Storm gets over awe to share lead in Lock Lomond

Nobody watching Graeme Storm playing with Phil Mickelson at Loch Lomond today would have guessed he had lost sleep thinking about it, was as nervous as a kitten on the opening tee – or had worked cleaning trays outside a cream cake factory just four years ago.

Instead they would have seen someone whose career has taken off this month and who, with a six-under-par 65 in the Barclays Scottish Open, was matching the world number three every step as they moved into a share of the first round lead with Lee Westwood and Soren Hansen.