text: GOLF - BRITISH MASTERS FIRST ROUND SCORES . NORTHAMPTON , England 1996-08-28 Leading completed first-round scores in the rain-affected British Masters golf championship at Collingtree Park on Wednesday ( Britain unless stated ) : 66 Gavin Levenson ( South Africa ) 68 Colin Montgomerie 69 Jose Coceres ( Argentina ) , Raymond Russell , Robert Allenby ( Australia ) , David Gilford , Stuart Cage , Mike Clayton ( Australia ) , Mark Roe , Emanuele Canonica ( Italy ) 70 Francisco Cea ( Spain ) , David Howell , Peter Hedblom ( Sweden ) 71 Steven Bottomley , Ove Sellberg ( Sweden ) , Joakim Haeggman ( Sweden ) , Stephen Ames ( Trinidad and Tobago ) , Klas Eriksson ( Sweden ) , Roger Chapman , Mark Davis , Pierre Fulke ( Sweden ) , Martin Gates , Anders Haglund ( Sweden ) 72 Niclas Fasth ( Sweden ) , Michael Jonzon ( Sweden ) , Chistian Cevaer ( France ) , Thomas Bjorn ( Denmark ) , Tony Johnstone ( Zimbabwe ) , Padraig Harrington ( Ireland ) , Pedro Linhart ( Spain ) , David Carter 73 Ross McFarlane , Domingo Hospital ( Spain ) , Seve Ballesteros ( Spain ) , Paul Broadhurst , Greg Turner ( New Zealand ) , Mike Harwood ( Australia ) , Brenden Pappas ( South Africa ) , Peter Teravainen ( U.S. ) , Jean Van de Velde ( France ) , Oyvind Rojahn ( Norway ) , Stephen McAllister , Neal Briggs Note : 77 players to complete their first rounds on Thursday