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Eoin Arthurs leads after the opening round of the 2008 AIB Irish Mens Amateur Strokeplay Golf Championship at Royal Dublin Golf Club

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irishman Eoin Arthurs from Forrest Little led after the opening round of the AIB sponsored Irish Mens Amateur Strokeplay Golf Championship at Royal Dublin Golf Club.

Above, Paul O’Hara of Scotland who is T2 after round 1

Arthurs covered the opening nine in 31 strokes – four under par – aided by an eagle 3 on the second hole and birdies on the third and fifth. also his card consisted of birdies on the 13th and 14th holes and bogeys on the 12th and 18th for a level par homeward nine which was good enough to open up a two shot lead on the field.

Early starter Olivier Serres of France held the lead for most of the day after shooting a 70 and was later joined on that mark by four more players. Irish champion Shane Lowry (Esker Hills), who finished in 3rd position at the recent Lytham Trophy, recorded a solid opening round of 71.

Colville Park’s Paul O’Hara, was the leading Scot after posting a two-under-par 70 to be two strokes off the lead.

FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD (PAR 72)

68: E Arthurs (Forrest Little).

70: O Serres (France), P O’Hara (Scotland), A Kristiansen (Norway), B Hemstock (England), B Newsome (England).

71: S Lowry (Esker Hills), C Doran (Banbridge).

72: G Cambis (France), X Poncelet (France), N Kearney (Royal Dublin), D Lernihan (Castle), M Thistleton (England), M Durcan (Co Sligo), J Carvill (Warrenpoint).
73: J Roth (Denmark), M Oueld-Es-Cheikh (France), P Murray (Limerick), H Satama (Finland), J Mikkelsen (Norway), N Gorey (Lee Valley), P Figueiredo (Portugal), K McNicoll (Scotland), P Cutler (Portstewart), E Richardson (England), C Curley (Newlands), F Keenan (England), M Delay-Termoz (France), R Kellett (Scotland), J Fox (Portmarnock), F De Vries (Holland), E Kennedy (Rosapenna), J Brun (France).
74: R Carson (Scotland), R Cannon (L’town & B’town), R Durnin (L’town & B’town), L Cohen-Boyer (France), Z Gould (Wales), M Veijalainen (Finland), G Dear (Scotland), B Walton (The Island), J Lerchedahl (Denmark), A Levy (France), R Hooper (Wales).
75: J Guilllet (France), M Stewart (Scotland), S Malone (Australia), G Ozcan (Turkey),L Weber (France), L Eriksson (Finland), D Antonelli (France), T Pollari (Finland), J Smedley (England), F Rouilleaux (France), C Macaulay (Scotland), V Guillaume (France), J Lyons (Galway).
76: J Morris (Rosslare), R Zwahlen (France), F Illouz (France), M Hillson (Scotland), A Hogan (Newlands), C Perrot (France), N Henderson (Scotland), J Stalter (France), F Abadie (France), P McLean (Scotland), S Henry (Scotland), E O’Sullivan (The Island).
77: S Gautier (France), A McAllister (Portmarnock), O Sharpe (England), J Gallagher (Scotland), R McCarthy (The Island), G Yates (Scotland), R Leonard (Banbridge), A Knappe (Germany), P O’Hanlon (Curragh), M Hocaoglu (Turkey), N Grant (Knock), G Lawlor (City West), T Dreher (France), J Monaghan (The Island), Z Saltman (Scotland), S Brown (England), W Booth (Scotland).
78: E Mercadier (France), E Vieilledent (France), J Lando-Casanova (France), R McGee (Malone), L Tintera (Czech Republic), B Fennelly (The Royal Dublin), R Boal (Castle), M Lavelle (K Club), M Novy (Czech Republic), K McDonagh (Athlone), R McKnight (Scotland).
79: S McAllister (Scotland), D Bobrowski (France), S Webster (Castle), R Dupuis (France).
80: T Gornik (Slovenia), L Lennox (Moyola Park), K McAlpine (Scotland), E McAnoy (Knock), G Hall (Edenderry), A Gabella-Wenne (Sweden).
81: G Blainey (England).
82: N Peyrichou (France), T Linard (France), X Feyaerts (Belguim).
83: A Pierse (Tipperary), E Charmat (France).
84: K Turlan (France), M Sinclair (Knock), N Dean (England).
85: J Prince (England).
91: A Arnaudet (France).