World number eight Sergio Garcia had the spotlight taken off by him by world number 1,076 Manuel Quiros when the Madrid Masters began on Thursday.

A closing 15-foot eagle putt had given Garcia - playing in Europe for the first time since The Open in July - an eight-under-par 64 and the clubhouse lead at Centro Nacional.

But playing in the last group of the day Quiros, not even a full European Tour member, blasted an incredible 10-birdie 62.

The 30-year-old from Marbella, who earned a place in the event off the Spanish Order of Merit, has made six trips to the Tour qualifying school and only made it through once.

That was three years ago and even on the 'second division' Challenge circuit this year he has yet to record a top-40 finish.

Quiros, who won on the Spanish mini-tour last week, said: "I had 12 chances for birdie and I made 10 - unbelievable.

"I think I was very lucky with the putter. The greens were not so good because of all the players walking around.''

Garcia remains firm favourite for the title as a result, especially with playing partner - and former Ryder Cup partner - Luke Donald managing only a one-under 71.

Third place is held by England's 21-year-old Oliver Fisher, at last finding form again after missing his last seven halfway cuts and 15 of the last 19.

Fisher, who came up through the amateur ranks with Rory McIlroy and was the youngest-ever player to appear in the Walker Cup, is down in 152nd place on the Tour money list and needing to climb into the top 115 to keep his card.

Garcia, who is without a top-three finish all year and failed to make the Tour Championship in America, has returned to action with new clubs.

Next season a different rule governing grooves is being introduced - the aim is to make it more important to hit the fairways - and he told European Tour Radio: "These are conforming and you definitely see a difference coming out of the rough.

"It's good to get a feel of it and see how it reacts so you're ready for next year.

"I love the clubs, so it's fine. The ball seems to jump all the time and it's just a question of how much."

Fisher, now working with Lee Westwood's coach Pete Cowen, commented: "I'm very pleased - it's nice to be at the top of the leaderboard for a change.

"At the end of the day you've just got to do your best, try as hard as you can and see what happens. It will pay off hopefully.

"There's so much golf to be played yet, so I'll just take it step by step.

"Pete obviously has a lot of experience and it's good to have his words of wisdom."

Compatriot Anthony Wall, who injured his left shoulder playing for Britain and Ireland against Continental Europe two weeks ago, played through the pain for a 66.

Tied for fourth with Scot David Drysdale and three more English players - Ross McGowan and 2007 Walker Cup team-mates Danny Willett and David Horsey - Wall said: "There are four trapped nerves in and around the shoulder.

"It's sore and it still hurts, but I can play. I've had plenty of prodding to try to get the blood flowing and get the nerves back in their rightful place."

Collated first round scores in the European Tour Madrid Masters, Centro National de Golf, Madrid, Spain

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):

62 Manuel Quiros (Spa)

64 Sergio Garcia (Spa)

65 Oliver Fisher

66 Anthony Wall, David Drysdale, David Horsey, Danny Willett, Ross McGowan

67 Damien McGrane, Gary Murphy, Shiv Kapur (Ind), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Marcel Siem (Ger), Emanuele Canonica (Ita), David Lynn

68 Rafael Echenique (Arg), Scott Drummond, Mark Brown (Nzl), Simon Khan, Lee Slattery, Gary Lockerbie, Alessandro Tadini (Ita), Jamie Donaldson, Sam Little, Barry Lane

69 Carlos Del Moral (Spa), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Luis Claverie (Spa), Peter Lawrie, Peter Hedblom (Swe), Alvaro Salto (Spa), Markus Brier (Aut), Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa), Bradley Dredge, Michael Hoey, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Paul Waring, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Darren Clarke, Carlos Rodiles (Spa), Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Gregory Bourdy (Fra)

70 Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Marc Warren, Stephen Dodd, Niclas Fasth (Swe), Santiago Luna (Spa), Pablo Martin (Spa), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Magnus A Carlsson (Swe), Francois Delamontagne (Fra), Gareth Maybin, Andrew Coltart, Phillip Price, Seve Benson, Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Brett Rumford (Aus), Paul Lawrie, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra)

71 Gary Orr, Branden Grace (Rsa), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Steven O'Hara, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Alexander Noren (Swe), Shane Lowry, Michael Jonzon (Swe), Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Paul Broadhurst, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Luke Donald, Pedro Oriol (Spa)

72 Alvaro Velasco (Spa), James Kingston (Rsa), Robert Dinwiddie, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Simon Wakefield, Graeme Storm, Callum Macaulay, Thomas Bjorn (Den), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Marcus Fraser (Aus), Gregory Havret (Fra), Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Richard Bland, David Howell, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Richard Finch

73 Sam Hutsby, Richie Ramsay, Benn Barham, Taco Remkes (Ned), Miles Tunnicliff, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind)

74 Federico Cabrera (Arg), Anton Haig (Rsa), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa), Kenneth Ferrie, Marc Cayeux (Zim), Eduardo De La Riva (Spa), Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Oskar Henningsson (Swe), Peter O'Malley (Aus)

75 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa)

76 Hennie Otto (Rsa), Miguel Angel Martin (Spa), Phillip Archer, Tano Goya (Arg), Jose Manuel Lara (Spa)

77 Pedro Linhart (Spa), Stan Utley (USA)