GAVIN DEAR LEADING SCOT IN
PORTUGUESE CHAMPIONSHIP

Gavin Dear from Murrayshall, Perth was the leading Scot at the end of the first round of the Portuguese men's amateur international championship at Estela Golf Club.

Gavin returned a two-over-par 74 to besharing 18th place behind joint leaders Gary Wolsteholme from England and Sweden's Mattias Nordqvist on 69.

FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 72
69 G Wolstenholme (Eng), M Nordqvist (Swe).
70 P Figuereido (Por), P Baunsoe (Eng).
71 B Hebert, J L Casanova (Fra).
72 N Bertasio (Ita), T Shadbolt (Eng), P Cutler (Ire), N Chaudhuri (Eng), J Lopez-Lazaro (Fra).
Other scores:
73 J Abbott (Eng), D Whitnell (Eng), L Campbell (Eng), M Cryer (Eng) (jt 12th).
74 G Dear (Sco), S Hodgson (Eng), C Curley (Ire), R Laino (Eng) (jt 18th).
75 A Runcie (Wal), P O'Hanlon (Ire), S McAllister (Sco) (jt 31st).
76 Z Saltman (Sco), N Kearnery (Ire), G Campbell (Sco), S Stuart (Eng), R McKnight (Sco), B Hempstoke (Eng), S Mann (Sco), S Lowry (Ire) (jt 44th).
77 S Uzzel (Eng), P O'Hara (Sco), E Pepperell (Eng) (jt 57th).
78 N Paterman (Eng) (jt 63rd).
79 N Henderson (Sco) (jt 72nd).
81 M Hillson (Sco) (jt 93rd).
88 R Carson (Sco) (last of 119).