Ailsa Summers not well enough to play

Forrest and Stewart show up well in first

round of European Young Masters

Scotland’s Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) and Calum Stewart (Brora) played very well on the first day of the European Young Masters at Golf National, Paris.
Grant had a one-under-par 71 to be sharing third place, two shots behind joint leaders Thomas Detry (Belgium) and Rhys Pugh from Wales.
Forrest had birdies at the short eighth, the 10th, 13th, long 14th and long 18th but he ran up a double bogey 5 at the short 15th and had bogeys at the fourth and 11th.
Calum Stewart had a 72 to be lying joint fifth. Callum shot six birdies – at the long third, fifth, seventh, 10th, 14th and long 18th … but he had to, to compensate for a triple bogey 6 at the short eighth and a double bogey 6 at the par-4 15th. He also shed a shot to par at the 17th in a roller-coaster round.
In the girls’ section, Borders women’s champion Lesley Atkins (Minto) had a round of 83 without a single birdie, which is unusual for 14-year-old Lesley. She had a double bogey at the 15th.
Scotland’s other girl representative, Angus county champion Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), was unable to play because she was feeling unwell and had to be taken to see a doctor.

FIRST ROUND LEADING SCORES
BOYS
Par 72
69 Thomas Detry (Bel), Rhys Pugh (Wal).
71 Grant Forrest (Sco), Sebastian Crookall-Nixon (Eng).
72 Robin Goger (Austria), Calum Stewart (Sco).
Other scores:
73 Toby Tree (Eng).
74 Dermot McIlroy (Ire)
84 Colm Sullivan (Ire).
GIRLS
Par 72
68 Klara Spilkova (Cze).
73 Violeta Siozou (Gre), Noemi Jimenez (Spa).
Other scores:
77 Jessica Carty (Ire), Sophie Godley (Eng).
78 Emily Taylor (Eng).
83 Lesley Atkins (Sco).
87 Paul Grant (Ire).

NATIONS CUP
218 Czech Republic.
220 Belgium & Wales.
221 England.
222 Sweden & Netherlands.
226 Germany, Austria & Scotland.
227 Finland.