Gallacher leading Scot in Morocco with a 70, three off lead EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS Welshman Bradley Dredge and Spain’s Alvaro Quiros shared the first-round lead at Trophée Hassan II after carding five under par first rounds of 67 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Morocco today. Dredge began the day with birdies on the first and second holes before a bogey on the fourth hole. The two-time European Tour winner recovered immediately with his third birdie of the day, and carded two more before making the turn four under par. The 44 year old then birdied the 11th and 12th holes, but bogeyed the 16th to settle for a score of 67. Quiros started his round with four birdies in his first ten holes. He then dropped a shot on the par three 14th hole, but finished his round with consecutive birdies to join Dredge in a share of first place. Lorenzo Gagli, winner of the Barclays Kenya Open on the European Challenge Tour just last month, is one of four golfers in a share of third place after a first round of 68. Oliver Fisher, Joakim Lagergren and Erik van Rooyen join Gagli on four under par. Austin Connelly, Michael Hoey, Benjamin Rusch, Lee Slattery and Ashun Wu are two strokes behind the leaders after their first rounds of 69.    Scores after round one: par 72 67 A Quiros (Spn) , B Dredge (Wales)   68 J Lagergren (Swe) , E Van Rooyen (SAf) , L Gagli (Ita) , O Fisher (Eng)  69 W Ashun (China) , M Hoey (NIre) , L Slattery (Eng) , B Rusch (Switz), A Connelly (Canada)  70 N Elvira (Spn) , S Han (USA) , S Brown (Eng) , A Otaegui (Spn) , M Kieffer (Ger) , D Brooks (Eng) , R Jacquelin (Fra) , N Bertasio (Ita) , S Gallacher (Sco) , A Dodt (Australia) , M Schwab (Austria) , C Shinkwin (Eng)  71 J Thomson (Eng) , M Nixon (Eng) , B Hebert (Fra) , J Scrivener (Australia) , A Rai (Eng) , M Siem (Ger) , S Crocker (USA) , M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) , R Langasque (Fra) , W Ormsby (Australia) , D Fichardt (SAf) , R Sterne (SAf)   72 P Oriol (Spn) , P Khongwatmai (Thailand) , J Luiten (Netherlands) , N Colsaerts (Belgium , A Sullivan (Eng) , R Karlsson (Swe) , R Fox (NZ) , C Hanson (Eng) , A Levy (Fra) , G Bourdy (Fra) , J Choi (SKor) , D Lipsky (USA) , P Waring (Eng) , P Widegren (Swe) , M Ilonen (Finland) , M Kinhult (Swe)  73 A Chesters (Eng) , J Stalter (Fra) , R Evans (Eng) , L Canter (Eng) , C Syme (Sco) , M Warren (Sco) , T Detry (Belgium) , C Bezuidenhout (SAf) , J Guerrier (Fra) , A Cañizares (Spn) , R Paratore (Ita) , J Wang (SKor) , D Burmester (SAf) , R Gouveia (Portugal) , J Campillo (Spn) , D Willett (Eng) , Y Miyazato (Jpn) , A Marjan (Morocco) , J Donaldson (Wales) , D Howell (Eng) , P Angles (Spn) , S Kjeldsen (Denmark) , M Manassero (Ita) , P Dunne (Ire) , R Wattel (Fra) , R Ramsay (Sco) , A Id-Omar (Morocco) (am)  74 E Pepperell (Eng) , L Jensen (Denmark) , D Im (USA) , J Elson (Eng) , M Schneider (Ger) , J Geary (NZ) , T Pulkkanen (Finland) , A Björk (Swe) , B Stone (SAf) , A Bland (Australia) , R Cho (SKor) , T Pieters (Belgium) , J Smith (Eng) , R Rock (Eng) , K El Hali (Morocco) , S Horsfield (Eng)  75 C Sordet (Fra) , M Pavon (Fra) , J Munro (Australia) , Y Touhami (Morocco) , N Geyger (Chile) , C Pigem (Spn) , G Coetzee (SAf) , G Havret (Fra) , M Fraser (Australia) , E Molinari (Ita) , M Korhonen (Finland) , A Lguirati (Morocco) , O Farr (Wales) , P Larrazábal (Spn) , A Saddier (Fra) , A Pavan (Ita) , S Fernandez (Spn) , P Lawrie (Sco) , J Norris (Australia)  76 J Walters (SAf) , L Joy (Eng) , S Lee (SKor) , J Winther (Denmark) , J Kruyswijk (SAf) , M Baldwin (Eng) , R McGowan (Eng) , C Wood (Eng) , H Sturehed (Swe) , G Forrest (Sco) , P Hanson (Swe) , R Davies (Wales) , F Aguilar (Chile) , C Koepka (USA) , D Horsey (Eng) , G Green (Malaysia) , F Zanotti (Paraguay) , T Jaidee (Thailand) 77 T Aiken (SAf) , S Heisele (Ger) , C Ford (Eng) , S Jamieson (Sco) , Z Lombard (SAf) , T Bjørn (Denmarl) , S Brazel (Australia) , J Heath (Eng) , G Moynihan (Ire) , 78 L Bjerregaard (Denmark) , H Porteous (SAf) , C Blomstrand (Swe) , M Foster (Eng) , J Kelly (USA) , B Neil (Sco)  79 G Storm (Eng) , J Morrison (Eng) , M Wallace (Eng) , J Dantorp (Swe)  80 D Drysdale (Sco) , B Evans (Eng) , A Wall (Eng)  81 B Rumford (Australia) , S Gros (Fra) , R Bland (Eng)                                                                                  Ends

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