Drummond leads Els at rain-soaked Wentworth

Scott Drummond, the 100-1 outsider, made a superb start against five-time winner Ernie Els after heavy rain held up the HSBC World Match Play championship for two and a half hours at Wentworth today.

Drummond, the Scot who was 435th in the world when he won the Volvo PGA title on the course in May, stood two-up after seven holes as he tried to end defending champion Els’ hopes of a record-breaking sixth crown.

The South African has never had to play in the first round before – the field was enlarged from 12 to 16 this year, so there were no byes into the quarter-finals – and it took him a while to get into his stride.

Els’ opening drive was hooked close to trees, he could not make the green and after chipping to eight feet he missed the putt.

He then failed to find the green on the second, but saved his par and after both birdied the third he fell two down when he missed a three-footer at the seventh.

However, Drummond gifted him the next by double-bogeying.