RENNIE (67) SETS PACE IN NEWSLANDS TROPHY FIRST ROUND

Drumpellier's Steven Rennie set the pace with a three-under-par 67 on the weather-delayed first day of this weekend's SGU Order of Merit 72-hole men's open, the Newlands Trophy, at Lanark Golf Club.
Play had to be suspended at one stage because of the threat of lightning strikes in the area.
Rennie had a one-stroke lead from six players - Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co), Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe), Horacio Leon (Chile), Conor O'Neil (Pollok), Pauul Ferrier (Baberton) and Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie).
Fraser McKenna (Balmore), who beat Robertson in a play-off for the Sutherland Chalice four-round open tournament at Dumfries last weekend, had a 70.
FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 70. CSS 72
67 Steven Rennie (Drumpellier).
68 Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co), Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe), Horacio Leon (Chile), Conor O'Neil (Pollok), Paul Ferrier (Baberton), Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie)
69 Paul Shields (Kirkhill), Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle), Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh), John Duff (Newmachar).
70 Scott Crichton (Aberdour), Fraser McKenna (Balmore), Ross Noon (Craigielaw), Steven Maxwell (Windyhill).
71 Stuart McKechnie (Lanark), Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm), Stephen Wills (Lanark), Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon).
72 Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie), James White (Lundin), Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar), Stephen Speirs (Portpatrick).
73 Lee Morgan (Swanston New), James Ross (Royal Burgess), Scott Ritchie (NZ), Jamie Lamb (Lanark), Stephen Neilson (Dunbar), Malcolm Campbell (Swanston New), Brian Soutar (Leven GS).
74 Craig Deerness (Harburn), Stewart Henderson (Hamilton), Greig Marchbank (Dumfries and Co), Scott Brownlie (Lanark), Fraser Moore (Glenbervie), Mark Bookless (Sandyhills).
75 James Hendrick (Pollok), Steven Smith (Dalmahoy), Daniel Kay (Dunbar), Scott Borrowman (Dollar), Richard Docherty (Bearsden), Sean McGarvey (Glencorse).
76 Michael Campbell (Renfrew), Alan Welsh (Cathkin Braes).
77 Lawrie Clark (Lanark), Alan Sutherland (Ladybank), Gorden Yates (Hilton Park), Thomas Sharkey (Helensburgh), Alastair Rogers (Monifieth), Graham Robertson (Silverknowes), Grant Carnie (Newburgh on Ythan).
78 Malcolm Pennycott (Lanark), Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyton), Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire).
79 James Johnston (Lanark), Alister Hain (Ladybank), Craig Ross (Kirkhill), James Aitken (Lanark), Craig Robertson (Lanark), Graeme McDougall (Bishopbriggs).
80 James Barrett (Muckhart).
81 Kevin Duncan (McDonald Ellon).
82 Scott Brown (Turnberry).
83 Ben Renfrew (The Wynyard).
86 Craig Boyd (Lanark).
NR Robert Carson (Dalmahoy).
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