DP World Tour : Andalucia Masters Leaderboard
James Morrison produced a brilliant burst of scoring around the turn as he fired a superb 64 in tricky conditions to lead by one shot after the first day of the 2023 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.
Spain has been a happy hunting ground for the Englishman, who claimed his second DP World Tour title at the Open de España in 2015, and he shone again in Andalucia on Thursday to reach eight under par.
Morrison enjoyed a remarkable hot streak in the middle of his round, making one eagle and five birdies in seven holes either side of the turn.
Strong winds made life difficult for the players in the afternoon, with Morrison dropping his only shot on the 15th.
But he made a spectacular bounce-back birdie on the 16th before producing a fine par save at the last as the wind buffeted him.
Fellow morning starter Nick Bachem was Morrison's nearest challenger on seven under after he carded an eagle, seven birdies and two bogeys in his 65.
Defending champion Adrian Otaegui, who won at nearby Real Club Valderrama 12 months ago, was a shot further back following his bogey-free 66.
Daniel Gavins and Wil Besseling were in a tie for fourth on five under, with afternoon starter Jeong weon Ko among those on four under after 15 holes of his round when play was suspended due to fading light.
Morrison closed his round with back-to-back pars to set the clubhouse target at eight under, and with conditions failing to improve, no-one was able to catch him at the top.
"I’m very happy," said Morrison. "I knew the draw was going to be that way and we got more holes in this morning with no wind than we actually thought we were going to get in, so we had to make hay while the sun was shining and I did that.
edit*** Canada's Aaron Cockerill went out late in the worst of the weather in the strong winds, and managed to post 5 birdies, with 4 bogey's for -1 71 T41. He has a short turn around with an early start Friday morning, hoping to get the same calm conditions the leaders got today.
2nd edit ***** just happened, Aaron Cockerill 71 75 +2 likely will M/C projected at -1..
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