Grant Forrest leads a cosmopolitan leaderboard at Gullane following day one of the Carrick Neill Scottish Open Stroke Play Championship, with play unable to be completed due to a lunchtime weather delay.
On a dreich day in East Lothian, with the first round curtailed for over two-and-a-half hours due to poor visibility in the mist, local lad Forrest lived up to his top-ranked status with a five-under-par 66.
Walker Cup winner Forrest, who plays out of the nearby Craigielaw club, is the leading player in the 144-man field at world amateur-ranked 28 and carded seven birdies and an eagle in his topsy-turvy round to hit the front late in the day.
Peebles’ Craig Howie, fresh from a second place finish in the equivalent Welsh event, looked set to lead after the former Scottish Boys champion posted a 67, only for Forrest to edge ahead in the 72-hole event with his score recorded shortly after 8.30pm.
A four-strong group of players sit on three under par, all from different countries, as a global field savour the test around Gullane No 1, last year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open venue.
England’s William Enefer, Charlie Dann from Australia, Pierre Junior Verlaar (Netherlands) and Welshman Owen Edwards are all sitting in a share of third spot. Australian Amateur champion Connor Syme is well-placed after a 70
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