"It's just nice to go back to places that you know you can play well on and you have done in the past," Lawrie said on the European Tour website (www.europeantour.com).
"It all helps. You see your name on the board a couple of times, you walk past it every day at the range. It's got to help that you know you've won this tournament twice before."
Former Ryder Cup player Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium is a shot adrift, while England's Andrew Johnston, Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello and France's Gregory Bourdy are a further shot off the pace.
(Reporting by Toby Davis; editing by Alan Baldwin)
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