Paul tees off with a 69 in Australian tournament

O'HARA JOINT THIRD AFTER
FIRST ROUND IN
RIVERSDALE CUP, N S W

Paul O'Hara from Colville Park, Motherwell, one of four Scots competing in the tournament, was lying in joint third place at the end of the first round of the presitigous Riversdale Cup at Riversdale Country Club, New South Wales today (Friday).
O'Hara, pictured right, shot a three-under-par 69 to be two shots behind the leader, Andrew Dodt from Queensland.
Walker Cup player Lloyd Saltman (Craigielaw) matched the par of 72 while Scott Henry (Cardross) and Scottish match-play champion Kevin McAlpine (Alyth) returned scores of 73 and 78 respectively.


LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
67 Andrew Dodt (Queensland).
68 Michael Foster (West Australia).
69 Paul O'Hara (Sco), Troy Ropiha (NZ), Do Kim (New South Wales), Rohan Blizard (New South Wales), Leigh Deagan (Victoria), Lachlan Wall (Surfers' Paradise).
Other scores included:
72 Lloyd Saltman (Sco).
73 Scott Henry (Sco), Jason Palmer (Eng).
74 Stephen Lewton (Eng).
78 Kevin McAlpine (Sco).