Spaniard Manuel Quiros unleashed a spectacular flurry of birdies to take a two-shot lead on 10 under par after the opening round of the Madrid Masters on Thursday.
The 30-year-old from Marbella in southern Spain, ranked 1,076 in the world, nailed 10 birdies at the Centro Nacional de Golf, including six on the return nine holes, for a sensational score of 62.
SERGIO GARCIA Picture © Getty ImagesCompatriot Sergio Garcia made a blistering start to his bid for a first win this year, the world number eight ending the day on eight under in second place, one shot ahead of Britain’s Oliver Fisher.
There were five players on six under —Britons Danny Willett, David Horsey, Ross McGowan, Anthony Wall and David Drysdale.
Garcia, 29, had a chance to rise above Tiger Woods to the top of the world rankings earlier this season but has had a winless year and has not even managed a top-three finish.
He had the clubhouse lead earlier in the day after his round of 64 and closed with a 15-foot eagle putt.
First Round Scores
62 Manuel Quiros (Spa)
64 Sergio Garcia (Spa)
65 Oliver Fisher
66 Anthony Wall, David Drysdale, David Horsey, Danny Willett, Ross McGowan
67 Damien McGrane, Gary Murphy, Shiv Kapur (Ind), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Marcel Siem (Ger), Emanuele Canonica (Ita), David Lynn
68 Rafael Echenique (Arg), Scott Drummond, Mark Brown (Nzl), Simon Khan, Lee Slattery, Gary Lockerbie, Alessandro Tadini (Ita), Jamie Donaldson, Sam Little, Barry Lane
69 Carlos Del Moral (Spa), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Luis Claverie (Spa), Peter Lawrie, Peter Hedblom (Swe), Alvaro Salto (Spa), Markus Brier (Aut), Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa), Bradley Dredge, Michael Hoey, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Paul Waring, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Darren Clarke, Carlos Rodiles (Spa), Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Gregory Bourdy (Fra)
70 Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Marc Warren, Stephen Dodd, Niclas Fasth (Swe), Santiago Luna (Spa), Pablo Martin (Spa), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Magnus A Carlsson (Swe), Francois Delamontagne (Fra), Gareth Maybin, Andrew Coltart, Phillip Price, Seve Benson, Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Brett Rumford (Aus), Paul Lawrie, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra)
71 Gary Orr, Branden Grace (Rsa), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Steven O'Hara, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Alexander Noren (Swe), Shane Lowry, Michael Jonzon (Swe), Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Paul Broadhurst, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Luke Donald, Pedro Oriol (Spa)
72 Alvaro Velasco (Spa), James Kingston (Rsa), Robert Dinwiddie, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Simon Wakefield, Graeme Storm, Callum Macaulay, Thomas Bjorn (Den), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Marcus Fraser (Aus), Gregory Havret (Fra), Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Richard Bland, David Howell, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Richard Finch
73 Sam Hutsby, Richie Ramsay, Benn Barham, Taco Remkes (Ned), Miles Tunnicliff, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind)
74 Federico Cabrera (Arg), Anton Haig (Rsa), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa), Kenneth Ferrie, Marc Cayeux (Zim), Eduardo De La Riva (Spa), Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Oskar Henningsson (Swe), Peter O'Malley (Aus)
75 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa)
76 Hennie Otto (Rsa), Miguel Angel Martin (Spa), Phillip Archer, Tano Goya (Arg), Jose Manuel Lara (Spa)
77 Pedro Linhart (Spa), Stan Utley (USA)
