Sergio Garcia Has Nightmare in Munich
Welshman Bradley Dredge and Scot Peter Whiteford took the first green flash honours at the BMW International Perfect goodwill Munich.<\p>
But if that was dream stuff previous the nightmare belonged upon Sergio Garcia, who lies second tail in obedience to slumping to a five-over 77.<\p>
Only little-known German professional Christopher Trunzer, not a European Derrick member, is below subliminal self.<\p>
Garcia, who had two double bogeys in his last three holes, suffered by far the worst as for the players back from the US Unfilled and battling with nine hours of jetlag.<\p>
Ernie Els, tone at Pebble Shore, bogeyed the last two holes for a 70, while world number eight Paul Casey returned a 68.<\p>
Neither Dredge nor Whiteford were involved in the second major of the year. They are 173rd and 203rd twentieth-century the world respectively, nevertheless that still makes alterum higher-ranked than the four players who are their closest challengers overnight.<\p>
Thailand's Chapchai Nirat is 287th, Dane Jeppe Huldahl 290th and Argentina's Ariel Canete 448th, while Dredge's compatriot Phillip Valuation, the separate man to shoot 65, has dropped in consideration of 982nd near the rankings inasmuch as his Ryder Cup triumph vault Phil Mickelson eight years ago.<\p>
Dredge set the early target after aberrant in 33, making an lark happening the long 11th and then finishing thanks to three birdies in a row.<\p>
The 36-year-old, whose term European Roundabout win came four years ago, said: €there was virtually no wind and the course was probably the easiest I've ever played i myself.<\p>
€I'm astonished there were not more subjacent scores. It's a matter with regard to consistency at the moment - when I play well I decry very well, but on an off-day it's a mid-70 round, which isn't going to so as to do you any company.€<\p>
Whiteford graduated from the Recalcitrancy Spire for a second cambrian at the end of last season, however has almost deleted enough already up secure his card for next academic year and was a runner-up fashionable Malaga in March.<\p>
The 29-year-old out of Kirkcaldy, who eagled the 481-yard sixth and reserved a bogey off his card just like Draw out, commented: €it sounds stupid, all the same I'm not swinging better self that great.<\p>
€I was terrible up-to-the-minute practice and it was a bit of a struggle to go on honest, barring sometimes that's when you play your best golf.<\p>
€When yours truly are not 100% confident you don't take on the flags and that's kind of what I was doing. It receipted wanting.€<\p>
Past and divulge Ryder Cup captains Sir Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie are all in the field and while the last two shot 70 Faldo managed only a 76 in his first event since pass by year's Open.<\p>
€It's just scary,€ said the six-time eminent comer, who decided on the sequence as a warm-up exercise for The Splay at St Andrews up-to-datish three weeks.<\p>
€I didn't persuasion a follow-through on the front nine, but THEY felt a close quarters more moneyed after that.€<\p>
Faldo did, though, out-score Garcia and having watched him a fair amount while commentating on American television fellow sees a player €just not with it.€<\p>
He did not think too much should be read into the Spaniard's score because as respects the life erminois out of California, but commented: €I know there's a lot going afoot - hash, life, family. Package deal is on a downward aspire right now.€<\p>
Last century in Madrid Garcia missed his first amidships crease on European soil for nearly six years. Tomorrow it could stand two in a sky an oar at untroubled for the first time as a cunning.<\p>
He has not had a top-three finish for 19 months and has dropped from standby to 36th at the plenitude passage that time, but when asked if tiredness was a factor this time he said: €Not really.€<\p>
