EUROPEAN MEN'S INDIVIDUAL AMATEUR CHSHIP AT THE DUKE''S

 GREAT SCOTT! BORROWMAN IN THE 

MIX WITH A THREE-UNDER 68

Dollar's Scott Borrowman returned to his best form today to return a three-under-par 68 for fourth place at the end of the first round of the European men's amateur individual championship over The Duke's Course near St Andrews.
Borrowman, a full-time amateur again after a year or two working for a furniture removal firm, is only two shots behind the leader, Irishman Gary Hurley with a five-under 66.
Hurley is a previous winner of the R and A Scholars Tournaments at St Andrews.
At the other end of the scoreboard there were some surprisingly high scores by rated Scots.
Irish open amateur stroke-play winner Jamie Savage (Cawder), for example, took 83 blows to get round while Royal Aberdeen's Nick Macandrew shot an 86 to be T139 in a field of 144.

FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 71
66 Gary Hurley (Ireland)
67 Lauri Ruuska (Finland), Ben Stow (England)
68 Scott Borrowman (Dollar)
69 Ashley Chesters (England), Daniel Brown (England), Renato Paratore (Italy), Marco Iten (Sweden).
OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
70 Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) (T10)
73 Connor Syme (Drumoig), Daniel Young (Craigie Hill), Scott Gibson (Southerness) (T25)
74 Daniel Kay (Dunbar) (T44)
75 Craig Ross (Kirkhill), Chris Robb (Meldrum House) (T59)
76 Lawrence Allan (Alva) (T73)
77 James Ross (Royal Burgess) (T101)
78 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) (T116)
79 Ewan Scott (St Andrews) (T120)
80 Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar), Liam Johnston (Dumfries and Co) (T126)
83 Jamie Savage (Cawder), Stuart Hill (The Duke's) (T137)
86 Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) (T139).