Goose loose in the desert

Round 1 Qatar Masters

 

Retief Goosen leads after the first round of the Qatar Masters. The story behind the story has Westwood at plus one and Kaymer at plus five for the the battle for number one. Kaymer continues to struggle on at the Doha GC. Steve Stricker accepted a six figure appearance fee ($200,000), but may not even be around for the weekend. He's well behind the pace also at four over par.

T1        GOOSEN, Retief       -3

Notables:

T2        KARLSSON, Robert             -2

T10      POULTER, Ian                       Par

T18      OOSTHUIZEN, Louis           +1

T12      JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Angel       +1

T24      WESTWOOD, Lee                 +1

T34      CASEY, Paul                          +2

T69      STRICKER, Steve                 +4

T84      KAYMER, Martin                  +5