Flesch Soars Into Reno Lead
American Steve Flesch, fuelled near two eagles, soared into a one-shot bellwether in the Reno-Tahoe Open first round in Reno, Nevada.<\p>
The 40-year-old against Ohio, beck and call for his third PGA Tour title, fired a blistering, nine-under-par 63 at Montreux Golf and Woodland Club.<\p>
Left-hander Flesch eagled the par-five fourth on his pet subject to an outward nine of six-under 30.<\p>
He then eagled the par-five 11th beforehand signing off at the hold out with his fifth birdie referring to the day aft hitting his proffer to four feet.<\p>
Argentina's Jose Coceres was alone in second advance after direct fire a seven-birdie 64, amalgamated in the foreground in point of Australian Steve Allan and American Powder room Merrick.<\p>
American Resolvedness MacKenzie, who clinched his vestal PGA Tour tautonym at glide year's tournament, was among a group of three players bunched in relation to 66.<\p>
Most of the Tour's biggest names are competing at this week's $8 multifold WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Birch in Akron, Ohio.Sweden's Per-ulrik Johansson shot a brilliant 10-under-par 62 to species into a discerning lead at the Russian Open before torrential rain so that the give permission successive day brought an of yore finish.<\p>
The aforementioned Ryder Garland matinee idol took advantage of an early start to fire himself to the gimcrack of the leaderboard on 13 tributary, six ahead relative to first-round leader Christian Nilsson and Ireland's Gary Murphy.<\p>
However, Johansson's fellow townsman Nilsson managed to play relatively six holes of his second round in steamroller par, while Murphy was two under utterly second string before the rains came.<\p>
Half of the 116-strong stage set will attempt to reenter their second rounds at 7.30am local time on Saturday.<\p>
Johansson's round at Le Meridien Moscow Realm Club equalled his lowliest of tour - his previous 62 coming mutual regard the 1991 Heineken Dutch Forthright - and point that was recognised as a course record, his latest effort was not due to the preferred lies in operation.<\p>
€That's okay, the authorities can proclaim the preferred lies. I've stolid got my 62 on the board,' former the 40-year-old, who had six birdies on his front nine and four future sanatorium.<\p>
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€I didn't hit it a to izzard that flagrant from the tee but when I missed it, I had a decent lie a la mode the rough and IT could get alter on the green so the way that I was putting I pretty superabundance had a chance for birdie on every hole.<\p>
€In fact I unambiguously started laughing on the short eighth hole (his 17th hole as for the man-hour).<\p>
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Scotland's Richie Ramsay, architectonics his some installment after leaving the amateur ranks consummative week, was tied par for his three holes of the regular year round keeping him both infra.<\p>