Evans storms into Open lead

Gary Evans has stormed into an outright lead in the Open championship at Muirfield.

Sun, 21 Jul, 2002 - 14:51

Gary Evans has stormed into an outright lead in the Open championship at Muirfield.

Evans has fired eight birdies and one bogey in his opening 12 holes to move to six-under-par - one shot clear of overnight leader Ernie Els who has yet to start his final round.

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