SCOTS UP AGAINST IT IN EUROPEAN TOUR CHALLENGE AT MADRID

David Law faces a fight to beat the cut after a first-round, three-over-par 75 in the European Challenge Tour event in Madrid. The Aberdonian birdied the long first and eighth but bogeyed the second, fifth and ninth to turn in one-over 37. No birdies on the inward half which was marred close hom by bogeys at the short 16th and 17th. The Scot who has the best chance of qualifying for the final rounds is Peterhead-born Jamie McLeary who is joint 48th overnight after a four-birdie 71. Andrew McArthur (40 shots for his second nine), Alastair Forsyth and Lloyd Saltman are bracketed in joint 105th place on two-over 74. Callum Macaulay is alongside Law on 75. Raymond Russell struggled home in 41 blows for a 76 and a share of 134th place. while George Murray had a nightmare run of four consecutive bogeys from the 14th for a 77 and joint 147th place. Steven O'Hara, among the last players to finish on a long opening day, birdied the first, 11th, 14th and 17th for a 73 to be joint 86th. Frenchman Francois Calmel was playing a different course from everybody else. He leads by three shots after a nine-under-par, course-record 63. SCOTS' SCORES Par 72 71 Jamie McLeary (T48). 73 Steve O'Hara (T86). 74 Andrew McArthur, Alastair Forsyth, Lloyd Saltman (T105) 75 Callum Macaulay, David Law (T122). 76 Raymond Russell (T134) 77 George Murray (T147).