Strange starting with Lawrie fantastic fashion finish

Lytham (England): Paul Lawrie of Scotland has transformed what had the strange urge his career in a round of five under par start opening 65 and a share of second place at the British Open, Thursday. Lawrie corresponded to the lowest value of his 59 laps British Open more than 20 years, who came into the final round in 1993 at Royal St. George, and was one stroke behind leader Adam Scott of Australia over 18 holes. Lawrie birdies three holes in a row, the last of them a long chip of rough diamonds in the green and into the cup on the par-3 fifth and reached three under par, and take the lead without even the feeling that he had a good shot hit. "Very strange start, probably the strangest I began my career in the first six holes," said Lawrie 43 years. "I did not really hit many good shots and was 3-under, in two parts cut and punched from off the green." A bogey on the eighth Lawrie fell back into the pack of competitors, but he closed with three birdies in the last five holes to be placed among the six former champions, just behind Scott on the leader board. "I met some really nice shots and played solid golf, the ball in the right places a lot and ended up with a good result," said Lawrie. "Sometimes you're lucky. We get enough bad luck. It's nice when it goes your way every now and then." Especially when Lawrie came in the case of a surprisingly poor performance up to Scotland last week of the Open. "We have a couple of hours has done much work this weekend," he said. "I putted so bad that I never forget to Friday last week at the Scottish Open. Just rolled terribly." The Scot has nine years without a win before the end of the drought in Andalucia Open last year and added another triumph last February in Qatar. Now he is fighting over the Claret Jug for the first time since its isolated major title in 1999 at Carnoustie, where he was captured, after a playoff-French Jean Van de Velde has an epic 72nd To lift hole collapse. If Lawrie can pull out the victory, he had the longest gap between titles in the history of the British Open, surpassing the period between 1937-1948 the titles by Henry Cotton. "Well, that's a good start," said Lawrie. "I played really well. Give us a little confidence built over the past two years, so hopefully I can continue this week. There is a long way to go. It's only Thursday. "When you play in that position with nine holes to Sunday, then you know you had a great week. But it's only Thursday. We'll see what happens."