Spectacular scoring has created a three-way tie on nine-under par at the halfway stage of the European Amateur Championship at Walton Heath, Surrey.

June 2017’s Champions of the Green are the team at Vidago Palace, Portugal, host of the 2016 Bonallack and Patsy Hankins Trophies pitting Europe against Asia-Pacific. The club has been highlighted owing to their efforts to minimise water use across the course.

Italy’s Lorenzo Scalise shot eight-under 64 on the Old Course at Walton Heath today to lead a low-scoring charge in the first round of the European Amateur Championship.