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FORMER club pro Ross Fisher continued his emergence as a world-class player with an impressive opening round at the CA Championship.

Fisher, playing his first World Golf Championships event, posted a four-under-par 68 in a testing breeze at the Doral Resort's Blue Monster.

He and Luke Donald headed the British challenge, three strokes behind leaders Miguel Angel Jimenez and Geoff Ogilvy with some players, including Tiger Woods, still on the course.

Hartlepool's Graeme Storm finished six shots off the pace after a one under par 71.

Fisher, 27, worked at Wentworth in Surrey only a few years ago, but those days are behind him now that he has established himself on the European Tour, winning last year's KLM Open.

Justin Rose, meanwhile, failed to build on a strong start. Four birdies in ten holes sent the European Order of Merit champion flying up the leaderboard, but he stumbled with a couple of quick bogeys, followed by some squandered opportunities down the stretch.

In the end, Rose was far from satisfied with his two-underpar 70, although he was more pleased with his attitude.

(I feel a) little hard done by,'' said last year's European Order of Merit winner.

I played well coming in, hit some great putts on 16, 17 and 18 that all defied gravity.

I played well, stayed patient, my attitude was great, I played the best I've played all year. I felt it could have been or should have been a few better but at least inside I feel good about the round.

Mentally, today was the biggest improvement. I felt a lot more calm out on the course, a lot more patient.'' Fellow Englishman Nick Dougherty also shot 70.

My two under doesn't look too special but all in all I'm pleased with that,'' he said.

The double (bogey) on four was annoying, because we had to wait on that tee for about 20 minutes. I made an error, so I'm not blaming that, but it didn't help.'' Ogilvy, the 2006 US Open champion, continued his recent improved form to reel off seven birdies in an impressive sevenunder 65 in a testing northerly breeze.

9:02am Friday 21st March 2008

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