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GOLFBIGGEST CATCH FOR FISHER
Ross Fisher Friday July 4,2008 By Neil SquiresSeve Ballesteros's course record went up in smoke at the London Club yesterday as Ross Fisher shot a 63 and exploded the myth that practice makes perfect.
Fisher, 27, who made his US Open debut at Torrey Pines last month, saw Kent’s new European Open venue for the first time yesterday after deciding a day at Wimbledon would be more beneficial than a reconnaissance round.
The traces of strawberries and Pimms the drug testers – on duty for the first time at a Tour event – may have found in his sample evidently enhanced Fisher’s performance, as a run of six successive birdies gave him the first-round lead.
Fisher, who would have pulled out of the tournament had it not been so close to his Kingston home, trustingly followed the directions of his caddie Adam Marrow and erased Seve’s mark set on the day the course opened in 1984.
“I’d had a text from Adam saying, ‘We’ve had quite a busy run, have a think about whether you want to play’. But how do you pull out of an event when you only live 40 minutes away?” said Fisher. “After playing so much recently I was pretty beat up. I needed to have a break and take my mind off things and it was nice to spend time with my wife on her birthday, having a few drinks at Wimbledon.
“I thought I was going to find it a lot trickier because it was the first time I had seen the course, but Adam did a great job. It’s probably the best round of golf I’ve played. I just felt a tremendous calmness and I wasn’t really thinking about it. It was a little bit surreal.”
Fisher is making a habit of this, having swanned into Shanghai at the last minute for the HSBC Champions eight months ago and opened with a 68. He would have won in China had he not chipped into water for a triple-bogey before losing a play-off to Phil Mickelson.
“He [Fisher] is Rafael Nadal-like, he is so strong,” said defending champion Colin Montgomerie, who bore more the look of Andy Murray after putter problems left him seven shots further back after a 70.
Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell led the chase with a 65 alongside the South African veteran David Frost, while teenager Rory McIlroy, who needs a top-five finish to qualify for The Open, was two shots further back after becoming the ninth man to eagle the inviting par-five 15th. 
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