Cheetham finds form to cut Brier's lead

ENGLAND'S Neil Cheetham fired three eagles in the space of just seven holes to lie two shots off the lead, held by Austria's Markus Brier, in the Portuguese Open.

Cheetham fired a first round 67 at Oitavos Golf Club as the late starters took advantage of calmer conditions on Portugal's Atlantic coast.

The 37-year-old holed from 6ft on the seventh, 12ft on the next and 8ft on the 13th.