Reece Goodyear of England emerges as sole leader in Qatar on day one
Reece Goodyear
of England emerges as sole leader in Qatar on day one
Reece
Goodyear of England emerged as the sole leader on the opening day of the
three-day Qatar Open Amateur Golf Championship of Qatar Golf Association.
On Thursday,
Goodyear who teed off in the latter half of the day shot 72 to displace
Doha-based 12-year-old Danill Sokolov and leads over the Russian by one stroke.
Sokolov carded
73 one over par earlier in the day and is now joint second with Joe Jones of
Wales.
Another
Welshman James Nash is in the third place having shot 74 two over par.
Sri Lanka’s
Dinesh Kumar is in the joint fifth spot along with two other golfers Sam
Epstein and Myles Taylor.
Qatar’s Saleh
Al Kaabi and Ali Al Shahrani have both shot 77 five over par and are in the
joint sixth spot along with six other golfers.
A total of
120 golfers are competing in the event with the winners qualifying for the DP
Tour Commercial Bank Qatar Masters which will be held in October this year at
the Doha Golf Club.
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