Wales pair on form

Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge played the first nine holes in a better-ball 30 to put Wales only one behind surprise early leaders Paraguay when golf’s World Cup began at Vilamoura on Portugal’s sunny Algarve today.

Dodd, making his debut in an event where the first prize is nearly £400,000 (€588,500) per man, and Dredge, playing for the fourth year in a row and with his third partner, each had three birdies.