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Bryson DeChambeau comfortably dominated tournament favorites Paul Casey and Patrick Reed to lead the first round of the Porsche European Open.
The American shot six under par 66, three better than his English rival. while Reed, his compatriot and Masters champion, was four strokes back with a birdie-birdie at Green Eagle Golf Courses in Hamburg.
Three Frenchmen, Joel Stalter, Romain Wattel and Mike Lorenzo-Vera, and Benedict Staben "
" It's great to start with six under par. I think it's one of my lowest laps on the European Tour, so I'm very happy, "Europeantour.com told the world number 23, participating in its sixth regular Tour tournament European outside Majors and WGC 19659002] "I did not do my best so I'm still working on my game and it's starting to turn into some form." "I miss the right places and I make some putts which is great. If you do that here, you will be up there. "
From the 10th, he had four birdies in his nine opening holes and – although he shot a shot in the third quarter – he produced three more birdies in his last six holes, including a brilliant approach to the last 517 yards with his third behind a tree.
World Number 15 Casey briefly had a share of the four-headed under nine holes, including an eagle on the eighteenth by -Five, and a birdie at the last time saw him bouncing from a double bogey to the eighth short.
That left him in a big group, including his compatriot David Horsey and Scotland's David Drysdale, on three cents, 19659002] Among those who shot better was Welshman Bradley Dredge and the English couple Steven Brown and Oliver Fisher.
Reed, who appeared to be embarrbaded by a knee injury, began with a birdie but struggled to find the fairway all afternoon finding great oup left rough – which cost him a shot on the 11th par-five. While being beaten to make pars on many holes, he had a stroke of luck in the 17th when his birdie putt hit the bottom of the cup and dropped – otherwise he would have run several meters away – and he followed by taking another shot at the last to close on two sous.
Gavin Moynihan got a 77 in the first round, while Ruaidhrí McGee was pushed back twice after an opening of 79 which included two double bogeys
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