Goosen off to a flier at Volkswagen Masters-China

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BEIJING (AFP) — World number five Retief Goosen has blazed a first-round 64 to stamp his authority on the Volkswagen Masters-China golf tournament here.

Two eagles and five birdies against one bogey put the South African on top of the leaderboard at eight under par, two shots ahead of Canada's Darren Griff and three better than US Open champion Michael Campbell as play continued.

Playing the back nine first at Jinghua Golf Club, Goosen parred his first four holes and then went on a hot streak, going birdie, birdie, eagle, birdie from 14 to 17.

The double US Open champion hit two more birdies after the turn before drawing gasps from the gallery with another eagle at the par-five seventh to put down an early marker in the 300,000-dollar Asian Tour event....