COLLI BERICI OPEN IN NORTHERN ITALY

WHITE'S GRANDSTAND FINISH PUTS

HIM IN JT SIXTH ON ALPS TOUR

Rookie pro James White birdied his last two holes - the eighth and the ninth - for a three-under-par 68 and a share of sixth place at the end of the first round of the Alps Tour event at Colli Berici Golf Club in Northern Italy today.

White, pictured, from Lundin, Fife started at the 10th and birdied the 10th and 13th before dropping his only shot of the day, a 4 at the short 16th. 
He reeled off a string of pars after the turn and then produced a grandstand birdie-birdie finish which leaves him two shots behind the three joint leaders on five-under 66, Italians Joon Kim and Alessio Bruschi and Ireland's Brendan McCarroll.
John Henry and John Gallagher are tied for 36th place on 73, one shot ahead of Ross Kellett.
Michael Stewart continues to struggle as a pro. He is lying joint 118th in a field of 138 after a lacklustre, eight-over-par 79.

ALPS TOUR - COLLI BERICI OPEN
Colli Berici GC, Northern Italy
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 71 
66 Joon Kim (Ita), Alessio Bruschi (Ita), Brendan McCarroll (Ire)

SELECTED SCORES
68 James White (Sco), Andrew Cooley (Eng) (T6)
70 Alex Christie (Eng) (T11)
73 John Henry (Sco), John Gallagher (Sco) (T36)
74 Ross Kellett (T58)
79 Michael Stewart (T118) 

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