SCOTS TRAIL BEHIND WINNER SCOTLAND IN MOROCCO

Edinburgh's Greg Nicolson and Clarke Lutton, originally from Aberdeen, shared the honour of being top Scot in the first event of the 2013 MENA Tour, the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Open at Rabat, Morocco today But they both finished 19 shots behind the winner by five, Englishman Zane Scotland who posted rounds of 67, 73 and 69 for a 10-under-par total of 209.Lutton scored 80, 72 and 76 while Nicolson, attached to Mortonhall Golf Club, had rounds of 78, 74 and 76 for 228 and joint 14th place.Duncan Stewart from Grantown on Spey finished even further behind the winner in joint 29th place. Stewar scored 80-75-80 for 235. ROYAL GOLF DAR ES SALAM OPENRabat, MoroccoLEADING FINAL TOTALSPar 216 (3x72)209 Zane Scotland (Eng) 67 73 69214 Younes El Hassani (Mor) 72 70 72216 Stephen Dodd (Wal) 72 68 66, Greg Snow (Kenya) 72 74 70, Ian Keenan (Eng) 74 69 73217 Dale Marmion (EWng) 72 73 72 SCOTS' SCORES228 Clarke Lutton 80 72 76, Greg Nicolson 78 74 76 (T14)235 Duncan Stewart 80 75 80. ends