A relieved Justin Rose stayed on course for a Ryder Cup debut next month with a three under par opening round of 67 at the KLM Open in Holland.
After hardly sleeping during the night - he said his post-dinner coffee "must have been rocket fuel" - Rose was nowhere near as rested as he wanted to be.
But he kept a bogey off his card to be in joint second place midway through the day's play, three behind Dutch pacesetter Rolf Muntz, who shot a brilliant 64.
"I'm looking forward to an afternoon nap," said the World Number 12, who lies eighth in the Cup table.
“I thrive in my sleep so when I got up this morning I knew that it was going to be a long day. But considering all that it was good – I managed to soot 67 with no bogeys which is great. I just think that I managed my game well today.
“I knew that my finish today, the seventh eighth and ninth was a really tough stretch, and I almost accepted the fact that I would drop one there, so to get out of it bogey-free was a result.”
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