TRAHAN ONLY ONE SHOT OFF LEAD AT MARBELLA

Rookie pro Callum Trahan, playing out of Meldrum House GC. Oldmeldrum, is lying joint 10th, one stroke behind nine players sharing the lead on par 72 after the first round of the Gecko Pro Tour's 36-hole, two-day event at Marbella Golf and Country Club on the Costa del Sol.
Traham countered a triple bogey 7 at the 12th by covering the last four holes in three under par with a birdie at the 15th and an eagle 3 at the 17th.
Malcolm Isaacs (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) is joint 18th in a field of 52 with a 75 which included a double-bogey 6 at the first.
First prize is 2,000 Euros.

GECKO PRO TOUR
Marbella G&CC
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
72 A Sondergaard (Den), J Reiss (Eng), N Joy (Eng), D Gersztein (Ger), C Rodiles (Spa), M Quiros (Spa), N O'Briain (Ire), A G Mohedano (Spa), S Lussi (Den) (am).

SELECTED SCORES
73 C Trahan (Sco), D Aldridge (Eng) (T10)
74 G Walsh (Ire) (T14)
75 M Isaacs (Sco) (T18).
ENDS