EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING

SCOTT HENDERSON (65) MAKES GOOD START
Former Rookie of the Year Scott Henderson (Kings Links), still trying to get back on the European Tour, made a very good start to the qualifying competition which started at St Annes Old Links, Lancashire today.
Scott , pictured left, shot a seven-under-par 65 to be joint third - two shots behind leader Daniel Denison - in a field of 118 chasing one of the 33 (+ ties) places available in the next stage at four Spanish venues from November 1 to 4.
The European Tour Final Qualifying School will be held at San Roque on the Costa del Sol from November 9 to 14.
LEADING SCORES AT ST ANNES OLD LINKS
FIRST ROUND
Par 72
63 D Denison (Eng).
64 S Thornton (Ire).
65 S Henderson (Sco), C Alonsen (Nor).
66 (am) O Fisher (Eng) (a), J L Adarraga (Spa), B McElhinney (Ire), M Zions (Aus).
Other scores:
67 (am) G Murray (Earlsferry Thistle), (am) L Saltman (Craigielaw) (jt 9th).
69 G Brown (Sco) (jt 25th).
70 (am) P Cormack (Inchmarlo), J Doherty (Sco), (am) M Kerr (Dalmahoy) (jt 35th).
72 A Lockhart (Sco), C Sutherland (Sco) (jt 67th).
73 C Kelly (Sco), M King (Sco), E Ramsay (Sco), E Thomson (Sco) (jt 80th).