Dier shoots dream 60 with 10 birdies

GERMANY'S Tobias Dier equalled the lowest-ever score on the European Tour with a superb 60 in the first round of the TNT Open.

Dier carded 10 birdies, six of them in an inward half of 29, to card the 10th 60 on tour at Hilversum, and had a putt on the last to create history with a magical 59.

His long-range eagle attempt slipped past the hole, but the birdie was enough to give him a five-shot lead over former Ryder Cup players Ronan Rafferty and David Gilford and local favourite Chris Van Der Velde.