SCOTS NICOLSON, STEWART TOIL IN MOROCCO

Greg Nicolson and Duncan Stewart toiled for scores of 78 and 80 respectively in the first round of the MENA Tour's Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Open at Rabat, Morocco today. Mortonhall's Nicolson had halves of 37-41 to be in joint 24th place behind the leader by five shots, Zane Scotland (England) with a 67. Stewart, from Grantown on Spey, had double bogeys at the long fifth, short ninth and par-4 11th in halves of 41-39.  ROYAL GOLF DAR ES SALAM OPEN Rabat, Morocco LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES 67 Z Scotland (Eng) 72 D Marmion (Eng), S Dodd (Wal), Y El Hassani (Mor). SELECTED SCORES 74 W Harrold (Eng), I Keenan (Eng) 78 G Nicolson (Sco). 80 D Stewart (Sco).