Jack Senior leads after day 1 of Scottish Open
A 7 under par 64 for the Englishman at North Berwick
Englishman Jack Senior has the world’s best players at his heels as he takes a one stroke lead into the second round of the abrdn Scottish Open, the second Rolex Series event on the 2021 Race to Dubai.
Senior fired a seven under par round of 64 at the Renaissance Club to sit one shot ahead of reigning Race to Dubai champion Lee Westwood and former World Number One Justin Thomas.
Thomas, making his return to Scotland’s Golf Coast after a joint-9th finish at this event in 2019, carded a flawless round of 65, which included a 90-foot eagle putt on the par five seventh. Westwood, winner of the Scottish Open in 1998, was also bogey free.
World Number One and U.S. Open Champion Jon Rahm is amongst a group of nine players on five under par, joining Ryder Cup teammates Tommy Fleetwood and Ian Poulter and two-time Rolex Series winner Matt Fitzpatrick in a tie for fourth.
Four Scotsmen sit one shot further back amongst the group on four under par, with Grant Forrest, David Law, Richie Ramsay and Connor Syme all carding rounds of 67.