11.   In one six-hole stretch on the front nine, Allin collected five birdies.

12.   Moroccan specialist David Gilford, twice a winner here in the last three years, birdied the last two holes, collecting seven birdies overall.

13.   Nystrom collected six birdies and an eagle as players battered the Gut Laerchenhof course for low scores.

14.   Webb had two bogeys but collected seven birdies, including three in a row.

15.   Although he collected a birdie on the second, a bogey, double bogey at the fourth and fifth holes saw him rapidly slipping even further back.

16.   The Stanford University student collected three birdies, with just a single bogey.

17.   Parsons was off to a frenetic start, collecting six birdies in the first nine holes.

18.   The Australian, who collected five birdies in seven holes, credited his caddy with his sudden new found form with the putter.