* South African goes low at Kingsbarns
* Dubuisson also breaks St Andrews record (Adds detail)
ST ANDREWS, Scotland Oct 4 (Reuters) – South African Branden Grace equalled the European Tour record when he shot a blistering 12-under-par 60 to lead after the first round of the Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday.
Grace, a triple winner on the tour in 2012, clipped two strokes off Lee Westwood’s previous Kingsbarns record of 62 set in 2003 after finishing with five straight birdies.
Frenchman Victor Dubuisson was two shots off the lead on 62 after breaking the course record at St Andrews, one of three layouts being used this week.
Dubuisson had threatened to eclipse Grace when he reached 11 under with three holes left but he bogeyed the seventh hole (his 16th) before finishing with a couple of pars.
Grace became the 14th player to shoot a 60 on the European Tour.
“It could have been a 59,” he told reporters. “It’s not the easiest course I’ve ever seen and it is definitely shorter than the others.
“I gave myself a lot of chances and made everything I looked at … I had a lot of 15 footers and some tap-ins and could even have been one or two better.”
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