RAYMOND RUSSELL ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL
ON EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR

From MICHAEL GIBBONS
Press Officer, European Challenge Tour

Former European Tour winner Raymond Russell continued the rehabilitation of his game at the Challenge Tour’s Telia Challenge Waxholm in Sweden today.
The Prestonpans professional, who returned to competitive golf four weeks ago having been out of the game for 12 months due to shoulder injury, fired a three under par 70 at the Waxholm Golf Club in Stockholm.
Five birdies and two bogeys took the 35 year old winner of the 1996 Air France Cannes Open into a share of 18th place after the first round, five shots behind the early pacesetter, Englishman John E Morgan.
Jamie McLeary and Eric Ramsay also made solid starts, carding respective opening rounds of two under 71 and one under 72. Peter Whiteford started the week with a two over 75.

FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 73. 7,318yd
65 John E Morgan (Eng).
66 Kariem Baraka (Ger).
67 Jamie Donaldson (Wal), Mikael Lundberg (Swe), Oskar Bergman (Swe), Michael Jonzon (Swe).
68 Nicolas Vanhootegem (Bel), Jan-Are Larsen (Nor), Iain Pyman (Eng),Fredrik Orest (Swe),
69 Magnus Persson (Swe), Robert Coles (Eng), Per Barth (Swe), Johan Sköld (Swe), Andreas Andersson (Swe), Björn Pettersson (Swe), Mark Tullo (Chi).
70 Lars Johansson (Swe), Raymond Russell (Sco); Ake Nilsson (Swe), Paul Nilbrink (Nor); Chris Gane (Eng), Roope Kakko (Fin), Jonas Karlson (Swe), Benjamin Miarka (Ger), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Gary Clark (Eng), Johan Wahlqvist (Swe).
71 Morten Hedegaard (Den), Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra), Fabrizio Zanotti (Par); Andreas Högberg (Swe); Wilhelm Schauman (Swe), Matthew King (Eng), Ally Mellor (Eng); Andreas Ljunggren (Swe), Jamie McLeary (Sco), Pehr Magnebrant (Swe); Robert Eriksson (Swe); Mikko Korhonen (Fin).
72 Liam Bond (Wal); 72 Linus Pettersson (Swe); Kevin Harper (Eng); Christian Eriksson (Swe); Jean Hugo (Rsa); Robert Dinwiddie (Eng); Ross McGowan (Eng); Julio Zapata (Arg); Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut); Panu Kylliäinen (Fin); Van Phillips (Eng); Richard Treis (Ger); Ben Willman (Eng), Eric Ramsay (Sco), Soren Juul (Den); Peter Kaensche (Nor); Johan Rydheim (Swe); Daniel Lindgren (Swe); Leif Westerberg (Swe); Tony Edlund (Swe); Gustav Adell (Swe).
73 Janne Martikainen (Fin), Jamie Little (Eng), Martin Wiegele (Aut), Peter Baker (Eng); Joakim Rask (Swe); Niki Zitny (Aut); Benny Ahlenback (Swe); Stefan Nilsson (Swe); Jens Carlsson (Swe); Kieran Staunton (Eng); Robin Swane (Ned); Henrik Allenbrant (Swe); Niclas Gyllengahm (Swe); Mathias Ferry (Swe); Stuart Manley (Wal); Christophe Brazillier (Fra); Lasse Jensen (Den); Fredrik Söderström (Swe); Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Petter Bocian (Swe); Andrew Butterfield (Eng); Magnus A Carlsson (Swe); Erik Algulin (Swe), Janne Mommo (Fin); Kalle Edberg (Swe), Julien Foret (Fra), Markus Larsson (Swe) (am).
74 Sebastian Fernandez (Arg), Anders Sjöstrand (Swe), Christoffer Lange (Den); Kasper Linnet Jorgensen (Den); Jonas Pettersson (Swe); Paul Waring (Eng); David Gustafsson (Swe); Antti Ahokas (Fin); Anthony Snobeck (Fra); Julien Van Hauwe (Fra); Alessio Bruschi (Ita); Pontus Widegren (Swe) (am), Robin Askstrand (Am) (Swe).
75 Niklas Bruzelius (Swe); Tim Dykes (Wal); Cédric Menut (Fra); Mårten Olander (Swe)
Ben Mason (Eng), Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den); Fredrik Hammarberg (Swe); James Morrison (Eng); Klas Eriksson (Swe), Peter Whiteford (Sco), Colm Moriarty (Irl); Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe).
76 Matthew Bliss (Can), Johan Bjerhag (Swe), Michael McGeady (Irl), Gareth Paddison (Nzl), Tim Milford (Eng), Joakim Renström (Swe), Pontus Ericsson (Swe); Daniel De Leon (Mex), Fredrik Widmark (Swe), Gustavo Rojas (Arg), Fredrik B Andersson (Swe), Fredrik Bredin (Swe).
77 Paul Dwyer (Eng), Klas Hallgren (Swe), Carl Johan Oberg (Swe), Toni Karjalainen (Fin), Michael Hoey (Nir), Stephen Browne (Irl); Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra);
78 David Jonsson (Swe), Gareth Wright (Wal), Niklas Abrahamsson (Swe), Gabriel Canizares (Esp).
79 Alejandro Villavicencio (Gtm), Hernan Rey (Arg), Rafael Gomez (Arg), Tim Melen (Swe).
80 Daniel Sandberg (Swe), Jimmy Löfberg (Swe), Victor Flatau (Am) (Swe).
81 Johan Palmdahl (Swe).