Jun1 Celtic manor round 1
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There’s a nine-way tie at the top of the leaderboard at the Celtic Manor Wales Open.
England’s Paul Broadhurst, Scotland’s Paul Lawrie, Stephen O’Hara and Gary Orr, Kiwi Steve Alker and Australian Brett Rumford, Spain’s José Manuel Lara, Argentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez and Dane Soren Kjeldsen all finished at four under par on day interrupted by rain.
“I holed some 8- 10-footers today, which I haven’t been making,” said Lawrie, who won the 1999 British Open in a playoff when Jean Van de Velde threw it away on the final hole.
A group of 13 players on 66 included 2005 U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell and Welsh hope Bradley Dredge.
Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen birdied his last hole for a 1-over 70. He felt he has not played well since the weekend of the Masters in April, when he finished tied for second.
“I want to get play-fit. At the moment it’s a struggle and I’m waiting for it to start happening,” Goosen said. “Every time I hit a good shot today, it was the wrong club.”
