Top Scot Robert MacIntyre found himself relegated to the slow lane after what had been a fast start on day one of the now rain-shortened Porsche Singapore Classic.
MacIntyre jumped straight into contention with four birdies in seven holes but then found himself left behind after he posted a double-bogey and three bogeys over his inward nine for a one-over 73 on the host Laguna National course.
His double-bogey was at the par-3 17th where sponsors Porsche are donating a $210,000 Porsche Taycan Turbo S Metallic Green motor to the first player to ace the hole, and a tee shot for an elevated tee to an island green (Bob’s shot at the 50 second mark in video hereunder).
Top Robert MacIntyre making a ‘splash’ on route to a cheese-&-chalk opening 71 #PorscheSingaporeClassic (Out in 31, home in 42)
Oban lefty T83rd and 8 shots from the front in the now 54-hole event
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The Oban lefty tumbled from being inside the top-10 and will start the second round in a share of 83rd and two shots outside the expected cut-off mark of one-under and where Colin Montgomerie won the title 21-years ago.
Also on one-over is newly-crowned Joburg Open champ Calum Hill.
After nine inches of rain Thursday meant no play, officials decided the event will now be played over-54 holes and leaving MacIntyre much work to do in his second last event before the April 10th commencing Masters.
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MacIntyre has confirmed he will travel from Singapore straight to Texas for next week’s Houston Open and thus leave him a week free before heading to Augusta National.
Ewen Ferguson leads the five-strong Scottish contingent and capping his round birdieing four holes in succession in a score of 70 while Richie Ramsay shot a 72 and Grant Forrest a 74.
The England duo of Marcus Armitage and Matthew Jordan share the lead with 65s.
Jordan said: “I’m very pleased. There’s been a lot of rain this week, we couldn’t play the pro-am and then we wouldn’t play yesterday. It’s been an interesting week but I’m just really happy with how today went.
“It’s phenomenal, it’s insane. The amount of water – I think it was 200ml, we had nearly a foot, and there is not one puddle out there. It’s really impressive. It’s always drained well but there was a lot of rain”.
