PGA EUROPRO TOUR EVENT AT EDINBURGH VENUE
JAMES ROSS KEEPS THE HOME FIRES
BURNING AT ROYAL BURGESS
Home course player James Ross, pictured, shot eight birdies in compiling a five-under-par 65 to keep up with his professional rivals in a rain-delayed first round of the PGA EuroPro Tour 54-hole event at the Royal Burgess Society course at Barnton, Edinburgh today.
Ross, who played on the US college circuit as a student at Houston University, had halves of 32-33. which included three bogeys as he finished the day level with James Watts and another Englishman, Jack Colegate, only one shot behind another Englishman, Gary King's leading 64.
SCROLL DOWN PAST THE SCORES TO READ ABOUT ROSS'S PLANS TO TURN PRO IN THE UNITED STATES WITH HOUSTON AS A BASE.
Greg McBain from the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre stable will start the second round in joint seventh place after a 67 which had an eagle 3 at the long sixth plus five birdies. He had halves of 32-35 and would have been jousting for the lead but for bogeys at the 15th, 17th and 18th.
Also on the 67 mark is Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) who had an eagle 3 at the long 16th in 35-32 halves.
The rain was so heavy at one stage there was a suspension of play in the late afternoon.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 70
64 G King (Eng)
65 J Watts (Eng), J Ross (Royal Burgess) (am), J Watt (Eng)
REST OF SCOTS' SCORES
67 G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC), N Fenwick
(Dunbar) (T7)
68 M Hillson (Tandridge) (T13)
69 C Currie (Caldwell), J Findlay (Paul Lawrie GC), K Nicol (Paul Lawrie GC) (T20).
70 M Isaacs (Newmachar), R Cameron (Saltire Energy) (T39)
71 S Binning (Ranfurly Castle), P Robinson (Largs), J Cliff (Murrayfield) (T50)
72 J Dick (Duddingston), A Oldcorn (Kingsacre), R Kellett (Kingsfield), P Shields (Kirkhill), L Saltman (Archerfield), C Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC), R Dixon (Renaissance), C O'Neil (Mearns Castle), C Trahan (Gleneagles) (T69)
73 P Doherty (Vale Hotel), E Ramsay (Carnoustie), S Crichton (Aberdour), E Saltman (Archerfield) (T92)
74 J Yuille (am) (T105)
75 N Henderson (Renaissance), C Dick (Royal Burgess), G Rankin (Drumpellier) (T120)
77 J Hendrick (Pollok), M Patterson (Kilmacolm), J McDoll (Scotscraig) T137)
78 Z Saltman (Archerfield) (T143)
79 C Smith (Royal Musselburgh), F McKenna (Balmore) (T146)
80 G Forbes (Bob Torrance Golf Schol)
83 A Borg (Forthview GR)
84 M Smith (unatt).
+The leading 50 and ties after Round 2 qualify for the final round
ROSS LIKELY TO TURN PRO THIS YEAR
NEWS RELEASE
Gary
King shot a six-under-par 64 to lead by one stroke after the first
round of the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour event at Royal Burgess
Golfing Society of Edinburgh on Wednesday.
James
Ross, the 2013 Scottish Amateur of the Year who is attached to Royal
Burgess, is one of three golfers who trail leader King by one having
carded 65s on the opening day. England’s Jack Colegate (Deanridge Golf
Club) and James Watts
(Kingsway Golf Centre) share second with the 24-year-old amateur.
King
(Tyrrells Wood) made seven birdies in his opening round, a bogey at the
fourth being the only mark on his card as he moved to the top of the
leaderboard in the event, which carries a £40,000 prize fund with
£10,000 going to the winner.
Ross,
who is playing in his first pro event but maintaining his amateur
status and therefore cannot earn any prize money, made eight birdies in
his opening-round 65 and was pleased with his efforts during his first
experience of professional
tournament golf.
“You can never base anything off one event but it is nice to get a feel for what a professional tournament feels like,” he said.
“This
is my first pro event, I have played Open qualifying but that is open
to pros and amateurs. I am very comfortably here because I am a member
and have been since I was a boy, so it is nice to have some local
support.
“I
had eight birdies today, taking advantage of the par fives and I hit a
few wedges quite close. I made three bogeys but the one at 17 was the
only one where I thought, fair enough. The hole was playing really hard
today and I just leaked
it right into the trees, so I was always struggling to make par from
there.
“I
will probably turn pro at the end of the summer. I will play out the
amateur summer, see where that gets me, and turn at the end of the year.
I am moving out to Houston in the States, which is where I went to
college, so I will go down
the American route when I turn pro.”
The
54-hole event concludes on Friday, when the final round will be filmed
for a two-hour highlights package to be aired on Sky Sports on Tuesday,
July 29. Spectator entry is free throughout the event and live scoring
can be found at
www.europrotour.com.
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