Hark, Herald has a good day but Hume, Rankin toil

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Mearns Castle’s Scott Herald had a good day to share the lead with a one-under-par 70 in this week’s PGA EuroPro Tour event, the Dawson & Sanderson Classic, at Longhirst Hall Golf Club, Northumberland.
But it was a bad one for two former Scottish amateur champions Graham Rankin (1998) and Barry Hume (2001).

Haggs Castle’s Hume (pictured) marked up a seven-over-par 78 to be joint 61st His card include a triple bogey 7 at the long 17th and a double bogey 5 at the short sixth. Also checking in with an 78 was Zack Saltman with an inward half of 40 including a double bogey at the 11th.

Drumpellier’s Rankin stumbled his way to an 80 with an inward half of 43 including a triple bogey 7 at the 13th and a double bogey 7 at the long 18th. He had not a single birdie.

Herald, in contrast, had birdies at the first, the long third, the 13th and long 16th in halves of 36 and 34. He also had a double bogey 7 at the ninth and dropped a shot at the second.

Sharing the top spot with him on 70 are Nick McCarthy (Moortown) ad Chris roake (Buckinghamshire).

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES

Par 71

70 Scott Herald (Sco), Nick McCarthy (Eng), Chris Roake (Eng).

71 Jeremy Kavanagh (Eng), Jonathan Gidney (Eng).

72 Charles Tetlow (Hartlepool), George Cowan (Westerhope), Michael Nesbitt (Westerhope).

Other Scots scores:

74 Mark Rae (jt 20th).

75 David Roger (jt 28th).

76 Steven Mackie (jt 42nd).

78 Zack Saltman, Barry Hume (jt 60th).

79 Andrew Barton, Stuart Burns (jt 72nd).

80 Graham Rankin (jt 83rd).

83 Euan McIntosh (jt 102nd).

84 Ross Cameron (jt 118th).

87 John Henry (jt 125th).

Retired: Stephen Clark.