SOUTH AMERICAN MENS AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP - Good opening round from Troon student

Euan Walker

Kilmarnock Barassie's Euan Walker, from Troon, had a good opening round on the first day of the South American men's amateur championship at Lima, Peru.

(from the www.scottishgolfview.com website)

Walker, a student at the University of Missouri, shot an eventful, par-matching 72 to be joint 13th, six behind American leader Scott Harvey. 

Fellow Scot Calum Hill (Tantallon), a student at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, slumped to an 80 which left him in joint 64th place in a field of 70.

Walker bired the long first, short fourth, short ninth, 14th and 18th in halves of 35 (one under) and 37 (one over). He had a double bogey 6 at the 16th and dropped single shots at the long second, sixth and 11th.

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
66 Scott Harvey (USA)
67 Juan Alvarez (Uru), Marcos Montenegro (Arg)
SELECTED SCORES
70 Jack Davidson (Wal) (T5)
71 Evan Griffiths (Wal) (T8)
72 Euan Walker (Sco) (T13).
73 Chris Selfridge (Ire) (T19)
74 Paul McBride (Ire), Joe Dean (Eng), Ashley Chesters (Eng) (T25)
75 Michael Saunders (Eng) (T34)
76 Luke Johnson (Eng) (T40)
78 Lee Jones (Wal) (T51)
80 Calum Hill (Sco), Owen Edwards (Wal) (64).