Paraguay’s Angel Franco may not enjoy the same profile as Tiger Woods but he matched the World No. 1’s bravery when he overcame a painful knee injury to fire a spectacular six under par 66 and storm to the top of the leaderboard after the first round of the Travis Perkins plc Seniors Masters over the Duke’s Course at Woburn.
The Paraguayan Dunhill Cup player carded five birdies and an eagle on the 505-yard par five 11th hole to go into the second round two shots in front of Argentina’s Horacio Carbonetti, Spain’s Juan Quiros and England’s Gordon J. Brand who arrived at Woburn having won last week’s De Vere PGA Seniors Championship at Slaley Hall.
Former Ryder Cup captain Mark James carded a fine three under par 69 to share fifth place with Bob Boyd, Jim Rhodes and John Bland while Italy’s Costantino Rocca and England’s Bob Cameron were tied tenth after two under par rounds of 70.
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