Mission Hills Asia-Pacific open amateur championship

BOYD IN FOURTH PLACE
AS DISASTERS HIT
WOLSTENHOLME, GOULD

Oxfordshire +4 player Gary Boyd, pictured right, was lying fourth on level par 72 at the end of the first round of the inaugural Mission Hills Asia-Pacific open amateur championship at Missions Hills Golf Club, Shenzhen in China.
Boyd, a member at Cherwell Edge Golf Club, had birdies at the fourth, fifth, 11th and 16th but four bogeys brought him back to level par although he avoided the disasters that befell players such as Walker Cup veteran Gary Wolstenholme from Kilworth Springs.
Gary had an 81 after triple bogey 8 at the second and a double bogey 7 at the 16th
Welsh prospect Zack Gould fared even worse. He returned a 16-over-par scorecoard of 88 after marking up an 8 at the par-5 second and a 9 at the par-5 sixth.
Choo Tze-Huang, a 19-year-old currently doing his national service in the Singapore Army, leads the field on two-under-par 70. Next summer Choo will enrol at the University of Washington, Seattle on a four-year golf scholarship.
"I'm very lucky that I get to practise every day. The army is very supportive of my playing international golf, " said Choo who is a storeman in the army.
A field of 65 players from 18 countries are taking part in the four-day 72-hole event which is endorsed by the R&A. The scores will count for R&A world amateur ranking points.

FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
70 Choo Tze-Haung (Singapore).
71 Anthony Fernando (Philippines), Joseph Chakola (India).
72 Gary Boyd (England).
Other scores:
81 Gary Wolstenholme (England).
88 Zack Gould (Wales).