DAVID ORR'S main focus may be on his new job these days, but the Glasgow golfer was back in the old routine at Gleneagles yesterday as he made his mark in the weather-hit Scottish PGA Championship.

After Sunday's first round was abandoned due to heavy rain, Orr put the delay behind him and posted a four-under 67 over the King's course to sit just one behind joint leaders Greig Hutcheon and Caldwell ace Chris Currie.

Orr, who won the Scottish PGA title over the nearby Centenary course in 2009, was recently appointed head pro at Eastwood, but despite his lack of competitive golf, the former British Assistants' champ, 40, got back in the swing in Perthshire.

He said: "My mind is elsewhere these days due to my new job, which I started in March, and I've only played 36 holes of competitive golf in the last six months.

"I had little expectation coming into this event, which is a bit different to previous years, but today showed that I've not forgotten how to play."

Orr was quickly on the back foot after three bogeys on his first five holes, but he mounted a spirited salvage operation and repaired the damage.

He kick-started his comeback with an eagle at the sixth, where he smacked a three-wood into 20 feet and holed the putt, and reeled off a further six birdies to bolster the recovery and put himself in the title hunt.

Clydebank golfer Currie emerged from his winter hibernation with a purposeful 66, which included a burst of back nine birdies at 11, 13, 14 and 18. "It's my first event for seven months so you're never sure what to expect," he said.

Renfrewshire's Sam Binning hit a 67 in a round that included a poignant eagle on the 14th. He revealed: "My grandad, who was a member here for 40 years, died last year and we scattered his ashes on the 14th. It was his favourite hole."