Andy Murray showed he can be scratch golfer at Wentworth

The Scotsman

Scotsman golf correspondent Martin Dempster reports from the BMW PGA Championship pro-am where Andy Murray teed up alongside fellow Scot Bob MacIntyre.

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00:00Hello, it's Martin Dempster, the Scotsman Golf Correspondent here, coming to you from

00:06Wentworth Club venue for this week's BMW PGA Championship. It's the 20th edition of this

00:16event with BMW as the sponsor. It's been pro-am today and massive crowds out on the west course

00:26to take in this event. Staggering really, but all down to this particular pro-am being a celebrity

00:35event and on this occasion one of the star attractions was Scotland's Andy Murray. Now

00:44retired from tennis of course, Andy has decided to start playing a bit more golf. He played when

00:51he was younger, didn't play a lot when he was playing tennis. He's off a seven handicap and

00:58his aim is to get down to scratch. Playing alongside compatriot Bob McIntyre in a group

01:04that also included retired England cricketer Jimmy Anderson and the Strictly Come Dancing

01:11judge Anton Debeck, Murray certainly impressed out there today. Maybe got off to a slow start,

01:19feeling the nerves as he admitted afterwards, but he's certainly got an impressive golf game,

01:25a very good short game and latterly in the round he was certainly hitting some great drives.

01:32According to McIntyre he says that Andy will achieve his aim of getting down to scratch in

01:39no time. The main event, a Rolex series event worth nine million dollars gets underway on

01:47Thursday. We've got eight Scots in the field led by McIntyre, winner of the Genesis Scottish Open,

01:55another Rolex series event earlier in the year. Wentworth, always one of the great venues in

02:02European golf. BMW PGA Championship, one of the iconic events and another fantastic four days

02:11lie ahead. To keep up to date with everything in the golf world log on to Scotsman.com or buy the Scotsman.

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