GERMAN LEADS WITH ONLY SUB-PAR SCORE OF THE DAY

JACK'S THE LAD FOR SCOTS WITH 

A 73 ON DAY 1 OF LYTHAM TROPHY

Jack McDonald's three-over-par 73 was good enough to make him the leading Scot in a high quality field for the Lytham Trophy at Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club, Lancashire today (Friday).

The Kilmarnock Barassie player, pictured left, recovered well from the potentially demoralising double bogey 6 at the third and another shot dropped at the eight for an outward half of three-over 37.

He slipped to four over the card with a bogey at the 13th but then birdied the 14th and 15th before a final bogey at the 17th for 36 home.

That put McDonald in joint 20th place, four shots behind the leader from Germany, Hurly Long.

Next best Scots were Daniel Young (Craigie Hill), Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie), Craig Ross (Kirkhill), Scott Borrowman (Dollar) and Scott Gibson (Southerness), all on 74  and joint 32nd.

Mathias Eggenberger, from Switzerland but a student at Stirling University, had a 71.

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES

Par 70

69 H Long (Germany)

70 T Gornik (Slovenia)

71 N Moeller (Denmark), M Young (Longridge), M Eggenberger (Switzerland), D Van Driel (Net), H Casey (Enfield), M Kinhult (Germany).

SCOTS' SCORES

73 J McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) (T20)

74 D Young (Craigie Hill), G Robertson (Glenbervie), S Gibson (Southerness), C Ross (Kirkhill), S Borrowman (Dollar) (T34)

75 A Dunton (McDonald Ellon), B Neil (Blairgowrie), J Douglas (Aberdour)

76 A McDougall (Elderslie), J Savage (Cawder)

77 G Stevenson (Whitecraigs), A Culverwell (Dunbar), D Kay (Dunbar), G Marchbank (Thornhill), E Ferguson (Bearsden), C Howie (Peebles)  (T83)

78 C Syme (Dumfries and Co) (T95)

79 A Dick (Kingsknowe), M Smyth (Royal Troon)

80 F Moore (Glenbervie)

82 K McClung (Wigtownshire Co)

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