Chilled out Lawrie in hot form

PAUL LAWRIE had expected to be on the school run and “chilling out” this week. But now he is looking for another victory over Tiger Woods and a cheque of more than £450,000.

Scotland’s 1999 Open champion received an invitation to Asia’s richest event, the £2.7m HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai, last week.

And Lawrie, without a victory for three years, certainly made good use of it in yesterday’s opening round, an eight-under-par 64 giving him a share of the lead with England’s Nick Dougherty and Australian Peter O’Malley.