KURDI LEADS AFTER DAY ONE

Young champion Shergo Kurdi is leading after Day One of the Jordan Golf Open taking place in Ayla, Aqaba. Kurdi hit a fine one-under 71 to lead the field at the halfway stage from Lebanon’s Rasheed Aqeel.

Amer Radi is third.

The event has welcomed 44 golfers from seven countries including Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, UK, Spain, Germany, South Korea and Jordan.