Cabrera-Bello fires 63 to lead by 2 in Dubai
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02/09/2012 -
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rafael Cabrera-Bello fired a
nine-under 63 Thursday to grab a two-stroke lead after the first round of the
Dubai Desert Classic.
Cabrera-Bello, whose lone tour title was at the 2009 Austrian Golf Open,
birdied nine of his first 11 holes before cooling off. He parred the final
seven holes.
Marcel Siem and Scott Jamieson share second place at minus-seven. Siem was in
the first group off the first tee on the Majlis course at Emirates Golf Club
on Thursday. He dropped his approach shot into the water on the 18th and that
led to a closing bogey.
World Nos. 2 and 4, Rory McIlroy and Martin Kaymer, both shot six-under 66 and
headline a group of seven players that are tied for fourth place.
Cabrera-Bello started on the back nine Thursday and got off to a quick start
with birdies on the 10th and 11th. He again converted back-to-back birdie
efforts from the 13th to move four-under through five holes.
The 27-year-old Spaniard continued his fine play with a birdie on the 16th. He
followed that with birdies on 17 and 18 to grab a piece of the lead at minus-
seven.
After Siem moved ahead with a birdie on No. 17, Cabrera-Bello converted a
birdie chance on the first to again move into a tie atop the leaderboard.
Cabrera-Bello made it five in a row as he birdied the second. That gave him
the outright lead at minus-nine. Surely, he had thoughts of carding the first
59 in European Tour history at that point.
"Just for a second after the birdie on No. 2, I tried to do the math on what I
needed for 59. Then I told myself to stop being foolish and don't be too
greedy," Cabrera-Bello admitted. "Nothing wrong happened -- there were some
tough holes to come and I didn't drop a stroke."
Not only did he not drop a shot, but Cabrera-Bello parred his final seven
holes.
"It's a really, really good score, but in itself it means nothing. If you want
to stay grounded, you think of how many leaders of the first round win the
tournament," said Cabrera-Bello. "I know I have to play really, really good
just to have a chance."
Siem flew up the leaderboard with five birdies in the first 10 holes,
including a chip-in birdie on the sixth. He settled in with four pars in a row
from the 11th.
The German poured in three straight birdies from the 15th to soar into the
lead at minus-eight. He had a chance to end at nine-under, but his approach
splashed into the pond short, right of the green at the 18th. That led to a
closing bogey.
"I hit it pretty solid today. I thought it was one of my best rounds of golf
ever," Siem stated. "I didn't make any stupid mistakes. I had a lot of good
chances and made the putts too."
Jamieson had a bogey-free round with just two birdies on his opening nine.
Around the turn, he birdied the 11th, then jumped to minus-five with an eagle
on the par-five 13th.
The 28-year-old Jamieson birdied 15 and 18 to join Siem at minus-seven.
McIlroy and Kaymer were joined in fourth place by Thomas Bjorn, Richard
Sterne, Nicolas Colsaerts, Gregory Bourdy and Romain Wattel.
Mark O'Meara, the 2004 winner, is tied for 20th at minus-three. Defending
champion Alvaro Quiros opened with a two-under 70. Fred Couples, the 1995
champ, is among a large group of players tied with Quiros.
NOTES: McIlroy, Kaymer and Wattel were the only players in the top 10 that
were in the afternoon wave...Stephen Gallacher had a hole-in-one on the par-
three 15th, and is tied for 20th with O'Meara and world No. 3 Lee Westwood.
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