EIGHT SCOTS IN ACTION IN EGYPT

WHITE LEADS 

TARTAN ARMY 

ON PRO DEBUT

James White marked his debut as a professional by heading a Tartan Arm of eight Scots at the end of the first round of the Al;ps Tour's Red Sea El Ein Bay Open at Sokhna Golf Club today (Tuesday).

The Fifer and Stirling University graduate shot a par-matching 72, despite having a double bogey 6  on his scorecard. Three birdies in halves of 37-35 helped him recovered to be joint 18th, four shots behind the Spanish leader, Borja Etchart.

Ellon's Ross Cameron (Saltire Energy) was closed bhind with a 73 (38-35) thanks to a grandstand finish of birdies at the last three holes.
 He is joint 27th alongside Motherwell's Ross Kellett (36-37) - four birdies and a double bogey - and John Gallagher from Edinburgh. Gallagher bogeyed the 16th and 17th in halves of 36-37.

Rookie pro Jordan McColl from Dundee and Troon's Michael Stewart at joint 42nd on 74. McColl had halves of 37, Stewart, who was four over par after only six holes, birdieing the 11th, 13th and 17th to get back to two over par.

Kris Nicol (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) had double bogeys at the short fourth and long 13th in returning a 75 (36-39) while John Henry (Clydebank and District) had halves of 37-39 in compiling a 76 to be joint 64th in a field of 105 players.

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES

Par 72

68 Borja Etchart (S;pa)

69 Jean Pierre Verselin (Fra), Clement Batut (Fra)

SELECTED SCORES

70 Steven Brown (Eng) (T4)

72 James White (Sco) (T18)

73 Ross Cameron (Sco), Ross Kellett (Sco), John Gallagher (Sco) (T27)

74 Jordan McColl (Sco), Michael Stewart (Sco) (T42)

75 Kris Nicol (Sco) (T57)

76 John Henry (Sco) (T64).