EUROPEAN TOUR:Matching something Tiger Woods and Colin Montgomerie have done on a golf course would normally delight England's David Lynn - but not what he did in Munich yesterday.
At seven under par after 14 holes Lynn led the BMW International Open. But then, putting from off the green for eagle on the next, he sent it off the other side into a water hazard and finished with a double-bogey seven.
Lynn finished the day one behind Australian Peter O'Malley, South African Anton Haig, Singapore's Mardan Mamat and Argentinian Rafa Echenique, who all shot matching six-under-par 66s.
Montgomerie putted into a lake during the Cannes Open over a decade ago and Woods even more famously did it during the 1997 Ryder Cup at Valderrama.
Miguel Angel Jiménez had a hat-trick of late birdies for a 69, one better than 50-year-old Bernhard Langer, who took some of the shine off his day's work with a closing three-putt bogey six.
Graeme McDowell and Gary Murphy are at one-under-par 71, with Rory McIlroy one back on level-par 72. Peter Lawrie opened with a 73 and Damien McGrane is on two-over 74.
CHALLENGE TOUR: A trio of players are in hot pursuit of self-styled "Iron Man" Jean Pierre Cixous of France after day one of the Telenet Trophy on the European Challenge Tour.
Cixous carded a flawless round of 66 to lead on six under par, one shot clear of the English duo of Andrew Butterfield and David Horsey, and Italy's Michele Reale at Houthalen Golf and Country Club in Limburg, Belgium.
Cixous took three years out of the game to concentrate on his passion for triathlons, but recently returned to the fairways after rediscovering his love for golf.
Michael Hoey, Michael McDermott and Michale McGeady are all on two-under-par 70.
EURO PRO TOUR: Simon Thornton became the fourth Irishman to win on the Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour with a four stroke victory at the Bovey Castle Championship in Devon yesterday.
However, It looked like Grey Bowden would claim the title as he held the lead playing the 12th hole. But a wayward drive eventually cost the Hermitage man a 10 as he slipped to a share of fourth place.
Nerves could have got the better of Thornton after he double bogeyed the 15th to drop to four under but he composed himself with a birdie-birdie finish to record a final round 66 and claim the €13,000 first prize with a score of six-under-par 204.
Noel Fox and Martin Le Mesurier tied for second place on two-under-par 208.
AMATEUR:Ireland's hopes of having a third Amateur Champion in eight years disappeared in the Turnberry wind last night when the highly-rated Jonathan Caldwell fell by the wayside in a third round extra-hole thriller.
The 24-year-old from Clandeboye who attends South Alabama University went down at the 20th hole to 17-year-old Lancashire champion Tommy Fleetwood after a battle in which there was never more than a hole between the players.
"Tommy played very well and I can have no grumbles about the result but it could have gone either way - it was that tight,"said Caldwell.
Earlier Lurgan's Gareth Shaw was ousted 3 and 2 by talented Spaniard Jorge Campillo, who went on to reach the last eight.
LET TOUR:French rookie Julie Greciet shot a five-under-par 67 to take the first round lead at the Tenerife Ladies Open at at Golf Costa Adeje.
The 21-year-old carded five birdies for a one stroke lead over England's Trish Johnson and Russian Maria Verchenova.
Rebecca Coakley is on level-par 72, Martina Gillen one back on 73 and Claire Coughlan on 76.
