Overnight round-up from United States pro tournaments

RICHIE RAMSAY'S 75 IN US PGA

TOUR EVENT AT HILTON HEAD

ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA

United States amateur champion Richie Ramsay from Aberdeen moved on from missing the cut in the Masters last week to score a three-over-par 75 yesterday in the $5,400,000 Verizon Heritage tournament at Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.
The Aberdonian, pictured right, made an excellent start with a birdie at the first but he dropped shots a the third, fifth, sixth and seventh to turn in three-over-par 39.
A birdie at the 12th got him back to two over par but he bogeyed the 13th and 14th in an inward 36 to be lying joint 105th in a field of 130.
At the top of the leaderboard is American Jerry Kelly with a nine-under-par 63, two shots ahead of Ernie Els.
Usually the winner of the Masters misses the "Heritage" but not so with last week's hero, Zach Johnson. He shot a one-under-par 70 to be sharing 20th place.
Richie Ramsay, of course, won't be able to win any of that huge prize fund - he is still an amateur.

SOLID START BY MARTIN LAIRD IN NATIONWIDE
TOUR EVENT

Martin Laird from Glasgow was in joint 19th position at the end of the first round of the inaugural South Georgia Classic, prizemoney $600,000, this week's Nationwide Tour event at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club.
Martin birdied the first, ninth, 17th and 18th, with bogeys at the long fourth and short eighth in halves of 36 and 34 for a satisfactory 70. Former European Tour player Alex Cejka from Germany had a 69 to be sharing 11th place.

Ireland's Keith Nolan had a 76 to be joint 126th.
American Paul Dickinson is two shots clear of the field after a 64.

LAURA SHARING LEAD IN LPGA EVENT

Laura Davies is sharing the lead with Mexico's Lorena Ochoa on six-under-par 66 in the LPGA event at Reunion Resort Club, Orlango - the quaintly named Ginn Open.
Laure had an eagle at the third and birdies at the fifth, 11th, 12th, 13th and 17th in halves of 34 and 32. She dropped only one shot, at the ninth.
Further down the field, Catriona Matthew was lying joint 80th after a 74 which had a birdie at the long 10th but bogeys at the second, 12th and 13th.
Fellow Scot Mhairi McKay had an 75 to be in joint 102nd place. Mhairi birdied the first and 10th but bogeyed the second, 11th and 16th and had a double-bogey 6 at the 13th.