Scots' scores on EuroPro Tour at The Oxfordshire

Scots' first-round scores in this week's PGA EuroPro Tour event at The Oxfordshire today:
par 72
(Englishman Matthew Cort leads with a 65)
66 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) T2
69 Callum Macaulay (Tulliallan) T12
71 John Henry (Clydebank and Dist), Jordan McColl (Kingsbarns Pro Acad) T30
72 Louis Gaughan (Bathgate), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Craig Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC), John Duff (Newmachar), Fraser Moore (Glenbervie), Sean Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC), Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) T45
74 C Sutherland (Lynx Golf), K Nicol (Paul Lawrie GC) T80.
75 Z Saltman (Archerfield Links) T93
76 Wallace Booth (Eastwood), Scott Borrowman (Dollar) T112
77 Ryan Campbell (Falkirk) T128
78 Michael Patterson (Kilmacolm) T135

+The leading 50 players and ties after 36 holes qualify to play in the third and final round.


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Cort leads by one from on-the-mend McDonald

 on a day of hot stuff at The Oxfordshire

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Race To Desert Springs leader Matthew Cort posted a first-round 65 to lead the FORE Business Championship on seven under par after the first round of the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour event at The Oxfordshire GC today.

Cort (Beedles Lake Golf Club) already has two EuroPro wins this season and sits comfortably at the top of the Race To Desert Springs Order of Merit, from which the top five at the end of the season earn Challenge Tour playing rights for 2017.

Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock (Barassie)), pictured, a Walker Cup player in 2015 who turned pro in March this year, marked his return from injury with a 66 and shares second on six under at the end of the hottest day of the year in Oxfordshire.

 Alex Wrigley (Hartlepool Golf Club) also shot six under for his first round.

Miles Collins (Stoke by Nayland Golf Club), Mark Laskey (Brocket Hall/Team Honma) and Luke Cornford (Cooden Beach Golf) share fourth on five under, with four golfers three back after signing for opening rounds of 68.

Cort carded five birdies on the front nine, starting with a three at the first. From the fourth he put together a run of four consecutive birdies and on the back nine broke par again at the 15^th and 17^th.

McDonald had started at the tenth tee and was level par after nine holes with two birdies and two bogeys. 

However, five birdies and an eagle at the 7^th on his last nine saw him come home in 30 and sign for an opening-round 66 on the par-72 course. 

Wrigley’s 66 came with eight birdies, his only dropped shots coming in the form of a double-bogey at the 8^th.

The FORE Business Championship is a 54-hole strokeplay event with a cut to be made after the second round. Spectator entry is free throughout the event and live scoring can be found at www.europrotour.com.

A two-hour highlights package from the FORE Business Championship will be broadcast on Sky Sports on Tuesday, September 6.