRYSDALE (SCO), Jose Manuel LARA (ESP), Bernd WIESBERGER (AUT), Jyoti RANDHAWA (IND), Marcel SIEM (GER), Berry HENSON (USA), Martin ROMINGER (SUI), Phillip PRICE (WAL), Victor DUBUISSON (FRA).<\/p>\n<p>Selected scores<br \/>70 -Prom MEESAWAT (THA), David LIPSKY (USA)<br \/>71 &#8211; Kiradech APHIBARNRAT (THA), Angelo QUE (PHI), Mardan MAMAT (SIN), SIDDIKUR (BAN), Scott HEND (AUS), Peter KARMIS (RSA), S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND), Himmat RAI (IND).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crans Montana: France\u2019s Gregory Bourdy withstood testing conditions to take the opening round lead with a flawless eight-under-par 63 at the Omega European Masters on Thursday. Sweden\u2019s Fredrik Andersson Hed returned with a 65 to take second place alongside England\u2019s Oliver Fisher while India\u2019s Anirban Lahiri and Australia\u2019s Scott Barr are among the four players [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[6265],"class_list":["post-9608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news","tag-omega-european-masters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bourdy survives brutal test to lead Omega European Masters - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9608\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bourdy survives brutal test to lead Omega European Masters - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Crans Montana: France\u2019s Gregory Bourdy withstood testing conditions to take the opening round lead with a flawless eight-under-par 63 at the Omega European Masters on Thursday. 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