Darren is still Wright on the mark in EuroPro 

Tour with seven-under 64 at Prince's

 NEWS RELEASE BY NICK TEALE

Darren Wright carded a seven-under-par 64 to lead the HotelPlanner.com Championship by one stroke after the first round at Prince’s Golf Club, Kent todayu.

The event is the final HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour event of the regular season before the top 60 players on the Race To Desert Springs are invited to the Matchroom Sport Tour Championship.

Wright (Golf at Goodwood) currently sits third on the tour money list, from which the top five at the end of the season are awarded a card on next summer’s Challenge Tour. A strong finish at Prince’s would all-but confirm the 26-year-old’s graduation to European golf’s second-tier.

Warren Harmston (Wentworth Golf Club) and Matthew Haines (Rochester and Cobham Golf Club) are second on six under while seven golfers are just two back from the leader on five under.

“I played really well today,” said Wright. “I stayed patient. I was two under on the front nine but I had hit it close and missed a handful of chances. I knew if I stayed patient it would come on the back nine and I made a few birdies there and holed out from 72 yards for eagle on the par-five 15^th.

“I really enjoy links golf. I did well here last year. One of the nines has changed so it is a slightly different course but it is the same feel. We were lucky enough to have pretty perfect golf conditions today.

“I have been playing well all year and staying patient through the year. I will go out there and keep doing what I have been doing. I can only do my best and see what happens at the end of the season.

“My main goal, like many others, is to win the Race To Desert Springs and I have put myself in a good position to do that. Hopefully I can follow up this first good round with a couple more and then see where I am going into Tour Championship.”

The HotelPlanner.com Championship is a 54-hole strokeplay event with a cut to the leading 50 players and ties made after the first 36 holes. The final round will be played on Friday..

ALL THE SCORES AT  PRINCE'S

1	Darren Wright  Golf at Goodwood	-7	F	-7	64			64
T2	Warren Harmston  Wentworth Golf Club	-6	F	-6	65			65
T2	Matthew Haines  Rochester and Cobham Golf Club	-6	F	-6	65			65
T4	Graeme Clark  Doncaster Golf Club	-5	F	-5	66			66
T4	Kieron Fowler  Lyme Regis Golf Club	-5	F *	-5	66			66
T4	Andrew Cheese  Sutton Coldfield Golf Club	-5	F *	-5	66			66
T4	Hugo Dobson  Woodbridge Golf Club	-5	F *	-5	66			66
T4	Matthew Tottey  North Wales Golf Club	-5	F	-5	66			66
T4	Kris Nicol  Paul Lawrie Golf Centre	-5	F	-5	66			66
T4	Darryn Lloyd  Stamford Marquees	-5	F	-5	66			66
T11	Callum Macaulay  Tulliallan Golf Club	-4	F *	-4	67			67
T11	Alex Wrigley  Hartlepool Golf Club	-4	F *	-4	67			67
T11	Connor Fletcher  Chart Hills Golf Club	-4	F *	-4	67			67
T11	Richard Bentham  The Celtic Manor Resort	-4	F *	-4	67			67
T11	Aaron Rai  DCD Group	-4	F	-4	67			67
T11	Chris Halley  Malton & Norton Golf Club	-4	F *	-4	67			67
T11	Charlie Lidyard  Surbiton Golf Club	-4	F	-4	67			67
T18	Haydn McCullen  Delamere Forest	-3	F *	-3	68			68
T18	Sebastian George Garcia Grout  Golf de Poniente Mallorca	-3	F *	-3	68			68
T18	Sam Robertshawe  Army Golf Club	-3	F *	-3	68			68
T18	Daniel Bennett  Chart Hills Golf Club	-3	F	-3	68			68
T18	Sam Connor  Alsager Golf & Country Club	-3	F	-3	68			68
T18	David Booth  Rotherham Golf Club	-3	F	-3	68			68
T18	Craig Hinton  LJD Technology Services	-3	F	-3	68			68
T18	Chris Gane  Lefthandedgolf at Silvermere	-3	F *	-3	68			68
T18	Billy Hemstock  Teignmouth Golf Club	-3	F	-3	68			68
T18	Charlie Simpson  Foxhills Resort	-3	F	-3	68			68
T18	Thriston Lawrence  Nelspruit Golf Club	-3	F	-3	68			68
T18	Steve Surry  Cumberwell Park	-3	F *	-3	68			68
T18	Ben Rawsthorne  Bawburgh Golf Club	-3	F	-3	68			68
T18	Michael Lowe  Leatherhead Golf Club	-3	F *	-3	68			68
T18	Will Roebuck  Woburn Golf Club	-3	F *	-3	68			68
T18	Matthew Moseley  Tenby Golf Club	-3	F	-3	68			68
T18	George Parker  The London Club	-3	F	-3	68			68
T18	Jack Colegate  Deangate Ridge Golf Club	-3	F *	-3	68			68
T18	Andrew Marshall  Bawburgh Golf Club	-3	F	-3	68			68
T37	Scott Borrowman  Dollar Golf Club	-2	F	-2	69			69
T37	Paul Bradshaw  Gainsborough Golf Club	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Richard Wallis  North Foreland Golf Club	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Michael Watson  Wessex Golf Centre	-2	F	-2	69			69
T37	Will Brown  Cumberwell Park	-2	F	-2	69			69
T37	Alexander Holmes  Gorleston Golf Club	-2	F	-2	69			69
T37	Thomas Muchmore  Ashford Golf Club	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Luke Cornford  Cooden Beach Golf	-2	F	-2	69			69
T37	David Clarkson  Malden Golf Club	-2	F	-2	69			69
T37	Craig Farrelly  TPS	-2	F	-2	69			69
T37	Greg Payne  Chobham Golf Club	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Christopher Evans  Wishaw Golf club	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Westley Wray  The Rayleigh Club Golf Resort	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Jamie Elson  Team Jenahura	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Daniel Gavins  Walton Driving Range	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Kevin Harper  East Devon Golf Club	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Craig Lawrie  Paul Lawrie Golf Centre	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Curtis Griffiths  Wentworth	-2	F	-2	69			69
T37	Luke Goddard  Hendon	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Nick McCarthy  Moortown Golf Club	-2	F	-2	69			69
T37	Benn Barham  Pentland Golf	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T37	Richard Weldon  Killeen Castle Golf Club	-2	F	-2	69			69
T37	James Lynch  Ham Manor Golf Club	-2	F	-2	69			69
T37	Steve Uzzell  Hornsea Golf Club	-2	F *	-2	69			69
T61	Conor O'Neil  Mearns Castle Golf Academy	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Jamie Abbott  Fynn Valley Golf Club	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Luke Jackson  Lindrick Golf Club	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Liam Murray  La Marquesa Golf	-1	F	-1	70			70
T61	Jordan McColl  Kingsbarns Pro - Academy	-1	F	-1	70			70
T61	Neil Fenwick  Dunbar Golf Club	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Peter Wilson  Princes G.C	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Sam Forgan  Stowmarket Golf Club	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Tom Perry  Abbeydale Golf Club	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Tom Wade  Portsmouth Golf Centre	-1	F	-1	70			70
T61	Adam Wootton  Oxford Golf Centre	-1	F	-1	70			70
T61	Paul Doherty  Vale Hotel	-1	F	-1	70			70
T61	Gary King  Firstchoicevillas / TWGC	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Jordan Findlay  Paul Lawrie Golf Centre	-1	F	-1	70			70
T61	Ryan O'Neill  Penwortham Golf Club	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Sam Kiloh  Paul Lawrie Golf Centre	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Ryan Boyns  www.hamilton.co.uk	-1	F	-1	70			70
T61	James Maw  Rockliffe Hall	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Marcus Armitage  Howley Hall Golf Club	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Joshua White  Unattached	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Tim Rice  Limerick Golf Club	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T61	Liam Robinson  Tadmarton Heath Golf Club	-1	F	-1	70			70
T61	Ross Cameron  Saltire Energy Ltd	-1	F	-1	70			70
T61	Kit Holmes  Hunstanton Golf Club	-1	F *	-1	70			70
T85	Sam Robinson  Franklin Fitch/Market Rasen GC	E	F	E	71			71
T85	Paul Shields  Kirkhill Golf Club	E	F *	E	71			71
T85	Lloyd Saltman  Archerfield Links Golf Club	E	F	E	71			71
T85	Kris Gray  Slaley Hall	E	F	E	71			71
T85	George Thacker  Kedleston Park Golf Club	E	F	E	71			71
T85	Zane Scotland  Woodcote Park GC/Princes GC	E	F *	E	71			71
T85	Neil Henderson  The Renaissance Club	E	F	E	71			71
T85	Sam Matton  Bowood Golf & Country Club	E	F	E	71			71
T85	Luke Joy  Remedy Oak/Yas Links Abu Dhabi	E	F *	E	71			71
T85	Ben Hall  Wollaton park golf club	E	F	E	71			71
T85	Mark Belsham  Princes Golf Club	E	F	E	71			71
T85	Mike Bedford  Bramhall Park Golf Club	E	F *	E	71			71
T85	James Wilkinson  John Letters Golf	E	F *	E	71			71
T85	Steven Gibbs  Sedlescombe Golf Club	E	F	E	71			71
T85	Laurie Canter  Cumberwell Park Golf Club	E	F	E	71			71
T85	James Frazer  Pennard Golf Club	E	F *	E	71			71
T85	James Ablett  Lee-on-the-Solent Golf Club	E	F *	E	71			71
T85	Alan Dunbar  Team Ireland	E	F	E	71			71
T85	Robert Hearty  Bromborough Golf Club	E	F *	E	71			71
T85	Robert Sutton  Dunstable Downs Golf Club	E	F	E	71			71
T85	Jamie Rutherford  Knebworth Golf Club	E	F	E	71			71
T85	Blane Breheny  Woburn Golf Club	E	F *	E	71			71
T85	Dale Whitnell  Forrester Park Golf Club	E	F *	E	71			71
T108	Michael Skelton  Middlesbrough Golf Club	+1	F	+1	72			72
T108	Rhodri Fieldhouse  Wrexham Golf Club	+1	F *	+1	72			72
T108	Michael Stewart  Troon Welbeck	+1	F	+1	72			72
T108	Stuart Archibald  HJS and Legend Alliance	+1	F	+1	72			72
T108	Mark Young  Clitheroe	+1	F *	+1	72			72
T108	Stephen Grant  Mount Juliet	+1	F *	+1	72			72
T108	Paul Reed  Bristol & Clifton Golf Club	+1	F	+1	72			72
T108	Zack Saltman  Archerfield Links Golf Club	+1	F *	+1	72			72
T108	Ronan McGuirk  Princes Golf Club	+1	F *	+1	72			72
T108	Paul Howard  Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club	+1	F *	+1	72			72
T108	Tyler Hogarty  Rodway Hill Golf Course	+1	F	+1	72			72
T119	Max Smith  Donnington Grove Country Club	+2	F *	+2	73			73
T119	James Adams  Druids Heath Golf Club	+2	F *	+2	73			73
T119	Paul Nessling  Cooden Beach Golf Club	+2	F *	+2	73			73
T119	Nick Newbold  Kedleston Park Golf Club	+2	F	+2	73			73
T119	Alastair Kinnaird  Kirby Muxloe Golf Club	+2	F	+2	73			73
T119	Paul Newman  East Berkshire Golf Club	+2	F	+2	73			73
T119	Jamie Brittain  Matthew Lea Golf Academy	+2	F *	+2	73			73
T119	Mark Laskey  Brocket Hall Golf Club	+2	F *	+2	73			73
T127	Alexander MacGregor  Addington Court Golf Centre	+3	F	+3	74			74
T127	Adam Cryer  West End Golf Club	+3	F *	+3	74			74
T127	Francis McGuirk  Princes Golf Club	+3	F	+3	74			74
T127	Miles Collins  Stoke by Nayland Golf Club	+3	F *	+3	74			74
T127	George Morris  Sprowston Manor	+3	F *	+3	74			74
T127	Peter Blyfield  Foxhills Resort	+3	F	+3	74			74
T127	Michael Lawrence  Sundridge Park Golf Club	+3	F *	+3	74			74
T127	Neil Chaudhuri  www.specialisteyes.co.uk	+3	F	+3	74			74
135	Jacob Bagshaw  Buxton and High Peak	+4	F	+4	75			75
T136	Sandeep Grewal  Heswall Golf Club	+5	F	+5	76			76
T136	Sam Day  Mendip Springs Golf Club	+5	F	+5	76			76
T136	Simon Ward  Belvoir Park	+5	F	+5	76			76
T136	Joe Heraty  Moor Allerton & Abu Dhabi GC	+5	F *	+5	76			76
140	Chris Soanes  Rookery Park	+6	F	+6	77			77
141	Nicholas Garland  Nordec Property Services	+7	F *	+7	78			78
142	Richard Edginton  Royal Wimbledon Golf Club	+9	F	+9	80			80
143	James Tisdale  Wallasey golf club	+11	F	+11	82			82
MISSED THE CUT
RTD	Alex Belt  Qhotels/Snainton Golf	+4	F *	+4	75			75