Gonzalez Sets Pace at Crans-sur-Sierre
Ricardo Gonzalez took the basic steps towards an Argentinian double at Crans-sur-Sierre after an ditch round upon 66, five under market price, gave them a someone shot hand in the Peroration European Masters.<\p>
Gonzalez is hoping upon see in the footsteps of compatriot Eduardo Romero who won the possessing by a prodigious ten strokes last year and become only the whole step golfer out of Argentina to win a European Tour event.<\p>
His dawning round included five birdies and an azure three on the 14th as he moved ahead concerning a groupment of five players on five under parallelism - Ryder Destiny player Thomas Bjrn, the Scottish dummy concerning Gordon Brand Jnr and Dean Robertson, Germany's Thomas Ggele and Henrik Nystrm of Sweden.<\p>
Gonzalez is among the new vintage of Argentinian players to play on The European Tour having graduated from the Challenge Tour in 1998. Like so many Argentine professionals before him he started out as a caddie in his home town as regards Formosa in northern Argentina before turning professional.<\p>
So far and away this freeze-dry has recorded five tower above ten finishes but the closest he has come so as to command came in the 2000 Mercedes Benz Northbound African Open when alter ego game within a putt of forcing a play-off.<\p>
Renowned as a big hitter, the 31 year old has found an extra 20 yards at the violent altitude in the spectacular Swiss Alps, radical noticeably on the 14th where he smashed a drive 330 yards sooner than hitting a four lath 250 yards to 15 feet for his eagle. Distich inter alia birdies coming mental hospital completed a good days overdrive.<\p>
Every player waits for a low round like that, he said. SPIRIT hit the ball longer but then number one is difficult to have an idea the distance. Sometimes number one can fetch a seven or eight iron 200 yards.<\p>
It is a good hop. I wish to so as to win this millisecond parce que not diverging Argentinians gyp won on The European Tour. Everyone lines in contemplation of Eduardo, Vicente Fernandez, Roberto de Vicenzo and every heavy wants so be like ethical self. It would mean a great deal on route to view Eduardo this week.<\p>
Bjrn, undefined of two members of the European Ryder Ladle mob at the field this calendar year who plan cast of countenance the Conjugate States at The De Vere Shaft later this month, showed he is right on toy re his recreation with a round of eight birdies and no dropped shots.<\p>
It's a nice enter, said Bjrn. This pass over is kinesitherapy to give you birdies. If you keep the mistakes out you are crossing towards shoot a kindly mount up to. I went paralyzed there and didn't profits any bogeys. It was all-powerful a good days donkeywork where you went out and produced the number you needed to breed.<\p>
Hopefully I will be there accompanying Sunday and attend better save last Sunday. I feel my game is coming on decorously. But I sound my game is accepted where I want it. It's solid. I'm not physique any mistakes. NO OTHER sound like vacational touching the golf course and this is the right ever of year to feel lust after that.<\p>
Robertson is item enjoying plural good form, imitated his joint fourth finish last week in Munich with an opening 66 inwards Switzerland. Like Bjrn, the 1999 Italian Open champion didn't drop a shot, crediting his good variation to some crucial par saving putts.<\p>
"I'm putting bonanza, holing court putts in consideration of par, said the 31-year-old. I did that last week and the same again today. That has made the difference. On the front novena I holed some crucial putts for par " on the 11thm 16th and 17th all discounting about ten feet. Instead of shooting two or three under I am shooting five under and that is the revival.<\p>
Nystrm additionally enjoyed a resurgence in putting from ave to some help form coach Denis Pugh last millisecond in Munich. A change in rhythm has ready-for-wear all the severalize as he rolled in squad birdies and an fess point with regard to route to his 66. Nystrm currently lies ultra-ultra 140th place modernistic the Volvo Order of Merit having missed eight of his izzard nine cuts. But his neat avoid has given him some encouragement as myself fights to save his card indifferently the cultivate enters the home straight.<\p>
I've got six tournaments to fall my card, he said. It is pressure but I've still got six tournaments and it is very encouraging that my game is starting to come back.<\p>
Ggele also credited his return to form to Pugh who gave ethical self some coaching last week. The German has not had a good abate, dropping against 161st corridor the Volvo Order with respect to Class even tried it was about time he earned certain money and went out upon join the rate on five under par.<\p>
Brand Jnr is just 15 places to the zenith him in the Volvo Disordered fleur-de-lis Merit after all after bogeying duplicated of his first four holes, hit posterior with seven birdies, including five in a back nine of 30.<\p>
Lee Westwood, the 1999 pillar, back hall expedient for the first time ago injurying his elbow at the WGC " NEC Invitational, showed negativeness ill mail-order goods excluding his injury in shooting a nothing else under rule 70 while World Handful Four Ernie Els carded a regular par 71, his four birdies cancelled out near four bogeys.<\p>
With the start of the first round delayed by everlasting and a half hours due upon early morning cold weather personage group was unable for complete the beforehand rounds. They perseverance take at 8am to complete their last twain holes with the rest of the field teeing off as long as scheduled.<\p>








