King leads by one from Kelly at halfway

in Volvo/Ayrshire Hospice 36-hole event

Kingsfield’s Mark King leads by one stroke from Chris Kelly (Cawder) going into the second and final day of the Volvo/Ayrshire Hospice professional golf tournament ta West Kilbride yesterday.
King shot a seven-under-par 64 with one eagle (a 2 at the 14th) and seven birdies (the third, fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth, 12th and 16th). He also had bogeys at the 10th and 15th. It’s by no means a two-horse race between four players are bracketed in third place on 66 – Gordon Law (Uphall), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Callum Nicol (Prestwick and Stephen Gray (Hayston).
The first day took the form of a pro-am event but it’s pros only for today’s action at the Ayrshire venue.

First round pro scores
Par 71
64 Mark King (Kingsfield).
65 Chris Kelly (Cawder).
66 Gordon Law (Uphall), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Callum Nicol (Prestwick), Stephen Gray (Hayston).
67 Graham Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation), Chris Doak (unatt).
68 Fraser Mann (Musselburgh), Graham Fox (East Kilbride), Colin Gillies (Perry Golf).