Twin Jim shares lead in Scottish
seniors' Spanish Festival

Cardoss's Jim Kinloch, one of two sets of twins playing in the Scottish Senior Golfing Society's inaugural Spanish Festival at Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort, Murcia, shared the lead on two-over-par 74 with Ian Brotherston (Dumfries & County) at the end of the first round of the Murcia Seniors Open today.
Jim and Peter Kinloch are joint secretaries and treasurers of the society which has the support of the Scottish Golf Union and has organised a domestic circuit of competitive play for the over-55s this past year.
Jim played to his handicap of two, his net score of 72 matching the par for the Dave Thomas-designed course on a gloriously sunny day near the coast of south-east Spain.
Brotherston won the opening event of the Seniors' Festival - a doubles competition - in partnership with George Rodaks (Moffat).
Bob Stewart (Tulliallan), winner of the Scottish seniors' championship at Elgin earlier in the year, shared third place on 76 with John McDonald (Cowglen), Ken Forrest (Lenzie) and the society vice-captain Keith Howie (West Kilbride).
The second golfing set of twins in the field are the Hutcheons, Ian and Fred, from Monifieth. Ian had a 77 and Fred a 78.
The Murcia Seniors Open is over three rounds.
Leading first round scores
Par 72
74 Jim Kinloch (Cardross), Ian Brotherston (Dumfries & Co).
76 Bob Stewart (Tulliallan), John McDonald (Cowglen), Ken Forrest (Lenzie).
77 Keith Howie (West Kilbride), Ian Hutcheon (Monifieth), David Smith (Stirling), Ian Taylor (Royal Burgess), Alan MacNaught (Colchester), John Lang (unatt).
78 David Millar (Kilmarnock Barassie), Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead), George Rodaks (Moffat), Fred Hutcheon (Monifieth), James Johnston (Northumberland), Derek Murphy (Kinross), George Paterson (Northern).
79 David Doodson (Temple), Gordon MacDonald (Callander), Jim Graham (unatt), Derek Sim (Moor Hall), Peter Barnett (unatt).