GAVIN DEAR (65) IN JOINT THIRD PLACE
IN BIARRITZ CUP

Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) had a four-under-par round of 65 in the first round of the Biarritz Cup international amateur tournament over the shortish but tricky Le Phare course at Biarritz Golf Club.
The course measures only 5402 metres - about 6,000 yards - but it has 70 bunkers, and when the wind blows off the Bay of Biscay to this southwest French venue, the locals say the par can be as high as 75!
Ross Kellett from Colville Park had a 69 to be lying third and Gordon Yates (Stirling University), the third player sent by the Scottish Golf Union to play in last week's Chiberta Grand Prix and stay on for the Biarritz Cup, had a 70 to be joint 52nd in the massive field of 162 players.
Romain Barbey leads the way with a seven-under-par 62, one ahead of Pedro Oriol.
Then come comes Gavin Dear in joint third place on 65 with three players.