Bradley Neil in the mix with a 69
Four players share the lead after the first round of the NBO
Golf Classic Grand Final after an action-packed opening day
at Al Mouj Golf.
Blairgowrie's Bradley Neil is just outside the top 10
with a three-under-par 69
Australia’s Nick Cullen, Sweden’s Oscar Lengden,
Argentina’s Estanislao Goya and Poland’s Adrian Meronk all signed for five under par rounds of 67 to put themselves firmly in contention for a place in the top 15 on the Road to Oman – who will earn European Tour cards at the end of the week.
Meronk, who narrowly missed out on a maiden European
Challenge Tour title at last week’s Ras Al Khaimah 2017 Golf
Challenge after losing in a play-off to Jens Dantorp, has now
gone 36 holes without a bogey after a blemish-free score
today.
Lengden and Goya, who arrived in Muscat in 20th and
23rd in the Rankings respectively, have both won on the Challenge Tour this year and will be looking to pick up more silverware this week.
Cullen started the day in 33rd place in the Rankings and, as
things stand, would claim the 15th and final card on
Saturday.
Also impressing in Muscat was Aaron Rai, who
continued where he left off on his return to Challenge Tour action by carding an opening 68 to sit one back after 18 holes.
The Englishman secured European Tour graduation with
three early-season wins on the Road to Oman, and during
his first Challenge Tour round since July he bagged five
birdies and a bogey to reach four under par.
The 22 year old has gone on to flourish on the European
Tour since graduating from Challenge Tour ranks, recording
two top-ten finishes in Denmark and Valderramma in the
2017 Race to Dubai.
Scores after Round One
par 72
67 E Goya (Arg) , A Meronk (Poland) , N Cullen (Australia) , O Lengden (Swe)
68 T Linard (Fra) , A Rai (Eng) , O Farr (Wales) , J Heath (Eng) , M Kinhult (Swe) , C Sordet (Fra) 69 O Lindell (Fin) , S Fernandez (Spn) , B Neil (Sco) , R Evans (Eng) , P Oriol (Spn) 70 A Saddier (Fra) , L Gagli (Ita) , E Van Rooyen (SAf) , T Murray (Eng) , D Huizing (Netherlands) , M Tullo (Chile) , G Forrest (Sco) , C Mivis (Bel) , G Moynihan (Ire) , J Dantorp (Swe) , S Heisele (Ger) 71 T Pulkkanen (Finland) , M Schwab (Austria) , R McEvoy (Eng) , J Guerrier (Fra) , N Von Dellingshausen (Ger) , G Porteous (Eng) , J Arnoy (Norway) 72 J Sjöholm (Swe) , R Sciot-Siegrist (Fra) 73 C Ford (Eng) 75 C Koepka (USA) , J Girrbach (Switz) , S Brown (Eng) , 76 B Hafthorsson (Iceland) , M Madsen (Denmark) , M Lundberg (Swe) 77 P Howard (Eng) , V Perez (Fra) 79 M Ford (Eng) | |
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