PGA EuroPro Tour report and scores
Play it again, Sam! Connor leads with 65 at
The Carrick on Loch Lomond
REPORT BY NICK TEALE
The Carrick on Loch Lomond
REPORT BY NICK TEALE
Sam
Connor, pictured above in action today, leads the COBRA PUMA GOLF Open by two strokes after shooting an
opening-round six under par on a wet day at The Carrick on Loch Lomond.
Connor
(Alsager Golf andCountry Club) currently sits fourth on the
HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour’s Race To Desert Springs, from which
the top five at the end of the season graduate to play the Challenge
Tour next year.
He
was the winner at Longhirst Hall Golf Club earlier this season and
another success would likely be enough to secure his promotion to
Europe’s second tier for 2016.
The
Cheshire golfer carded a six-under-par 65 in Scotland on Wednesday to
lead by two from the three golfers sharing second on four under.
He made eight birdies in his opening round, four going out and four coming in. However bogeys at the 14th and 5th, having started at 10, allowed the field to remain in touch with the leader.
Ireland’s
Tim Rice (Limerick Golf Club), Englishman Jack Colegate (Deangate Ridge
Golf Club) and Northern Irishman Jonathan Caldwell (BetMcLean) all shot
four-under-par 67 for their opening round, which Nicolas Garland
occupies fifth on
three under.
“I
player really steady golf today,” said Connor, who is one of many
HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour players supported by tournament
sponsors COBRA PUMA GOLF.
“Putting
was the key for me today; I putted really well which was pleasing. It
was tough work today. When we started off it was hammering down and I
didn’t know if we would get finished. Mercifully it cleared for us.
“I
don’t dwell on it too much when the weather isn’t so good, so it might
work out to be a good thing for me because of my attitude towards it.
“To
get into the top five has been my goal since the start of the season
and if I believe if I keep doing what I am doing then I can do it.
“The
people at COBRA PUMA GOLF have been great to us and really helped us
out this year. I love the Puma gear and the partnership with them has
been fantastic.”
The
COBRA PUMA GOLF Open is a 54-hole stroke-play event with a cut to the
leading ties made after 36 holes. The tournament commences on Wednesday,
August 8 and concludes in front of the TV cameras on Friday, August 10.
A two-hour highlights programme will air on Sky Sports on Tuesday, August 18. Spectator entry is free throughout.
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 71
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 71
1 | Sam Connor Alsager Golf & Country Club | -6 | F * | -6 | 65 | ||||
T2 | Tim Rice Limerick Golf Club | -4 | F * | -4 | 67 | ||||
T2 | Jonathan Caldwell BetMcLean | -4 | F * | -4 | 67 | ||||
T2 | Jack Colegate Deangate Ridge Golf Club | -4 | F | -4 | 67 | ||||
5 | Nicholas Garland Nordec Property Services | -3 | F | -3 | 68 | ||||
T6 | Matthew Cort Beedles Lake Golf Club | -2 | F | -2 | 69 | ||||
T6 | Sam Matton Bowood Golf & Country Club | -2 | F * | -2 | 69 | ||||
T6 | Neil Henderson The Renaissance Club | -2 | F * | -2 | 69 | ||||
T6 | Kris Gray Slaley Hall | -2 | F * | -2 | 69 | ||||
T6 | Darryn Lloyd Stamford Marquees | -2 | F | -2 | 69 | ||||
T6 | Fraser McKenna Balmore Golf Club | -2 | F | -2 | 69 | ||||
T12 | Aaron Rai DCD Group | -1 | F | -1 | 70 | ||||
T12 | Robbie Busher Salisbury and South Wilts GC | -1 | F | -1 | 70 | ||||
T12 | Richard Bentham The Celtic Manor Resort | -1 | F | -1 | 70 | ||||
T12 | Jamie Rutherford Knebworth Golf Club | -1 | F * | -1 | 70 | ||||
T12 | Curtis Griffiths Wentworth | -1 | F * | -1 | 70 | ||||
T12 | Mark Young Clitheroe | -1 | F * | -1 | 70 | 70 | |||
T12 | Liam Taylor Sherwood Forest, T&C Joinery | -1 | F | -1 | 70 | 70 | |||
T12 | James Wilkinson John Letters Golf | -1 | F * | -1 | 70 | 70 | |||
T12 | Ian Redford New Club St Andrews | -1 | F | -1 | 70 | 70 | |||
T12 | George Parker The London Club | -1 | F * | -1 | 70 | 70 | |||
T12 | Callum Macaulay Tulliallan Golf Club | -1 | F * | -1 | 70 | 70 | |||
T23 | Ben Craggs Kingsfield Golf Centre | E | F * | E | 71 | 71 | |||
T23 | Darren Wright Golf at Goodwood | E | F | E | 71 | 71 | |||
T23 | David Clarkson Malden Golf Club | E | F * | E | 71 | 71 | |||
T23 | James White Lundin Golf Club | E | F * | E | 71 | 71 | |||
T23 | Lloyd Saltman Archerfield Links Golf Club | E | F | E | 71 | 71 | |||
T23 | Adam Mason AJM Golf | E | F | E | 71 | 71 | |||
T23 | Luke Joy Remedy Oak/Yas Links Abu Dhabi | E | F | E | 71 | 71 | |||
T23 | Alex Wrigley Hartlepool Golf Club | E | F | E | 71 | 71 | |||
T23 | Paul Reed Bristol & Clifton Golf Club | E | F | E | 71 | 71 | |||
T23 | Christopher Evans Wishaw Golf club | E | F * | E | 71 | 71 | |||
T23 | Charlie Simpson Foxhills Resort | E | F * | E | 71 | 71 | |||
T23 | Mike Bedford Bramhall Park Golf Club | E | F | E | 71 |
T23 | Ryan Brown Worksop Golf Club | E | F | E | 71 | ||||
T23 | Jamie Abbott Fynn Valley Golf Club | E | F * | E | 71 | ||||
T37 | Conor O'Neil Mearns Castle Golf Academy | +1 | F * | +1 | 72 | ||||
T37 | Jamie Dick Sherdons Golf Centre | +1 | F | +1 | 72 | ||||
T37 | Sam Crowther Mottram Hall | +1 | F * | +1 | 72 | ||||
T37 | Jordan Smith Bowood Golf & Country Club | +1 | F | +1 | 72 | ||||
T37 | Robert Sutton Dunstable Downs Golf Club | +1 | F * | +1 | 72 | ||||
T37 | Jamie Howarth Mottram Hall Golf Club | +1 | F * | +1 | 72 | 72 | |||
T37 | Robert Hearty Bromborough Golf Club | +1 | F | +1 | 72 | 72 | |||
T37 | Greg McBain Paul Lawrie Golf Centre | +1 | F | +1 | 72 | 72 | |||
T37 | Jordan McColl Kingsbarns Pro - Academy | +1 | F * | +1 | 72 | 72 | |||
T37 | Neil Fenwick Dunbar Golf Club | +1 | F * | +1 | 72 | 72 | |||
T37 | Sebastian George Garcia Grout Golf de Poniente Mallorca | +1 | F * | +1 | 72 | 72 | |||
T37 | Jason Timmis Newcastle-Under-Lyme GC | +1 | F * | +1 | 72 | 72 | |||
T37 | Steve Martin Unattached | +1 | F | +1 | 72 | 72 | |||
T37 | Lee Corfield Burnham and Berrow Golf Club | +1 | F * | +1 | 72 | 72 | |||
T51 | Jordan Findlay Paul Lawrie Golf Centre | +2 | F * | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | David Booth Rotherham Golf Club | +2 | F | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | James Simpson Close House | +2 | F * | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | Jack Heasman West Essex Golf Club | +2 | F * | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | Joshua White Unattached | +2 | F | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | Richard Weldon Killeen Castle Golf Club | +2 | F * | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | Andrew Cheese Sutton Coldfield Golf Club | +2 | F | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | Luke Jackson Lindrick Golf Club | +2 | F | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | Clarke Lutton R U Active Sports Services | +2 | F * | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | James Ablett Lee-on-the-Solent Golf Club | +2 | F * | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | James Ruebotham Welwyn Garden City Golf Club | +2 | F * | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | Paul Robinson Largs Golf Club | +2 | F | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | Nick McCarthy Moortown Golf Club | +2 | F | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | Graeme Clark Doncaster Golf Club | +2 | F * | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | Liam Murray La Marquesa Golf | +2 | F | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T51 | Sam Robinson Franklin Fitch/Market Rasen GC | +2 | F * | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
T67 | Scott Borrowman Dollar Golf Club | +3 | F * | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T67 | Ben Hall Wollaton park golf club | +3 | F * | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T67 | Steve Surry Cumberwell Park | +3 | F * | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T67 | Myles Frost Perton Park Golf Club | +3 | F | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T67 | Martin Edge Hesketh Golf Club | +3 | F * | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T67 | Sam Kiloh Paul Lawrie Golf Centre | +3 | F * | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T67 | Mark Whelan Allied Pension Trustees | +3 | F * | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T67 | Ben Rawsthorne Bawburgh Golf Club | +3 | F * | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T67 | Hugo Dobson Woodbridge Golf Club | +3 | F * | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T67 | James Scade Ingrebourne Links | +3 | F | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T67 | Tom Wade Portsmouth Golf Centre | +3 | F | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T67 | Andrew Marshall Bawburgh Golf Club | +3 | F * | +3 | 74 | 74 | |||
T79 | Ross Cameron Saltire Energy Ltd | +4 | F | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Craig Farrelly TPS | +4 | F | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Matthew Tottey North Wales Golf Club | +4 | F * | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Kevin Duncan Cruden Bay Golf Club | +4 | F * | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Laurie Canter Cumberwell Park Golf Club | +4 | F | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Greg Payne Chobham Golf Club | +4 | F * | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Zane Scotland Woodcote Park GC/Princes GC | +4 | F | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Daniel Kay Renaissance Club | +4 | F * | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Will Brown Cumberwell Park | +4 | F | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Ryan O'Neill Penwortham Golf Club | +4 | F | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Michael Stewart Troon Welbeck | +4 | F | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Jonathan Mullaney Unattached | +4 | F | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Luke Cornford Cooden Beach Golf | +4 | F * | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Paul Wilson Unattached | +4 | F * | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T79 | Warren Harmston Wentworth Golf Club | +4 | F * | +4 | 75 | 75 | |||
T94 | Steven Gibbs Sedlescombe Golf Club | +5 | F * | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Guy Winstanley R&R | +5 | F | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Ross Bell Downfield Golf Club | +5 | F * | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Robert Watson The Shire London | +5 | F | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Paul Shields Kirkhill Golf Club | +5 | F | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Alex Evans Bromborough GC / Helix Roofing | +5 | F | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Liam Robinson Tadmarton Heath Golf Club | +5 | F | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Scott Crichton Aberdour Golf Club | +5 | F | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Michael Bullen Golf Data Lab | +5 | F * | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Paul Newman East Berkshire Golf Club | +5 | F | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Michael Hill Golf du Totche | +5 | F * | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Rhodri Fieldhouse Wrexham Golf Club | +5 | F * | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Liam Hancock Leek Golf Club | +5 | F | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Charlie Lidyard Surbiton Golf Club | +5 | F * | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Jamie Brittain Matthew Lea Golf Academy | +5 | F * | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Westley Wray The Rayleigh Club Golf Resort | +5 | F * | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Daniel Wood Brampton Heath Golf Centre | +5 | F * | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T94 | Thomas Muchmore Ashford Golf Club | +5 | F | +5 | 76 | 76 | |||
T112 | Michael Patterson Kilmacolm Golf Club | +6 | F | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Josh Kenny London Golf Club | +6 | F * | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Neil Chaudhuri www.specialisteyes.co.uk | +6 | F | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | James Tisdale Wallasey golf club | +6 | F | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Philip McLean Paul Lawrie Golf Centre | +6 | F * | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Kit Holmes Hunstanton Golf Club | +6 | F | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Alexander Holmes Gorleston Golf Club | +6 | F * | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Matthew Chapman Wentworth Golf Club | +6 | F * | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Andy Scrimshaw Close House Golf Club | +6 | F * | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Luke Goddard Hendon | +6 | F | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Matthew Haines Rochester and Cobham Golf Club | +6 | F * | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Paul Bradshaw Gainsborough Golf Club | +6 | F | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Phillip Kelly Coastal Property Group, Lytham | +6 | F * | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T112 | Eric Ramsay Carnoustie Golf Club | +6 | F | +6 | 77 | 77 | |||
T126 | Kris Nicol Paul Lawrie Golf Centre | +7 | F | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Ryan Dickinson Stems of style florist | +7 | F | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Zack Saltman Archerfield Links Golf Club | +7 | F | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Shaun McAllister Craigielaw Golf Club | +7 | F | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Alexander Culverwell (a) Dunbar Golf Club | +7 | F * | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Ben Stow Rushmore Golf Club | +7 | F * | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Alastair Forsyth Mearns Castle Golf Academy | +7 | F | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | John Duff Newmachar Golf Club | +7 | F | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Simon Williams Northampton Golf Club | +7 | F | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Alastair Kinnaird Kirby Muxloe Golf Club | +7 | F | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Will Roebuck Woburn Golf Club | +7 | F * | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Steven Parry North West Golf Academy | +7 | F | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Adam Wootton Oxford Golf Centre | +7 | F | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T126 | Lewis Horobin Matthew Lea Golf Academy | +7 | F * | +7 | 78 | 78 | |||
T140 | Sam Day Mendip Springs Golf Club | +8 | F * | +8 | 79 | 79 | |||
T140 | Calum Smith Royal Musselburgh Golf Club | +8 | F * | +8 | 79 | 79 | |||
T140 | Robert Gowers Alresford Golf Club | +8 | F | +8 | 79 | 79 | |||
T140 | James Maw Rockliffe Hall | +8 | F | +8 | 79 | 79 | |||
T140 | Sam Forgan Stowmarket Golf Club | +8 | F | +8 | 79 | 79 | |||
T140 | Miles Collins Stoke by Nayland Golf Club | +8 | F | +8 | 79 | 79 | |||
T146 | Craig Lawrie Paul Lawrie Golf Centre | +9 | F * | +9 | 80 | 80 | |||
T146 | James Hendrick Pollok Golf Club | +9 | F * | +9 | 80 | 80 | |||
T146 | Greg O'Neill Dullatur Golf Cub | +9 | F | +9 | 80 | 80 | |||
T146 | Sam Watts MCL | +9 | F | +9 | 80 | 80 | |||
T146 | Richard Wallis North Foreland Golf Club | +9 | F * | +9 | 80 | 80 | |||
T151 | Alex Belt Qhotels/Snainton Golf | +10 | F | +10 | 81 | 81 | |||
T151 | Josh Sims Caldy Golf Club | +10 | F * | +10 | 81 | 81 | |||
T151 | Jacob Bagshaw Buxton and High Peak | +10 | F | +10 | 81 | 81 | |||
T151 | Rhys Enoch Celtic Manor | +10 | F * | +10 | 81 | 81 | |||
T151 | Marcus Mohr Sports Mang.for the Aspiring | +10 | F | +10 | 81 | 81 | |||
T156 | Daanyal Spalding Copt Heath Golf Club | +11 | F | +11 | 82 | 82 | |||
T156 | Max Brackley Manston Golf Club | +11 | F | +11 | 82 | 82 | |||
158 | Mark Cleary Investcheck Ltd | +12 | F * | +12 | 83 | 83 | |||
T159 | Todd Adcock The Nevill Golf Club | +13 | F * | +13 | 84 | 84 | |||
T159 | James Adams Druids Heath Golf Club | +13 | F * | +13 | 84 | 84 | |||
T159 | Joshua Carpenter Cleobury Mortimer Golf Club | +13 | F | +13 | 84 | 84 | |||
162 | James Steven Clydeway Golf | +16 | F | +16 | 87 | 87 | |||
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