Low scoring in Johnnie Walker Championship

WARREN AND BOB TORRANCE
BACK IN TUNE FOR A 65 IN
GLENEAGLES FIRST ROUND

FROM THE A O L GOLF NEWS WEBSITE

Marc Warren, pictured right, was back singing the praises of coach Bob Torrance after teeing off the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles today with a superb eight under par 65.
After more than three months without a top 20 finish, last season's Rookie of the Year allowed his feelings to boil over earlier this week - with Bob Torrance, the man who steered Padraig Harrington to Open glory last month, in the firing line.
"I think it's sometimes easy to forget that Bob is in your corner," said Warren. "A lot of times players want to take it out on him purely because he is there. The caddie gets it on the course and he gets it on the range."
He added: "On Tuesday we were working away and it wasn't really the way I wanted it to be. I spoke to Bob later that night and we both agreed I was just frustrated the way I had been playing and it came to a head.
"Everything is fine now. He has a terrific talent for watching the golf swing. But he is human and everybody misses things."
A change to his set-up brought instant rewards, with Warren grabbing eight birdies on the par- 73 Centenary Course and missing his lowest-ever round on the circuit by only one shot.
Now the Scot is hoping he can still improve on his 42nd place on the Order of Merit last year - he is currently 69th - and, of course, win again.
Backin up Warren in the top 20 were fellow Scots Greig Hutcheon, Colin Montgomerie, Paul Lawrie, Dean Robertson and Alastair Forsyth, all on the four-under-par 69 mark.

ALL THE FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 73
65 Marc Warren
66 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel)
67 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Miles Tunnicliff
68 Mark Pilkington, Zane Scotland (Gbr), Shiv Kapur (Ind), Joost Luiten (Ned), Phillip Archer, Phillip Price, James Hepworth, Simon Wakefield
69 Richard Bland, Greig Hutcheon, Soren Hansen (Den), Colin Montgomerie, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus), Marcus Higley, Paul Lawrie, Dean Robertson, Tom Whitehouse, Alastair Forsyth, Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Emanuele Canonica (Ita), Thomas Levet (Fra)
70 Mark Loftus, James Kingston (Rsa), Oliver Wilson, Luis Claverie (Spa), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Graeme Storm, Sam Walker, David Drysdale, Robert Rock, James Heath, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Barry Lane, Ian Garbutt
71 Martin Erlandsson (Swe), David Griffiths, Kevin Mcalpine, Sion Bebb, Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Steven O'Hara, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Wade Ormsby (Aus), Terry Price (Aus), Steve Alker (Nzl), Scott Strange (Aus), Joakim Haeggman (Swe), Paul Casey, Alexandre Rocha (Bra), Stephen Gallacher, Richard Finch, Ignacio Garrido (Spa)
72 Andrew Tampion (Aus), Christopher Hanell (Swe), Robert Dinwiddie, Steven Jeppesen (Swe), Peter Lawrie, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Lee Slattery, Stephen Dodd, Jamie Spence, Alexander Noren (Swe), Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra), Manuel Quiros (Spa), Alan McLean, David Lynn, Gary Lockerbie, Brett Rumford (Aus), Andrew Marshall, David Bransdon (Aus), Stuart Little
73 Damien McGrane, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice), Rafael Echenique (Arg), David Frost (Rsa), Oliver Fisher, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), Anthony Wall, Santiago Luna (Spa), Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Mattias Eliasson (Swe), Garry Houston, Richard McEvoy, Darren Clarke, Carlos Rodiles (Spa), Darren Fichardt (Rsa), Gary Murphy, Taichi Teshima (Jpn), Chinarat Phadungsil (Tha), Ariel Canete (Arg), Martin Maritz (Rsa), Peter O'Malley (Aus), Chris Doak.
74 Christian Cevaer (Fra), Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa), Jean Hugo (Rsa), Andrew Coltart, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Martin Kaymer (Ger), David Park, Carl Suneson (Spa), Jose Manuel Carriles (Spa), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), David Higgins, Mark Foster, Lee Westwood, Edward Rush, Gregory Havret (Fra)
75 David Carter, Patrik Sjoland (Swe), Scott Henderson, Benn Barham, Peter Gustafsson (Swe), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Scott Drummond, Andrew Raitt, Sam Little, Bradley Dredge
76 Joakim Backstrom (Swe), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Shaun P Webster, Ross Fisher, Marcel Siem (Ger), Kyron Sullivan, Kenneth Ferrie, Gary Emerson, Simon Khan, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor), Marcus Fraser (Aus)
77 Christian Nilsson (Swe), Richie Ramsay, Gareth Davies, Graeme McDowell, Johan Axgren (Swe), Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Lee S James, Sven Struver (Ger), Matthew Millar (Aus), Adrien Mork (Fra), Chris Kelly, Jonathan Lomas
78 John Gallacher (am), Henrik Nystrom (Swe), Yong-eun Yang (Kor), Sandy Lyle
79 Juan Parron (Spa), Craig Lee, Jason McCreadie, Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Robert Arnott, Cesar Monasterio (Arg), Mardan Mamat (Sin)