THREE SCOTS IN TOP 10 AT MUSCAT
FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 72
66 F Osther (Ned)
68 M Calderon (Chile) (am, L Trocado (SAf).
SCOTS' SCORES
70 C Lutton, D Kay, J McDonald (T8)
74 P Doherty (50)
75 J Doherty (T59).
Scots
professionals Clarke Lutton, Daniel Kay and Jack McDonald, were sharing
eighth place on two-under--par 70 after the first round of the MENA
Tour's Ghala Open at Muscat, the capital city of Oman today (Monday).
Kay
had an eagle and six birdies but a double bogey 6 at the 18th, as well
as four bogeys, prevented him from finishing the day much closer to the
Dutch leader by two, Fernand Osther, who had a six-under 66.
Rookie McDonald had five birdies but bogeyed the first, 14th and 18th.
The Doherty brothers, Paul and Jack, had rounds of 74 and 75 respectively.
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
par 72
66 F Osther (Ned)
68 M Calderon (Chile) (am), L Trocado (SAf).
SCOTS' SCORES
70 C Lutton, D Kay, J McDonald (T8)
74 P Doherty (T50).
75 J Doherty (T59).
Field of 92 players.
Osther
fires a sizzling 66 to take a two-shot
lead at Ghala Open
MUSCAT — Fernand Osther fired a sizzling six-under
66 to set the early pace in the MENA Golf Tour’s Ghala Open today at Muscat, the capital city of Oman.
The talented 28-year-old from the Netherlands
reeled off five birdies and one eagle against a lone bogey to surge a good two
shots clear of rising Chilean amateur Matias Calderon and South Africa’s Luke
Trocado.
Joe Heraty, the winner of the Sahara Kuwait
Championship last week, led the chasing pace a further shot adrift in a
four-man group which included his fellow Englishmen Andrew Marshall and Adam
Ward and Switzerland’s Jean-Luc Burnier.
The Moroccan trio of Ahmed Marjan, Younes El
Hassani and Mustapha El Maouas also made their presence felt, sharing eight on
two-under with eight others as 28 players broke par on the opening day.
“Any time you shoot in red numbers you can’t
complain. I started off strongly, making three birdies in a row from the second
and that kind of set the tone for the round,” said Osther, who is playing in
his first season on the MENA Golf Tour.
“I did hit a couple awkward drives, but
managed to save pars. I am feeling good about my game which is great,” said Osther,
eagled the par-13th, hitting his seven-iron from 200 yards to 15
within feet and holed the ensuing putt.
South Africa’s Trocado felt he struck the
ball well, especially off the tee. “I created plenty of scoring opportunities out
there with my wedges, but the putts just refused to go in,” said Trocado.
“I missed only one green — on the 18th — and
that resulted in a bogey. I think my score could easily have been at least four
or five shots better, but failed to capitalize on many birdie chances that I
had today,” said the 20-year-old from Cape Town.
Fresh off his course-record equaling 62 he shot
last week in Kuwait, Calderon also sounded quite pleased with his day’s
efforts.
“I played solid golf out there. Hit lots of
fairways and putted well. I lost my focus for a while midway through the round,
but managed to keep the round, making three birdies in the last six holes,”
said, who finished in a tie for third last week.
“It’s very important to drive the ball well
off the tee on this course since the fairways are quite narrow. I managed to do
that and finished well,” said the 24-year-old amateur.
For Heraty, the winner of last week’s Sahara
Kuwait Championship, the opening round was a mixed bag. “I holed lots of putts
and missed lots of them as well. I didn’t drive the ball that well on the front
nine, but made more birdies.
‘On the back nine, I struck the ball, but
ended up making more bogeys. That pretty much sums up the day for me,” said the
Englishman, who made five birdies, including four on the outward nine, and two
bogeys.
Clarke Lutton from Aberdeen, Dunbar's Daniel Kay and Ayrshire rookie Jack McDonald share the honour of being leading Scot after the trio all shot two-under-par 70s to be tied eighth.
Kay had a double bogey 6 at the 18th after earlier having an eagle 3 at the par-15 13th and three birdies in a row from the 15th to the 17th.
Kay had five birdies, offset by bogeys at the first, 14th and 18th.
The Doherty brothers, Paul and Jack, had rounds of 74 and 75 respectively t5o be played T50 and T59 in a field of 92 playes. Paul had a double bogey 6 at the the eighth
Clarke Lutton from Aberdeen, Dunbar's Daniel Kay and Ayrshire rookie Jack McDonald share the honour of being leading Scot after the trio all shot two-under-par 70s to be tied eighth.
Kay had a double bogey 6 at the 18th after earlier having an eagle 3 at the par-15 13th and three birdies in a row from the 15th to the 17th.
Kay had five birdies, offset by bogeys at the first, 14th and 18th.
The Doherty brothers, Paul and Jack, had rounds of 74 and 75 respectively t5o be played T50 and T59 in a field of 92 playes. Paul had a double bogey 6 at the the eighth
Among the notables, England’s Zane Scotland
and Carlos Balmaseda settled for two-over 74s while defending champion Lee
Corfield carded a 75.
South Africa’s Michael Dreyer produced the
shot of the day when he aced the par-3, fifth with a seven-iron from 157 yards
for his first hole-in-one feat in a competition.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 72
66 F Osther (Ned)
68 M Calderon (Chile) (am, L Trocado (SAf).
SCOTS' SCORES
70 C Lutton, D Kay, J McDonald (T8)
74 P Doherty (50)
75 J Doherty (T59).
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