Olympic Men's Golf Competition scoreboard http://results.nbcolympics.com/golf/event/men/phase=gom001101/index.html
Aussie Marcus Fraser had one of the best rounds of his pro career, 31 out 32 in, 9 birdies, just one bogey for an -8 63 on day one of the Olympic Men's Golf Competition, for a 3 shot lead over Graham DeLaet (-5 65) who was the clubhouse leader until Fraser arrived.
With play winding down for the day Justin Rose made a little history with the first Olympic hole in one at the par 3 4th and he is in a group at -4 that includes Henrik Stenson, Gregory Bourdy of France and Thomas Pieters of Belgium.
The day is sunny and calm right now, the wind did get up during the early afternoon and there is rain in the forecast overnight.
I thought today was very much like a European Tour broadcast with a real international field on a brand new course, only 4 Americans in the field, an Aussie broadcast crew who did a great job with their bio's on many players viewers on this side of the Atlantic have never heard of before.
Also I liked the introductions of the threesomes on the first tee with their names and country. It gave you a real chance to see how small many of these men are.
The fairways are wide and generous for the most part, the front nine is for scoring, there is plenty of slope on and around the greens. There is no rough but there is water from the nature reserve the course is built around. The soil is very sandy so the grass on the fairways isn't the lush green you are used to seeing.
David Hearn recovered from a 39 front nine with 3 birdies in his last 4 holes +2 73.
Scott Hend from AAstralia had a +3 74 which included a 10 on the par 5 10th, Rickie Fowler opened with a double and is currently +5.
There are 60 men in the field from 34 countries and there is no cut.
Bryan Angus
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