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CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland – Teenager Rory McIlroy shot an 8-under 63 to take the lead after the first round of the European Masters.

The 19-year-old Northern Irishman had missed cuts during the last three weeks.

“You get days when you read the lines perfectly and you know every putt is going in,” McIlroy said.

Garry Houston (66) chipped in for a birdie on the 18th hole for a share of second place with Kyron Sullivan and Julio Zapata. A large group at 67 included defending champion Brett Rumford, who birdied the first three holes.

Miguel Angel Jimenez, a member of the European Ryder Cup team, bogeyed the last three holes for a 68.

McIlroy needed only 26 putts. His only bogey came at the 12th where he drove into a bunker. His lowest round was a 61 in the Northern Ireland Amateur at Royal Portrush.

“I’ve only been missing cuts by one or two shots,” he said. “I just feel like I’ve been making silly mistakes. I feel once I have a little bit of form, I won’t make them.”

Former U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell shot 69. Tadd Fujikawa was T-106 after a first-round 73. Jonas Blixt, a first-team All-American this past season at Florida State, shot 77.

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Scores with relation to par from the first round of the Omega European Masters, played Sept. 4 at the par-71, 6,857-yard Crans-sur-Sierre (Switzerland) Golf Club (a-amateur):

1. Rory McIlroy	63		-8
2. Garry Houston	66		-5
2. Kyron Sullivan	66		-5
2. Julio Zapata	66		-5
5. Alejandro Canizares	67		-4
5. Emanuele Canonica	67		-4
5. François Delamontagne	67		-4
5. Mikko Ilonen	67		-4
5. Peter Lawrie	67		-4
5. Ross McGowan	67		-4
5. Gary Orr	67		-4
5. Brett Rumford	67		-4
13. Juan Abbate	68		-3
13. a-Ken Benz	68		-3
13. Christian Cevaer	68		-3
13. Martin Erlandsson	68		-3
13. Niclas Fasth	68		-3
13. Gonzalo Fdez-Castano	68		-3
13. Miguel Angel Jimenez	68		-3
13. Jean-François Lucquin	68		-3
21. Fredrik Andersson Hed	69		-2
21. Scott Barr	69		-2
21. Michael Campbell	69		-2
21. Ariel Canete	69		-2
21. Julien Clement	69		-2
21. Robert-Jan Derksen	69		-2
21. Bradley Dredge	69		-2
21. Simon Dyson	69		-2
21. Rafa Echenique	69		-2
21. Anton Haig	69		-2
21. Shiv Kapur	69		-2
21. Chao Li	69		-2
21. Francesco Molinari	69		-2
21. Louis Oosthuizen	69		-2
21. Hennie Otto	69		-2
21. Patrik Sjoland	69		-2
21. Richard Sterne	69		-2
38. Felipe Aguilar	70		-1
38. Peter Baker	70		-1
38. Jamie Donaldson	70		-1
38. Pelle Edberg	70		-1
38. Mattias Eliasson	70		-1
38. Raphael Eyraud	70		-1
38. Ignacio Garrido	70		-1
38. David Griffiths	70		-1
38. Grégory Havret	70		-1
38. Peter Hedblom	70		-1
38. Thongchai Jaidee	70		-1
38. Lee S James	70		-1
38. Jose Manuel Lara	70		-1
38. Michael Lorenzo-Vera	70		-1
38. Santiago Luna	70		-1
38. Andrew Marshall	70		-1
38. Andrew McLardy	70		-1
38. Matthew Millar	70		-1
38. Henrik Nystrom	70		-1
38. Charl Schwartzel	70		-1
38. Nicolas Sulzer	70		-1
38. Jean Van De Velde	70		-1
38. Simon Wakefield	70		-1
61. Steve Alker	71		E
61. Paul Broadhurst	71		E
61. Alessio Bruschi	71		E
61. David Drysdale	71		E
61. Philip Golding	71		E
61. Anders Hansen	71		E
61. Michael Jonzon	71		E
61. Barry Lane	71		E
61. Jan-Are Larsen	71		E
61. Pablo Martin	71		E
61. Chapchai Nirat	71		E
61. Gareth Paddison	71		E
61. Carlos Rodiles	71		E
61. Eduardo Romero	71		E
61. Jarmo Sandelin	71		E
61. Carl Suneson	71		E
61. Benoit Teilleria	71		E
61. Miles Tunnicliff	71		E
61. Daniel Vancsik	71		E
61. Paul Waring	71		E
61. Fabrizio Zanotti	71		E
61. Lian-Wei Zhang	71		E
83. Thomas Aiken	72	+	1
83. Andre Bossert	72	+	1
83. Luis Claverie	72	+	1
83. Johan Edfors	72	+	1
83. Darren Fichardt	72	+	1
83. Richard Finch	72	+	1
83. Mark Foster	72	+	1
83. Pedro Linhart	72	+	1
83. Mardan Mamat	72	+	1
83. John Mellor	72	+	1
83. Edoardo Molinari	72	+	1
83. Terry Pilkadaris	72	+	1
83. Florian Praegant	72	+	1
83. Phillip Price	72	+	1
83. Iain Pyman	72	+	1
83. Jean-François Remesy	72	+	1
83. Robert Rock	72	+	1
83. Sven Struver	72	+	1
83. Fredrik Svanberg	72	+	1
83. Mads Vibe-Hastrup	72	+	1
83. Sam Walker	72	+	1
83. Tom Whitehouse	72	+	1
83. Martin Wiegele	72	+	1
106. Phillip Archer	73	+	2
106. Alan Bihan	73	+	2
106. Magnus A Carlsson	73	+	2
106. Tadd Fujikawa	73	+	2
106. Gaurav Ghei	73	+	2
106. Ricardo Gonzalez	73	+	2
106. David Higgins	73	+	2
106. Raphael Jacquelin	73	+	2
106. Per-Ulrik Johansson	73	+	2
106. Simon Khan	73	+	2
106. Craig Lee	73	+	2
106. Stuart Manley	73	+	2
106. Gary Murphy	73	+	2
106. Alvaro Quiros	73	+	2
106. Digvijay Singh	73	+	2
106. Marco Soffietti	73	+	2
106. Francis Valera	73	+	2
106. Chris Wood	73	+	2
124. Benn Barham	74	+	3
124. Peter Fowler	74	+	3
124. Marcus Fraser	74	+	3
124. Jose-Filipe Lima	74	+	3
124. Alexander Noren	74	+	3
124. Manuel Quiros	74	+	3
124. a-Nicolas Thommen	74	+	3
124. Marc Warren	74	+	3
132. a-Vincent Cachera	75	+	4
132. a-Marc Dobias	75	+	4
132. David Frost	75	+	4
132. Pablo Larrazabal	75	+	4
132. Jamie McLeary	75	+	4
132. Kane Webber	75	+	4
132. Tino Weiss	75	+	4
132. Peter Whiteford	75	+	4
140. Robert Dinwiddie	76	+	5
140. Simon Griffiths	76	+	5
140. Lee Slattery	76	+	5
143. Joakim Backström	77	+	6
143. Jonas Blixt	77	+	6
143. Markus Brier	77	+	6
143. Jean-Baptiste Gonnet	77	+	6
143. Sam Little	77	+	6
143. Martin Rominger	77	+	6
143. Marcel Siem	77	+	6
143. Alvaro Velasco	77	+	6
151. Sion E Bebb	78	+	7
151. James Kamte	78	+	7
151. Doug McGuigan	78	+	7
154. a-Moritz Lampert	79	+	8
155. Ivo Giner	81	+	10
156. Paolo Terreni	82	+	11

Posted: 9/4/2008

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