Warren leads by one at Gleneagles

Perthshire, Scotland (Sports Network) - Scotland's Marc Warren opened with an eight-under-par 65 Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.
Warren, whose lone win came last year at the Scandinavian Masters, has struggled of late. He has missed the cut in six of his last eight starts and owns just two top-10s all season.
"The last few months have been frustrating because I haven't been getting the results that I want," said Warren. "But over the last couple of weeks I have noticed a couple of things and (my coach) Bob Torrance has been working hard with me on them this week to put it right and today was a glimpse of that."
Nicolas Colsaerts is one stroke behind Warren at minus-seven. Jeev Milkha Singh was joined in third place by Miles Tunnicliff at six-under-par 67 on the par-73 PGA Centenary Course at The Gleneagles Hotel.
Warren started his round on the 10th tee and birdied his opening hole. He came back with birdies on 12 and 14 to get to three-under.
The Scotsman made another birdie at the par-three 17th. Around the turn, he kept rolling.
Warren birdied the first and second to climb to six-under. A birdie on the par-three fourth gave him the lead at seven-under. He made a clutch 15-foot par-saving putt on the eighth, his 17th, to remain tied for the lead as Colsaerts had joined him at minus-seven.
"The only time I had a bit of trouble was on the eighth hole, my 17th, where I hit a good enough tee shot, but it just went through the fairway," said the 26-year-old Warren. "I probably had too much club off the tee and probably should have hit three-wood because the wind was helping a bit more than we thought off the tee. But I managed to scramble a four."
At the ninth, Warren missed the green on the short side, but hit a stellar chip shot to nine feet. He rolled that putt in for birdie and the outright lead.
"It is obviously a very solid start and I'm pleased to have no bogeys on my card and eight birdies," Warren stated. "It was a very solid round from tee to green and on the greens as well."
Colsaerts, who started two groups ahead of Warren, also birdied the 10th to start his round. He parred the next five before converting an eagle chance at the par-five 16th.
He parred the next two before dropping in back-to-back birdie putts from the first to get to five-under.
Colsaerts drove the 419-yard, par-four eighth and drained the 10-foot eagle putt to jump into a share of the lead at seven-under. He ended one back as he parred the last.
"I will just keep on doing my thing," Colsaerts said. "I know where to go here and where not to go so I just need to keep it in play and hope. I won't get too many more starts this season so I suppose it is make or break. There is no pressure yet."
Joost Luiten, who finished second last week, carded a five-under-par 68. He was joined in a share of fifth place by Phillip Archer, Mark Pilkington, Simon Wakefield, James Hepworth, Zane Scotland, Shiv Kapur and Phillip Price.
Eight-time Order of Merit champion Colin Montgomerie and former British Open winner Paul Lawrie are among 13 players tied for 13th at minus-four.