Jay Taylor leads the Scots with a 70 on Algarve

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Jay Taylor was the leading Scot at the end of the Algarve Pro Tour competition's first round at the Oceanico O'Connor course, designed by the late Christy O'Connor, junior, at Amendoeira.
He shot a five-birdie, two-under-par 70 to be sharing 11th place, five behind the joint leaders, Englishmen Jordan Smith and Ben Stow on the 65 mark.
Jack Doherty birdied the 10th and 16th to get under par with a 71 for 15th place.
Craig Lawrie had a 72 which included a double bogey 6 at the sixth and birdies at three par-5 holes: the first, fifth and 16th.
He is tied 16th alongside his cousin, Sean Lawrie, who recovered from bogeys at the first and third to birdie the long fifth and long 16th for his best score for a week or two.
ALGARVE PRO TOUR
Oceanico O'Connor Golf Club, Amendoeira.
Leading first-round scores
par 72
65 Jordan Smith (Eng), Ben Stow (Eng)
66 Ricardo Santos (Por)
67 James McCormick (Eng)
68 Michael O'Connor (Eng), Tiago Cruz (Por)
SCOTS' SCORES
70 Jay Taylor (T11)
71 Jack Doherty (15th)
72 Craig Lawrie, Sean Lawrie (T16)
73 Michael Stokes (am) (T24)
74 Conor O'Neil (T32)
75 Benjamin Henderson (am) (T37)
85 Lewis Reid (am) (T71)






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