Colegate and Holmes shine at The Carrick
13/07/2016
Jack Colegate (above) and Kit Holmes share the first round lead in the HotelPlanner.com PGA Europro Tour’s Motocaddy Masters at The Carrick on Loch Lomond after shooting five-under-par opening rounds of 66.
The pair are trailed by one shot by Ben Hall (Cento Group) and Luke Johnson (Kings Lynn Golf Club) on a day which saw just 19 of the 165-man field card under-par rounds.
Holmes (Hunstanton Golf Club) was the first to set the five-under-par pace after carding an unblemished 66 on the picturesque 7,082-yard course. He made birdies at the second, fifth and ninth on the front nine and on both par-five holes on the back nine – the 11th and 15th.
Colegate (Deangate Ridge Golf Club) didn’t have the best of starts, bogeying the par-four 10th. But he closed his first nine with a hat-trick of birdies from the 16th and made it five in a row when he broke par at the first and second.
The Kent golfer then joined Holmes at the top of the leaderboard with a birdie at the third, before seeing out his final five holes to par to sign for a 66.
With Hall and Johnson sharing third, three golfers are tied fifth on three-under-par, two back from the leading duo. Alex Wrigley (Hartlepool Golf Club), Luke Goddard (Hendon) and Ben Storey (Woburn Golf Club) are shot 68 on the par-71 course for their first round.
The Motocaddy Masters is the sixth event of the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour season and is played over 54 holes with a cut to the leading 50 players and ties made after the second round.
Spectator entry is free throughout the event and live scoring can be found at www.europrotour.com.
