PGA EUROPRO TOUR STAYS IN IRELAND THIS WEEK
WONDERFUL WATTS LEADS WALK IN
MY SHOES OPEN IN IRELAND
MY SHOES OPEN IN IRELAND
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James
Watts shot six birdies on his first eight holes to lead the Walk In My
Shoes Open by two strokes on six under par in the HotelPlanner.com PGA
EuroPro Tour at Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa and Country Club in Co.
Carlow, Ireland.
The
Englishman won his first event on Europe’s leading development tour at
Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh two weeks ago and currently
lies fifth on the Order of Merit. The top five at the end of the season
earn a Challenge Tour
card for 2015, and a strong finish in Ireland this week would
strengthen Watts’ position.
His
pars on one and six were the only two of the first eight holes he
didn’t birdie, and his level-par back nine ensured he signed for a
six-under-par 66 and take a two-stroke lead into Thursday’s second
round.
Sam
Connor and Stuart Archibald share second on four under while Steve
Uzzell, last week’s winner of the Kingspan Concra Wood Open, and Stirling University graduate David
Booth (a former Scottish youths champion) from Rotherham , who was celebrating his 26th birthday, are tied fourth on three under par.
“I
was six under through eight and had a good chance on 11,” said leader
Watts. “I missed that chance but parred in and had a few more chances
which didn’t drop.
“I
got the putter going. I hit it the same all day but the ones on the
front nine dropped and those on the back didn’t. There are lots of
slopes on those greens, the course is good and if you can get the putter
going you can do well.
“It
is the same every week. You need to go out there and concentrate on
what you are supposed to do and see what happens. I relaxed a bit more
today than I did last week and it happened for me.”.
Leading Scots at the end of the first day were Jordan
McColl (Scotscraig) and Archerfield's Ellito Saltman, in joint sixth
place on 70 - a shot ahead of Ross Kellett.
LEADERBOARD
Par 72
66 J Watts (Eng)
68 S Connor (Eng), S Archibald (Eng)
69 D Booth (Eng), S Uzzell (Eng)
SCOTS' SCORES
70 J McColl, E Saltman (T6)
71 R Kellett (T12)
72 M Isaacs (T22)
73 P Docherty, L Saltman, N Fenwick, C Lawrie (T28).
75 C O'Neil, J Findlay, P Shields (T52)
76 J Mullaney, P Robinson (T65)
77 K Nicol, T Innes-Kerr (T74)
81 J Dick, P McGhee (T95)
LEADERBOARD
Par 72
66 J Watts (Eng)
68 S Connor (Eng), S Archibald (Eng)
69 D Booth (Eng), S Uzzell (Eng)
SCOTS' SCORES
70 J McColl, E Saltman (T6)
71 R Kellett (T12)
72 M Isaacs (T22)
73 P Docherty, L Saltman, N Fenwick, C Lawrie (T28).
75 C O'Neil, J Findlay, P Shields (T52)
76 J Mullaney, P Robinson (T65)
77 K Nicol, T Innes-Kerr (T74)
81 J Dick, P McGhee (T95)
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