PAUL McKECHNIE IN THE PICTURE AT WINDY MONTROSE
Sam Matton was the only golfer to complete his opening round under
par on day one of the Eagle Orchid Scottish Masters, after play at 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour event was suspended for almost three hours due to the severity of the wind at Montrose Golf Links.
The Wiltshire golfer, based at Bowood Golf Resort, shot a one-under-par 70 and leads by one in the clubhouse from Steve Uzzell (Hornsea Golf Club). Marcus Armitage is one under in the field through 12 with four golfers level par and yet to complete their opening round.
Daniel Gavins (De Vere Oulton Hall) and Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills Golf Centre), both winners on the 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour already this season, each shot 72 and are two behind leader Matton.
Play was suspended for two hours 56 minutes in the morning, with balls moving on the greens by over 15 inches in the high winds on Scotland’s east coast.
It means 42 golfers will have to complete their first round on Wednesday morning.
The second round will commence as scheduled at 7am, simultaneously with the conclusion of the first round.
Matton was two under for his front nine after birdies at five, six and eight and moved to three under with a three at the fourteenth. However, bogeys on 16 and 17 were his second and third of the round and he signed for a 70, the only player to break par for his first 18.
Uzzell recovered from a bogey-bogey start to sign for a level-par 71 thanks to birdies at eight, nine and 15 after he also bogeyed the 11th.
The tournament is a 54-hole strokeplay event with a cut to the leading 50 players plus ties to be made following the second round. Thursday’s final 18 will be filmed for a two-hour highlights programme to be broadcast four times on Sky Sports HD on Wednesday, September 25.
Spectator entry to the course is free throughout the week and live scoring can be found at www.europrotour.com.
LEADERBOARD OF COMPLETED SCORES
70 S Matton (Eng)
71 S Uzzell (Eng)
72 D Gavins (Eng), P McKechnie (Sco)
OTHER SCOTS SCORES
73 Elliot Saltman (Archerfield Links), Zack Saltman (Archerfield Links)
76 Paul Shields (Kirkhill), Neil Henderson (Renaissance Club)
77 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links)
78 Andrew Rollo (Moray)
80 Eric Ramsay (Carnoustie)
81 Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), Andrew Weir (unatt)
82 Ian Redford (St Andrews New)
83 Christopher Currie (Caldwell)
TO VIEW ALL THE COMPLETED AND UNCOMPLETED SCORES
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The Wiltshire golfer, based at Bowood Golf Resort, shot a one-under-par 70 and leads by one in the clubhouse from Steve Uzzell (Hornsea Golf Club). Marcus Armitage is one under in the field through 12 with four golfers level par and yet to complete their opening round.
Daniel Gavins (De Vere Oulton Hall) and Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills Golf Centre), both winners on the 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour already this season, each shot 72 and are two behind leader Matton.
Play was suspended for two hours 56 minutes in the morning, with balls moving on the greens by over 15 inches in the high winds on Scotland’s east coast.
It means 42 golfers will have to complete their first round on Wednesday morning.
The second round will commence as scheduled at 7am, simultaneously with the conclusion of the first round.
Matton was two under for his front nine after birdies at five, six and eight and moved to three under with a three at the fourteenth. However, bogeys on 16 and 17 were his second and third of the round and he signed for a 70, the only player to break par for his first 18.
Uzzell recovered from a bogey-bogey start to sign for a level-par 71 thanks to birdies at eight, nine and 15 after he also bogeyed the 11th.
The tournament is a 54-hole strokeplay event with a cut to the leading 50 players plus ties to be made following the second round. Thursday’s final 18 will be filmed for a two-hour highlights programme to be broadcast four times on Sky Sports HD on Wednesday, September 25.
Spectator entry to the course is free throughout the week and live scoring can be found at www.europrotour.com.
LEADERBOARD OF COMPLETED SCORES
70 S Matton (Eng)
71 S Uzzell (Eng)
72 D Gavins (Eng), P McKechnie (Sco)
OTHER SCOTS SCORES
73 Elliot Saltman (Archerfield Links), Zack Saltman (Archerfield Links)
76 Paul Shields (Kirkhill), Neil Henderson (Renaissance Club)
77 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links)
78 Andrew Rollo (Moray)
80 Eric Ramsay (Carnoustie)
81 Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), Andrew Weir (unatt)
82 Ian Redford (St Andrews New)
83 Christopher Currie (Caldwell)
TO VIEW ALL THE COMPLETED AND UNCOMPLETED SCORES
CLICK HERE
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