Bourdy tops European Masters

Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland - Gregory Bourdy of France shot an 8-under 63 to lead by two strokes after the rain-swept European Masters first round on Thursday.

Bourdy, who got the last of his three European Tour wins in 2009, had eight birdies and no dropped shots in the thin Alpine air of the Crans-sur-Sierre club.

Fredrik Andersson Hed of Sweden and Oliver Fisher of England shot 65s late in the afternoon to be two strokes back.

Anirban Lahiri of India heads five players on 5-under, trailing Bourdy by three.

Among Europe's 12 Ryder Cup players to face the United States next month, only Paul Lawrie was in action. The Scot shot a 2-under 69.

Defending champion Thomas Bjorn of Denmark shot 74, and Australian Greg Norman had an eagle three in his 75.

Scores from the European PGA Tour European Masters at the par-71 course on Thursday in Crans-Montana:

63 Gregory Bourdy (France) 63 65 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Sweden) 65
Oliver Fisher (Britain) 65 66 Anirban Lahiri (India) 66
Rhys Davies (Britain) 66
Robert Coles (Britain) 66
Scott Barr (Australia) 66
David Howell (Britain) 66 67 Markus Brier (Austria) 67
Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 67
Johan Edfors (Sweden) 67
Sam Little (Britain) 67
Andrew Dodt (Australia) 67
Stephen Gallacher (Britain) 67
Danny Willett (Britain) 67
Romain Wattel (France) 67 68 Marcus Fraser (Australia) 68
Lee Slattery (Britain) 68
Felipe Aguilar (Chile) 68
Anders Hansen (Denmark) 68
Julien Quesne (France) 68
Thomas Levet (France) 68
Graeme Storm (Britain) 68
David Drysdale (Britain) 68
Jose Manuel Lara (Spain) 68
Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 68
Jyoti Randhawa (India) 68
Marcel Siem (Germany) 68
Berry Henson (U.S.) 68
Martin Rominger (Switzerland) 68
Phillip Price (Britain) 68
Victor Dubuisson (France) 68 69 Scott Jamieson (Britain) 69
Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay) 69
Paul Lawrie (Britain) 69
Alex Cejka (Germany) 69
Gregory Havret (France) 69
Jaco Van Zyl (South Africa) 69
Richard McEvoy (Britain) 69
Jamie Donaldson (Britain) 69
Richie Ramsay (Britain) 69
Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 69
Simon Dyson (Britain) 69
Shane Lowry (Ireland) 69
Peter Hanson (Sweden) 69
Maarten Lafeber (Netherlands) 69
Steve Webster (Britain) 69
Kieran Pratt (Australia) 69
Maximilian Walz (Germany) 69 70 Lorenzo Gagli (Italy) 70
Jason Knutzon (U.S.) 70
Michael Hoey (Britain) 70
Branden Grace (South Africa) 70
Ross Fisher (Britain) 70
Darren Fichardt (South Africa) 70
Richard Finch (Britain) 70
Adrien Saddier (France) 70
Tjaart Van der Walt (South Africa) 70
George Murray (Britain) 70
Hennie Otto (South Africa) 70
Keith Horne (South Africa) 70
Prom Meesawat (Thailand) 70
Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 70
Mathias Groenberg (Sweden) 70
David Lipsky (U.S.) 70
Richard Johnson (Sweden) 70
Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 70
Ricardo Santos (Portugal) 70
Tommy Fleetwood (Britain) 70 71 Peter Whiteford (Britain) 71
Michael Jonzon (Sweden) 71
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 71
Matteo Manassero (Italy) 71
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand) 71
Alejandro Canizares (Spain) 71
James Morrison (Britain) 71
Angelo Que (Philippines) 71
Chris Wood (Britain) 71
Paul Waring (Britain) 71
Mardan Mamat (Singapore) 71
Mohammad Siddikur (Bangladesh) 71
Alexander Noren (Sweden) 71
Joel Sjoeholm (Sweden) 71
Brett Rumford (Australia) 71
David Horsey (Britain) 71
Joost Luiten (Netherlands) 71
Scott Hend (Australia) 71
Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 71
Peter Karmis (South Africa) 71
S.S.P. Chowrasia (India) 71
Himmat Rai (India) 71 72 Andy Zhang (China) 72
Thomas Aiken (South Africa) 72
Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 72
Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 72
Garth Mulroy (South Africa) 72
Rich Beem (U.S.) 72
Rikard Karlberg (Sweden) 72
Marcus Both (Australia) 72
Mark Foster (Britain) 72
Gaganjeet Bhullar (India) 72
Oscar Floren (Sweden) 72
Ignacio Garrido (Spain) 72
Raphael Jacquelin (France) 72
Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 72
Benjamin Hebert (France) 72
Matthew Baldwin (Britain) 72
Darren Clarke (Britain) 72
Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 72
Paul McGinley (Ireland) 72
Gareth Maybin (Britain) 72
Edouard Amacher (Switzerland) 72
Carlos Del Moral (Spain) 72
Peter Hedblom (Sweden) 72
Richard Sterne (South Africa) 72
Francisco Valera (Spain) 72
Michael Thannhaeuser (Germany) 72 73 Paul Casey (Britain) 73
Mikko Ilonen (Finland) 73
David Lynn (Britain) 73
James Kingston (South Africa) 73
Pariya Junhasavasdikul (Thailand) 73
Shiv Kapur (India) 73
Pablo Larrazabal (Spain) 73
Thaworn Wiratchant (Thailand) 73
Gary Boyd (Britain) 73
Ken Benz (Switzerland) 73 74 Matthew Zions (Australia) 74
Jbe' Kruger (South Africa) 74
Kristoffer Broberg (Sweden) 74
Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 74
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (France) 74
Chinnarat Phadungsil (Thailand) 74
Robert-Jan Derksen (Netherlands) 74
Namchok Tantipokhakul (Thailand) 74
Damien McGrane (Ireland) 74
Estanislao Goya (Argentina) 74 75 Greg Norman (Australia) 75
Kenneth Ferrie (Britain) 75
Roger Furrer (Switzerland) 75
Benjamin Rusch (Switzerland) 75 76 Damian Ulrich (Switzerland) 76
Joonas Granberg (Finland) 76
Marc Warren (Britain) 76 77 Pablo Martin (Spain) 77
Tom Lewis (Britain) 77
Chiragh Kumar (India) 77
Ross Bain (Britain) 77
Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 77
Joel Girrbach (Switzerland) 77 78 Zaw Moe (Myanmar) 78
Digvijay Singh (India) 78
Christian Nilsson (Sweden) 78 79 Richard Green (Australia) 79 81 Bradley Dredge (Britain) 81 82 Sven Struever (Germany) 82