Intro:

Francesco Molinari leads the Scottish Open after the first round, he shot ten under par 62 at Castle Stuart, Inverness, Scotland on Thursday.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Francesco Molinari: "It felt quite easy today, it's not as easy as it looks but I was feeling comfortable on the golf course and hitting the ball well and rolling the ball very well with the putter so very happy, great start. There's still another three rounds to go so you know it's a great beginning but I need to keep my head down and keep doing the same thing."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Luke Donald: "Well it was a lot closer than a few weeks ago. I've been working hard on my game and I felt like I had reasonable control today. I feel like I'm just a little bit off but not too much and to be honest after 3 weeks away from competitive golf, that was a nice solid round to come back to. I obviously let a couple slip at the end there but overall pretty pleased."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Martin Kaymer: Five under is a solid round, you know it's the first day of the tournament. Obviously if you shoot ten under par it's obviously a brilliant day but it's a very special day for him (Molinari). There are three more days for me, to shoot five under par was good and I think I'm right in the tournament."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Martin Laird: "I got off to a great start, four under through six, so at that point I probably would have liked to have a little more than four under but had a little struggle in the middle and managed to finish strong so overall I'm happy."