David Drysdale and Peter Lawrie carded stunning rounds of 66 over Wentworth Club’s West Course to claim the clubhouse lead at the BMW PGA Championship.
Ireland’s Lawrie produced a magnificent bogey-free effort to start The European Tour’s flagship event, picking up five shots in the first six holes.
Drysdale had seven birdies and a solitary bogey as the pair edged one ahead of World Number Ten Justin Rose, who still had the pair of closing par fives to play.
No fewer than nine players were tied on four under, amongst them Ernie Els – a seven times winner at the venue and the man charged with toughening the course in recent years.
