No Damage on Thursday

Mark Brown described his 1-over par 73 in the first round of the Johnnie Walker Championship as doing “no damage”. After getting off to a fine start in the cloudy and calm conditions racing to 2-under par, Mark knew he had to make the most of the lack of rain. The birdie work wa undone with bogeys on 18 and one but another birdie on two put him back in the red. Sure enough late in the round the rain came, the temperature dropped and the nostril-invading midgies made their presence known. Mark made double bogey from the middle of the fairway when his ball found very thick rough and he took two shots to get out and then missed the putt. Mark’s ball striking was fair and putting reasonable and he will be looking to make the most of the early conditions tomorrow. Leader Paul Lawrie is at 5-under par. Click here for full scores.