Eddie Pepperell plays out of a bunker at the first hole of the Hero Open Picture: Mike Egerton/PA Wire
EDDIE Pepperell faces a battle to make the cut at the Hero Open tomorrow after enduring a tough opening round.
The golfer from Abingdon, who reverted to an old putter at the Forest of Arden after throwing his new one into a pond in frustration last weekend, carded a four-over par round of 76.
Among the early starters, the world No 89 got off to a good start with a birdie at the second hole.
But double bogeys on the fourth and ninth, along with another dropped shot on the sixth saw him reach the turn in four-over.
Birdies at the 12th and 14th were partially wiped out by a bogey in between.
A further dropped shot on the 17th rounded off a frustrating day to leave Pepperell near the bottom of the field.
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