{"id":7192,"date":"2012-01-19T20:55:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T18:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/golf-belgian-colsaerts-fires-record-64-at-fancourt\/"},"modified":"2012-01-19T20:55:42","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T18:55:42","slug":"golf-belgian-colsaerts-fires-record-64-at-fancourt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-belgian-colsaerts-fires-record-64-at-fancourt\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Belgian Colsaerts fires record 64 at Fancourt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ken Borland<\/span><\/p>\n

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GEORGE, South Africa<\/span> Jan 19 (Reuters) – Belgian
\nNicolas Colsaerts peppered the flags at the Fancourt Links to
\nfire a course-record 64 and streak four shots clear of the field
\nafter the Volvo Golf Champions first round on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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While Colsaerts was producing his nine-under-par effort,
\nU.S. Masters champion Charl Schwartzel struggled to a 75 and
\ntriple major winner Ernie Els returned a 71.<\/p>\n

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“Today was as easy as you’re going to find it,” South
\nAfrican Els told reporters at the 35-man tournament that brings
\ntogether last season’s European Tour winners.<\/p>\n

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“This course has got a lot of teeth and it has not shown it
\nyet. When the wind comes up it makes a huge difference and this
\ncourse becomes a totally different animal.”<\/p>\n

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Colsaerts made full use of the conditions as he opened a
\nfour-shot lead over last week’s Joburg Open winner Branden Grace
\nand his fellow South African Thomas Aiken and Briton Tom Lewis.<\/p>\n

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The Belgian, who registered his first European Tour win by
\nlanding the China Open title in April, birdied all four
\npar-threes as he eclipsed the previous record of 67 set by
\nPatrick O’Brien at the 2006 South African Open.<\/p>\n

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“I’ve never birdied all the par-threes on a course before
\nand you don’t see that on a scorecard that often,” said
\nColsaerts.<\/p>\n

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The 29-year-old had four successive birdies around the turn
\nand then closed with four birdies in a row to come home in 30
\nshots.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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