European Challenge Tour continues in South America

SCOTT HENDERSON'S NIGHTMARE
START IN MEXICO CITY

Scott Henderson did not have the best of luck Down Under - and it hasn't changed since he moved to South America for the European Challenge Tour event, the Abiero Mexicano Corona tournament at Clube de Golf Hacienda, near Mexico City.

The Aberdonian started with a triple bogey 7 on his way to a seven-over-par 78 which left him in joint 136th place in a field of 150 - and desperately fighting to avoid the halfway cut.

Rookie pro George Murray, playing in his second event as a tour pro, is lying joint 87th after a four-over 75 which included a double bogey at the second.

Earlier in the day a couple of late bogeys cost Jamie McLeary a share of second place.
McLeary bogeyed the long third but then birdied the seventh, ninth, 11th, 12th and 13th to be four under par with four to play. Unfortunately, Jamie dropped shots at the 15th and 17th to finish on two-under-par 69.
That put him in joint fifth place behind leader Klas Erikson (Sweden) who shot a six-under-par 65.
Peter Whiteford had a one-over-par 72 with a mixed bag of a scorecard - birdies at the sixth, eighth, 11th and 12th but a double bogey at the seventh and single shots dropped at the third, fourth and 10th.
LEADING SCORES
Par 71
65 Klas Erikson (Swe).
67 Pablo del Grosso (Arg).
68 Agustin Jauretche (Arg), Sebastian Fernandez (Arg).

69 Carlos Cardeza (Arg), Cristophe Brazillier (Fra), Benoit Teilleria (Fra), Matthew King (Eng), Felipe Aguillar (Chi), Jamie McLeary (Sco), Daniel de Leon (Mex), Jan-Are Larsen (Nor).

Other scores:
72 Peter Whiteford (Sco). 75 George Murray (Sco) (jt 87th). 78 Scott Henderson (Sco) (jt 136th).