Cool Frost fires course record 65 to set pace in Open qualifier

HOME favourite David Frost showed there is no substitute for experience after registering a course-record 65 in the first round of qualifying for the 2005 Open Championship.

Now 45-years-old, relaxed and without the pressures of having to keep a tour card, Frost used his new found calmness to match the wind-still conditions at the normally blustery Atlantic Beach Golf Club and take the first step to qualifying for the 134th Open.

The veteran is one of 33 hopefuls trying their luck at the International Final Qualifying Africa tournament, the first of five qualifying events for the St Andrews showdown in July, and is currently first in line to grab one of the three qualifying spots on Friday.