GEORGE MURRAY'S FLYING START TO
LEXUS OPEN IN NORWAY

From Michael Gibbons
Challenge Tour Press Officer

Fifer George Murray made a blistering start to the European Challenge Tour’s Lexus Open in Norway with five birdies in his opening six holes helping the former Scottish amateur champion to a share of third place after the first round.
Murray could not keep up the unbelievable scoring of his opening six holes at the Miklagard Golf Club, but he ended the day with a four-under-par 68 to lie just two shots behind leader Michael McGeady of Ireland.
After a slow start to his rookie season on the Challenge Tour, Murray found some much needed form at last week’s Scottish Challenge presented by Bank of Scotland Corporate where he finished 12th at Cardrona.
The Anstruther 24 year old, currently 61st on the tour rankings, is now hoping for a strong finish to the season as he bids to break into the Challenge Tour’s top 45 in order to qualify for the season-ending Apulia San Domenico Grand Final, where those 45 players do battle for the 20 available European Tour cards.
Other Scots in the field did not do so well as George Murray.
Scott Henderson, still trying to come to terms with the theft of large sums of money from his bank account after his cheque book was stolen at Cardrona Hotel, had a 73 with birdies at the third, fifth and seventh.
Eric Ramsay and Murray Urquhart were both on the 73 mark.
Rookie Richie Ramsay had double bogeys at the second and seventh in returning a 74, the3 same score as Elliot Saltman.
David Patrick had a 78.
SCOREBOARD
66 M McGeady.
67 J Huldahl.
68 M Wiegele, G Murray.
69 C Brazillier, L Gagli, M Korhonen, R Swane, R Treis, O Bergman, I Van Weerelt.
Other scores:
72 G Wright.
73 S Henderson.
73 E Ramsay, M Urquhart.
74 R Ramsay, E Saltman.
78 D Patrick.

ROLEX TROPHY IN SWITZERLAND

While Murray was flying out of the blocks in Switzerland, Andrew McArthur and Jamie McLeary were flying the Scottish flag at the Challenge Tour’s other event this week – the Rolex Trophy in Switzerland.
McArthur and McLeary are the only two Scots in an elite 39 man field at the Golf Club de Genève and posted respective first rounds of level par 72 and three over 75.