Aberdeen's Daniel Hendry T10 with a 71 in 

Dubai Open 

By VIREN VARMA

DUBAI— Younes El Hassani credited his ball-striking prowess as he fired an impressive four-under 68 to finish just one shot off the pace after the opening round of the MENA Tour’s Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open at Al Badia Golf Club today.

The 42-year-old Moroccan rattled off five birdies and an eagle against three bogeys to join the English trio of Joshua White, Andrew Marshall and Adam Sagar in a tie for second, just behind early pacesetter Fredrik Lindblom of Sweden, who opened with a tidy 67.

Scottish boys' stroke-play champion, teenager Rayhan Thomas (India), who has climbed to 852th place from 1,139th in the world golf rankings following his victory at the Dubai Creek Open last week, continued his rich vein of form with a 69 to be sixth after 18 holes.

Defending champion Per Barth of Sweden and Danny Poulter, brother of Ryder Cup hero Ian, carded matching 71s while Zane Scotland, an 11-time winner on the MENA Tour, settled for a 73 along with his compatriot Luke Joy.
Leading Scot is Dubai-based, Aberdeen-born Daniel Hendry (pictured at the top of this article) with a 71 for a share of 10th place. Hendry is now 22 and has a junior cap for Scotland. 

FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 72
67 Fredrik Lindblom (Sweden)
68 Younes El Hassan (Morocco), Joshua White (England), Adam Sagar (England), Andrew Marshall (England).
69 Rayhan Thomas (India) (amateur)

SCOTS' SCORES
71 Daniel Hendry (am) (T10)
72 Daniel Kay (T17)
78 Michael Stokes (T80)
79 Clarke Lutton, Paul Doherty (T91)





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