Clarke & Mosely share lead

Darren Clarke, a two-time English Open champion, shot a 7-under-par 65 Thursday and shared the first-round lead of that tournament with Jarrod Moseley of Australia.

Didier de Vooght of Belgium, Gary Orr of Scotland, and Englishmen Mark Roe, Graeme Storm and Grant Hamerton were all two strokes back at 7,213-yard Marriott Forest of Arden course.

A group of 11 at 68 included tournament favorite Justin Rose, who won last week's British Masters, and the man he beat for that title, Ian Poulter.

Clarke made a 20-foot putt for birdie at No. 2, birdied three of the four par-5s and hit irons close to the pin for his other three birdies.

Moseley made five birdie putts between 10 and 15 feet, but the highlight of his round was an eagle 3 at the 516-yard 17th. He struck a 3-wood second shot 237 yards that stopped a foot short of the hole.

Rose, whose victory at Woburn was his fourth this year, birdied four holes on the back nine, three on putts between 10 and 12 feet.

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