FERGUSON SHARES SECOND PLACE

IN SPANISH SENIORS GOLF

Spaniard Miguel Preysler spreadeagled the field with a two-under-par round of 70 on the first day of the Spanish senior men's amateur international championship at Costa Ballena Golf Club, Cadiz.
Preysler is pictured right in action at the Senior British open amateur championship at Nairn two or three years ago when Gillian Stewart, the former leading amateur and tour pro from Inverness, caddied for him. Gillian is a good friend of the Spanish player who has numerous titles to his credit in Spain.
Preysler opened up a six-stroke lead at Costa Ballena from Scot Alan Ferguson from Drumpellier and Sweden's Tomas Persson.
Anglo-Scot Donald McCart (Sherwood Forest) finished the day in joint fourth place on 77.
Nairn's Robin Paton had an 82, one better than Aberdeen's Alistair Fiddes and Bill Methven.

FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
Par 72
70 Miguel Preysler (Spa).
76 Alan Ferguson (Sco), Tomas Persson (Swe).
77 Donald McCart (Sco), Bjorn Ronning (Swe), Glynn Rees (Wal), Juan Carlos Tinture (Spa).
Selected scores:
79 Stephen Hickey (Eng).
80 Terence Brown (Eng), Denis Martin (Eng), Hugh Smyth (Ire).
81 Sam McGuinness (Ire), Patrick Morgan (Ire), Bob Edgar (Sco), Stuart Pond (Eng), Tony Hayes (Ire).
82 Tony Haire (Eng), Clive Woodford (Eng), Robin Paton (Sco).
83 Bill Methven (Sco), Tom McEvoy (Ire), Alistair Fiddes (Sco).
84 Richard Hopkinson (Eng).