Aberdeen's Clarke Lutton sets pace at Els
Club, Dubai with a five-under-par 67
Club, Dubai with a five-under-par 67
Aberdeen-born pro golfer Clarke Lutton, a PGA-trained graduate of Birmingham University and now 27, leads the field after the first round of this weeks MENA Tour event, the Golf Citizen Classic at the Els Club, Dubai.
Lutton, pictured, who is based in Dubai, shot a five-under-par 67 which included one eagle, six birdies, one double bogey and one bogey.
On a very warm day, it was the Scot's lowest round on the Middle East North Africa Tour and he leads by one stroke from Cyril Suk (Czech Republic), winner of the Dubai Open last year..
Lutton, pictured, who is based in Dubai, shot a five-under-par 67 which included one eagle, six birdies, one double bogey and one bogey.
On a very warm day, it was the Scot's lowest round on the Middle East North Africa Tour and he leads by one stroke from Cyril Suk (Czech Republic), winner of the Dubai Open last year..
Germany’s Aaron Leitmannstetter occupied solo
third a further shot adrift as an 11-man group, which included Scotland’s Paul
Doherty, the current Order of Merit leader
“The front nine were quite eventful: I did
everything possible I could do, running up a double bogey, bogey, birdie and
eagle. That eagle on the par-5, fifth kind of got me going and things fell into
place thereafter,” said Clarke, who smashed his 3-wood from 241 yards to within
10 feet and holed the putt for an eagle.
“This is my home course and local knowledge
did come in handy as the round grew older. I may not have done anything special
out there, but it was quite a steady round, my best on the MENA Tour,” said Clarke.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
Par 72
67 C Lutton (Sco)
68 C Suk (Cze)
69 A Leitmannstetter (Ger).
Selected scores
70 P Doherty (Sco), M Tunnicliff (Eng)
71 Z Scotland (Eng).
FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
Par 72
67 C Lutton (Sco)
68 C Suk (Cze)
69 A Leitmannstetter (Ger).
Selected scores
70 P Doherty (Sco), M Tunnicliff (Eng)
71 Z Scotland (Eng).
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