SCOTS STRUGGLE TO BREAK 80 IN MOROCCO

Scotland's tour pros enjoyed a wretched day in the EPD Tour's Mogador Open at Essaouira on Morocco's Atlantic coastline today.
Paul O'Hara had a five-over-par 77 - nine shots behind first-round leader Christoph Gunther (Germany) - but the Colville Park man was still easily the best of the five Scots in joint 38th place in a field of 114. O'Hara had a double bogey 6 at the ninth in halves of 40-39.
Ellon's Ross Cameron and rookie Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) signed for nine-over 81s and are sharing 74th place. Cameron had a triple bogey 7 at the first, his 10th hole. Findlay had two triple bogey 7s within four holes - at the 15th and 17th in an inward half of 43.
Two more rookie pros, Philip McLean (Peterhead) and Aberdeen's David Law struggled for scores of 82 and 84 respectively.
McLean (jt 80th) had three double bogeys in 43 for the front nine.
Law (jt 98th) covered the outward half in 44 blows, double-bogeying the sixth, eighth and ninth.
Only the leading 40 and ties after Tuesday's second round will contest the third and final round. Apart from O'Hara, it would be a brave man who would bet on any of the other Scots beating the cut.

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
68 Christoph Gunther (Ger).
69 Maximilian Glauert (Ger), Faycal Serghini (Mor).
70 Timothy Neal (US).

SCOTS' SCORES
77 Paul O'Hara (T38)
81 Ross Cameron, Jordan Findlay (T74).
82 Philip McLean (T80)
84 David Law (T98)

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