Colsaerts leads KLM Open

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09/09/2010 - Hilversum, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts birdied his last three holes on Thursday en route to an eight-under 62 and the first- round lead of the KLM Open.

Kenneth Ferrie and Shiv Kapur both posted rounds of six-under 64 and are tied for second place at Hilversumsche Golf Club.

Ross Fisher, who will make his Ryder Cup debut next month, Richie Ramsay, Nick Dougherty, Raphael Jacquelin, Tano Goya, Joost Luiten and Jose-Felipe Lima are knotted in fourth place at five-under 65.

This week marked Martin Kaymer's return to competitive golf after his major breakthrough at the PGA Championship in August. The German shot a three-under 67 on Thursday, but he trails Colsaerts by five after one round.

Colsaerts leads the European Tour in driving distance, but he only recorded two birdies on his front nine. With no par fives on the opening side, Colsaerts birdied Nos. 2 and 7, but caught fire after the turn.

Colsaerts birdied the par-four 11th to get to three-under par. Despite his prodigious length, he only managed a par at the first par five, the 484-yard 12th.

It was after that par where Colsaerts vaulted up the leaderboard.

At the 185-yard, par-three 13th, Colsaerts knocked his tee ball to four feet. He holed the birdie effort and made it two in a row with a seven-footer at the 14th.

After a par at the 15th, Colsaerts birdied the 16th and 17th holes to move to seven-under par. He was in the lead of the championship and padded the cushion with a two-putt birdie from 25 feet at the par-five closing hole.

"It's like a home tournament for me and I grew up playing very similar courses in Belgium so I feel very comfortable here in this course with the trees everywhere and a very traditional layout," said Colsaerts. "There have been some changes here and they have done them very well. I love these courses because I am so used to the layouts."

Colsaerts is back on the European Tour after missing the last three seasons. He won twice last year on the Challenge Tour to get his 2010 status on the European Tour, a place Colsaerts feels he belongs.

"This is my first year back on tour for three years," said Colsaerts. "And it has been very good for me to be able to come back out and feel comfortable straight away and start to get some good results.

"I am realizing again that I can compete at the highest level. I am still not happy with the level of my chipping and putting but I am always working on that."

NOTES: Former British Open champion Todd Hamilton headlines a group tied for 11th place at four-under 66...Defending champion Simon Dyson rattled off 18 pars for his round of 70...Francesco Molinari, the only player in the field on the European Ryder Cup team besides Kaymer and Fisher, had a two-under 68 on Thursday.

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