Forrest fires Scots to good start at Chantilly

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Scotland have made a good start to the European men's amateur team championship at Chantilly Golf Club, France.

After the first of two qualifying rounds before the match-play stages, the Scots, with a total of 357, are lying a close-up third to leaders Denmark (355) and Germany (356).

England (360) are in sixth place and Ireland (365) eighth.

Craigielaw's Grant Forrest (pictured) was the Scots' top scorer on the opening day with a three-under-par 68 which put him into a thare of third place, only one off the lead.

Scots' scores:

par 71

68 Grant Forrest (T3)

70 Sandy Scott (T11)

71 Craig Howie (T16)

73 Robert MacIntyre (T40)

75 Connor Syme (T59)

78 Jamie Savage (T84)

Field of 96 players.