DAY ONE of the Irish Open at Mount Julie threw up a mixed bag for the Irish golfers.
New Zealand’s Ryan Fox finished the day on -8, 64 with Frederic Lacroix one- stroke behind on -7, 65.
Ireland's nearest challenge came from Dublin’s Niall Kearney and Waterford's Seamus Power, who both finished on the same score.
🇮🇪 @n_kgolf's opening nine...💪
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Kearney recorded five birdies including three-in-row on 13, 14 and 15. Four pars and a bogey on the eighth ended his day with a score -4, 68
Power began the day on tee 10 alongside tournament favourite Shane Lowry, and the 27th best golfer in the world Tyrell Hatton.
The 35-year-old got off to a flyer with a birdies on the opening hole, the second hole, the seventh, the ninth, and two on the 16th and 17th.
A bogey on the Par-5 fifth and the last hole of the round on the opening were the biggest blips
Lowry who won the Open in 2009 did have a day as fruitful as his Irish counterparts.
Birdies on six seven, seventeen, bogeys on the 12th and 8th ended the Offaly native's day on -1, 71
US Senior Open winner Padraig Harrington was a late starter and recorded birdies on the 5th, 8th, 13th, and 17th.
Bogey on the par-4 16th and 18th meant that the Dubliner ended on -2 , 70
In other news for Ireland's golfers John Murphy is on -2, 70 with Jonathan Caldwell -3, 71.
Paul Dunne and Mark Power finished level par 72, while David Higgins ended the day on +6, 78.
Moving along with our 2007 and 2021 champs 🏆@padraig_h (-3)@lhgolf5 (-1)#HorizonIrishOpen☘️ pic.twitter.com/s5i55mMGEp
— Horizon Irish Open (@IrishOpen_) June 30, 2022
