O’Sullivan just one stroke behind leader Owen

NEW ZEALANDER Simon Owen is setting a hot pace in the first round of the Mobile Cup at Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire by carding a five-under-par 66.

The 52-year-old covered each nine in 33 shots and leads by a stroke from Ireland's Denis O'Sullivan and by two from Kent's Bob Cameron and Guillermo Encina from Chile.

Owen had six birdies and just one dropped shot on his card and is hoping for a repeat in round two, something that has been a problem for the Kiwi.