FINDLAY LEADING SCOT AT MOGADOR

OPEN IN MOROCCO .. B UT WITH A 75

Fraserburgh's Jordan Findlay (pictured) shot a three-over-par 75 for joint 16th place,  seven shots behind leader Marcel Sneider (Germany) at the end of the first round of the German PGA Developmental Tour event, the Mogador Open, at Essaouira Golf Club, Morocco today.
Findlay, playing out of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre had birdies a the long second, ninth, short 13th and long 16th but seven bogeys - four before the turn, three after - dragged his score down.
Team-mate Philip McLean from Peterhead is sharing 33rd place on 77 with only one birdie, at the short fifth, and six birdies.
Conor O'Neil (Pollok) had a bad day at the office, a round of eight-over 80 (42-38) leaving him in joint 70th place. He had one birdie, at the long 12th, plus a double bogey at the short fifth and four bogeys.
At the top of the leaderboard, Sneider had a bag of seven birdies in his 68 to lead by two shots from 2013 Walker Cup player, Nathan Kimsey (Woodhall Spa) who turned pro in mid-December and is making his debut in the paid ranks.  

 LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
68 Marcel Sneider (Ger)
70 Nathan Kimsey (Eng).
71 Max Kramer (Ger).
72 Reinier Saxton (Net), Philip Mejow (Ger), Ramon Mestre (Spa), Alexander Knappe (Ger)

SELECTED OTHER SCORES
75 Jordan Findlay (Sco), Max Orrin (Eng) (T16)
77 Philip McLean (Sco), Neil Raymond (Eng), James Wilson (Eng) (T33)
80 Conor O'Neil (T70).

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