SCOTS FIVE OFF THE PACE IN 

SPANISH BETTER-BALL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Aberdeen businessman Nick Robson and Gary Ross are tied 13th with Carnoustie's Fraser Mann and Darren Boyce on the two-under-par 70 mark after the first round of the Senior Golf Circuit's 36-hole better-ball competition at Desert Springs Golf Club in south-east Spain today (Monday).

Darren Peace and Stephen McNally lead by one shot with a 65.

The Senior Golf Circuit is a separate organisation from the European Senior Tour and has a lower minimum age of 48.

BETTER-BALL LEADING SCORES

Par 72

65 Darren Peace and Stephen McNally.

66 David Smith and Jorgen Van Vouren

67 Domingo Hospital and Jose Romero; James Murphy and Shaun Ball.

68 Richard Adams and Michael Lord; Simon Coaker and Scott Watson; John Twissell and Anthony Cupello; Nigel Sweet and Tony Stevens; Chris Lavery and Stephen Jensen.

SCOTS' SCORES

70 Gary Ross and Nick Robson; Fraser Mann and Darren Boyce.