Golf: Kerley manoeuvres past pros

Nuremore Club assistant Brian Kerley upstaged most of the seasoned professionals during the first round of the £12,000 PGA Challenge at Greenore.

He fired a super 67 - four-under-par. Only Leslie Walker was able to match Kerley who has yet to win a tournament on the PGA Irish Region tour.

Kerley covered the first nine holes in one-under-par 34 and came storming home in three-under-33 to share the overnight lead going into the last round. The event will be completed today.

LEADING SCORES:

67 (-4) - B Kerley (Nuremore), L Walker (Dundalk).

68 - J Dwyer (Ashbourne), D Ryan (Cork).

69 - L Robinson (Donegal), S Hamill (Allen Pk).

70 - P Hanna (Fortwilliam), K Morris (Fota Island), R Symes (Royal Belfast), D Walker (Foxrock), S Thornton (Royal County Down), D Kearney (Galway DR), N Manchip (Royal Dublin), J Murray (Malahide).

71 - P Stevenson (Portadown), D Moore (Seapoint), M Allan (Leopardstown), J Dignam (Slade Valley), J Bolger (Kilkenny), F Howley (Milltown).

72 - S Hood (Co Sligo), D McGrane (Wexford), R Burns (Newlands).