Goosen has Els in his sights
Retief Goosen boosted his chances of retaining his crown as European number one with a superb opening round in the German Masters.
Goosen currently lies second in the Order of Merit, trailing Ernie Els by just over €478,6000 but could wipe out that deficit with victory on Sunday.
And the former US Open champion made the ideal start by carding a seven under par 65.
Starting on the 10th, Goosen birdied four of his first six holes and recovered from a bogey on the 17th with a birdie on the last to be out in 32.
Two more birdies and a bogey followed on the closing stretch before an eagle on the seventh hoisted him to the top of the leaderboard alongside Australian Stephen Leaney.
Leaney was seven under with three holes to play, while Nick Dougherty, Gary Evans and Robert Karlsson were two shots further back.
