Gareth goes three clear after opening day of Northern Open
Gareth Wright opened up a three-stroke lead with a first-round, seven-under-par 65 in the Northern Open golf championship at Nairn Dunbar Golf Club.
The Welshman, playing out of West Linton, had bogey-free halves of 32-33, studded with birdies at the second, third, eighth, 11th, 12th, 14th and 18th. He had birdie 2s at three short holes.
Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) birdied the 13th, 16th, 17th and 18th in halves of 35 and 33.
Third placed Scott Henderson (Kings Links), a former winner of the title at Cruden Bay, is lying third with a 69 (32-37) in which he bogeyed the 17th but birdied the 18th.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
par 72
65 G Wright (West Linton)
68 P McKechnie (Braid Hills).
69 S Henderson (Kings Links).
71 C Ronald (Carluke), C West (Scotscraig), G Fox (Clydeway Golf), S Herald (St Andrews). W Porter (Carnoustie) (am), P McKenna (Portlethen), G Hay (Mearns Castle), T Higson (Gleneagles).
72 S Burgess (Nairn), F Cromarty (Nairn), P O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure), A Forsyth (Mearns Castle), J Dick (Dukes).
73 D Sanderson (Nairn) (am), C Marr (Musselburgh), S Gray (Lanark), R Leeds (Archerfield Links), K Nicol (Dunes), S Binning (Mearns Castle), (Z Saltman (Winterfield).
74 R Black (Inverness), R Tinker (Piperdam), R Cromarty (Nairn) (am), G Murray (Moray (am), Mu O'Donnell (Stirling), S O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC), F Owenson (Nairn)(am ).
75 G Still (Turriff), R Harrower (Boat of Garten), R Cameron (unatt), N Huguet (Musselburgh), M Howenson (Gullane), M Cunningham.
76 R McConachie (Peterculter), J McGhee (Swanston New), K Zeynalov (Portlethen), L Gaughan (Bathgate), C Curran.
77 A Welsh (Cathkin Braes), R Clarke (Golf Dedication Centre), N Christie (Kinsey Partnership), M Patterson (Kilmacolm), G Forbes (Mearns Castle).
78 J Mackintosh (Nairn) (am), J Treasurer (Loch Ness), A McDonald (Dunnikier Park), C Currie (Erskine), N Fenwick (Dunbar), R Munro (Duddingston), K Hutton (Downfield).
SELECTED SCORES
79 M Schinkel (Royal Dornoch) (am), G Hardy (Prestwick St Nicholas).
80 M Mackenzie (Edzell), M Urquhart (Nairn), S Pears (Nairn) (a) (T65)
TO VIEW ALL THE FIRST-ROUND SCORES
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Gareth Wright opened up a three-stroke lead with a first-round, seven-under-par 65 in the Northern Open golf championship at Nairn Dunbar Golf Club.
The Welshman, playing out of West Linton, had bogey-free halves of 32-33, studded with birdies at the second, third, eighth, 11th, 12th, 14th and 18th. He had birdie 2s at three short holes.
Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) birdied the 13th, 16th, 17th and 18th in halves of 35 and 33.
Third placed Scott Henderson (Kings Links), a former winner of the title at Cruden Bay, is lying third with a 69 (32-37) in which he bogeyed the 17th but birdied the 18th.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
par 72
65 G Wright (West Linton)
68 P McKechnie (Braid Hills).
69 S Henderson (Kings Links).
71 C Ronald (Carluke), C West (Scotscraig), G Fox (Clydeway Golf), S Herald (St Andrews). W Porter (Carnoustie) (am), P McKenna (Portlethen), G Hay (Mearns Castle), T Higson (Gleneagles).
72 S Burgess (Nairn), F Cromarty (Nairn), P O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure), A Forsyth (Mearns Castle), J Dick (Dukes).
73 D Sanderson (Nairn) (am), C Marr (Musselburgh), S Gray (Lanark), R Leeds (Archerfield Links), K Nicol (Dunes), S Binning (Mearns Castle), (Z Saltman (Winterfield).
74 R Black (Inverness), R Tinker (Piperdam), R Cromarty (Nairn) (am), G Murray (Moray (am), Mu O'Donnell (Stirling), S O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC), F Owenson (Nairn)(am ).
75 G Still (Turriff), R Harrower (Boat of Garten), R Cameron (unatt), N Huguet (Musselburgh), M Howenson (Gullane), M Cunningham.
76 R McConachie (Peterculter), J McGhee (Swanston New), K Zeynalov (Portlethen), L Gaughan (Bathgate), C Curran.
77 A Welsh (Cathkin Braes), R Clarke (Golf Dedication Centre), N Christie (Kinsey Partnership), M Patterson (Kilmacolm), G Forbes (Mearns Castle).
78 J Mackintosh (Nairn) (am), J Treasurer (Loch Ness), A McDonald (Dunnikier Park), C Currie (Erskine), N Fenwick (Dunbar), R Munro (Duddingston), K Hutton (Downfield).
SELECTED SCORES
79 M Schinkel (Royal Dornoch) (am), G Hardy (Prestwick St Nicholas).
80 M Mackenzie (Edzell), M Urquhart (Nairn), S Pears (Nairn) (a) (T65)
TO VIEW ALL THE FIRST-ROUND SCORES
CLICK HERE
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