Golf: Casey is Cup for a double on Sunday

PAUL CASEY has a clear picture in his head of what will be a perfect Sunday afternoon for him in Munich.

The world No.8 hopes to win the BMW International Open, do a quick change into his England shirt and then watch Fabio Capello's side beat Germany.

"I think we are going for a 3.45 finish (the match starts at 4pm local time), so it would be great to have a battle with (Germany's Martin) Kaymer or somebody like that down the stretch and get the crowds excited," said Casey.

"We will get it on the big screen, so I think we'll sit out and enjoy the footie afterwards."

Casey was set to resume today four under par and four shots behind Welshman Bradley Dredge and Scot Peter Whiteford and victory this weekend would take him back into an automatic qualifying position on the Ryder Cup table.

He is taking the next two weeks off – apart from a two-day pro-am in Ireland – so this weekend is important for his confidence heading towards The Open at St Andrews. The same goes for Sergio Garcia, Casey's team-mate in the last three matches against the Americans, but it will need a near-miracle for the Spaniard to avoid another early exit today.

An opening five-over-par 77 which he refused to blame on nine hours of jetlag after flying back to Europe from the US Open in California left Garcia in next-to-last place.

The 30-year-old former world No.2 has never missed back-to-back cuts on Europe soil as a professional but that is what is staring him in the face a month after he bowed out of the Madrid Masters at halfway.

Dredge and Whiteford led by a shot overnight from Thai Chapchai Nirat, Argentina's Ariel Canete, Dane Jeppe Huldahl and Dredge's compatriot Phillip Price.

Ernie Els, third in America on Sunday, has six shots to make up, as do Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer. Bathgate's Stephen Gallacher, who is hoping to clinch an Open spot at St Andrews at the end of this event, got off to a bad start with a five- over-par 77.

Gallacher is currently occupying one of two exemption spots up for grabs through a cumulative money list on the European Tour and the two players who can deny him an Open spot, James Kingston and Danny Willett, were both well off the pace after rounds of 70 and 71 respectively.