PGAs OF EUROPE INTERNATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

ENGLAND LEAD FROM SCOTS ON ALGARVE

England are setting the pace ahead of Scotland with Wales fifth and Ireland joint 10th in a field of 26 countries at the end of the opening day of the PGAs of Europe international team golf championship over the Ocean Course at Vale do Lobo on Portugal's Algarve today.
David Shacklady with a five-under-par 67 and John Wells a 69 gave England an eight-under first-round total of 136. Jon Bevan had their non-counting score of 77.
Sam Cairns' 68 and Colin Gillies' 70 gave Scotland - six times winners of the 72-hole championship - a very good start with a six-under 138 tally. James McKinnon had the non-counting 77.
This is veteran Gillies' ninth appearance in the tournament which is being played in Portugal for the first time.
FIRST-ROUND
Par 144 (2x72)
136 England (David Shacklady 67, John Wells 69. Non-counter John Bevan 77).
138 Scotland (Sam Cairns 68, Colin Gillies 70. NC James McKinnon 77.
139 France.
140 Denmark.
142 Wales (Gareth Jones 69, Matthew Davies 73. NC Richard Dinsdale 74).
143 Norway, Switzerland.
144 Germany, Spain.
145 Greece, Ireland (Glen Robinson 72, John Kelly 73. NC Eamonn Brady 78).
146 Poland.
147 Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden.
149 United Arab Emirates.
152 Slovenia.
153 Belgium, Hungary, Iceland.
154 Croatia.
155 Czech Republic.
156 Luxemburg, South Africa.
157 Finland.



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