Faldo protégé Heath is hot in Wales as six share lead

Phil Casey

Heath carded a first-round 63, six under par, at Celtic Manor to finish alongside compatriots David Lynn and Gary Emerson, Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez, Australia's Peter Senior and Frenchman Benoit Teilleria.

That was nine shots better than his mentor Faldo, while Colin Montgomerie hoping to finally put the controversy over his incorrect drop in the Indonesian Open behind him bogeyed the last to finish two over.