Ogilvy and Jimenez share lead in Miami

Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:38pm EDT
 
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By Simon Evans

MIAMI (Reuters) - Australian Geoff Ogilvy and Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez shared the first round lead at the WGC-CA Championship after posting impressive seven-under-par rounds of 65 in windy conditions on Thursday.

The pair had a one-shot lead over American Stewart Cink, with world number one Tiger Woods among a group of five players who were two shots off the lead.

Woods bogeyed the par-four 18th, missing a five-foot putt as rain began to fall.

Woods, the defending champion and looking for his 10th win in 11 tournaments, also bogeyed the seventh.

The unfancied Jimenez ended his round with an excellent 16-foot putt for birdie on the 18th.

Dane Anders Hansen and Australians Adam Scott and Nick O'Hern also shot 67, along with world number two Phil Mickelson.

Ogilvy, who was five under after the opening nine holes and remained bogey free, was delighted with his performance.

"I played well, I drove the ball well which is important here because the rough is not very nice, it takes all the spin off the ball and you can hit some funny shots out of it. I didn't hit it in the rough much," said the Australian.  Continued...

 

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