Storm ties course record; leads by one in Austria

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06/07/2007 - Vienna, Austria (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Playing so poorly earlier in the week, Graeme Storm withdrew from a U.S. Open qualifier.

Obviously, he left his poor play at Walton Heath.

Storm tied the course record of eight-under-par 63 Thursday to take a one- stroke lead after the opening round of the BA-CA Golf Open at Fontana Golf Club.

Sweden's Martin Erlandsson is one stroke out of the lead. He ran off five straight birdies en route to a seven-under-par 64.

Patrik Sjoland shares third place with Shaun P. Webster and Tom Whitehouse at minus-six.

Storm explained his decision to pull out of the qualifier.

"I'd missed three cuts and I was playing so badly, I thought trying to qualify on Monday would be a waste of time," said Storm, who has missed the cut in three straight starts and four of the last five overall. "And even if I'd qualified it would have been a lot of money and a long way to go and maybe not break 80."

Playing the back nine first at Fontana, Storm caught fire early with three birdies over the first four holes. A birdie at the par-five 15th moved Storm to minus-four.

At the par-five 18th, Storm drained a 25-footer for eagle to take the lead at six-under. Around the turn, he parred seven straight.

Storm sank a seven-footer for birdie at eight and came right back with an up- and-down birdie at the ninth to match the course record.

"I wasn't even going to play here," admitted the 29-year-old Storm. "But I worked on my game over the weekend and decided I had to try to play through my bad spell. I arrived for the pro-am on Wednesday in the same car as Ian Garbutt and he watched me for a while and spotted something in my takeaway. His tip helped me today."

Erlandsson tripped out of the gate with a bogey at the first. He rebounded to birdie No. 2, but then parred the next six holes.

The Swede birdied the ninth to make the turn at minus-one. He ran off five consecutive birdies from the 11th before a two-putt birdie at the last moved him into second place.

Five-time European Ryder Cupper Lee Westwood posted a five-under-par 66 Thursday. He was joined in sixth place by Daniel Denison, Richard Green, Richard McEvoy, Gary Lockerbie and Francois Calmels.

Further down the leaderboard, Miguel Angel Jimenez is tied for 18th at minus- three and defending champion Markus Brier shares 44th at one-under-par 70.

Two other European Ryder Cup stalwarts struggled Thursday as Darren Clarke and Colin Montgomerie are among a group tied in 101st at plus-two.

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