Lawrie leads in Morocco

Ireland’s Peter Lawrie holds a three-stroke lead at the end of the first round of the Trophee Hassan II in Agadir after a superb eight-under-par 64 at the Golf Du Palais Royal.

With the field split between that course and the Golf De L’Ocean for the first two rounds, Lawrie leads from defending champion Rhys Davies of Wales, England’s John Bickerton and India’s Shiv Kapur, who are tied for second.