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Richard Green and Jeev Milkha Singh lead after opening round of 2008 Irish Open

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Australia’s Richard Green and India’s Jeev Milkha Singh (pictured below) carded six under par 66s to lead the 2008 Irish Open after the opening day’s play at Adare Manor to secure a two-shot lead over a group which included last year’s runner-up Bradley Dredge.

Rory McIlroy is the leading Irishman at two under, while holder Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke shot 72.

Leading Scores as Follows.

1 GREEN Richard AUS -6 66   

 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND -6 66   

3 DREDGE Bradley WAL -4 68   

 EDFORS Johan SWE -4 68   

 LORENZO-VERA  Michael FRA -4 68   

 SIEM  Marcel GER -4 68   

7 CHOWRASIA S S P IND -3 69   

 JAMES Lee S ENG -3 69   

 VELASCO Alvaro ESP -3 69   

10 FRASER Marcus AUS -2 70   

 KJELDSEN Søren DEN -2 70   

 LARRAZABAL Pablo ESP -2 70   

 MCILROY  Rory NIR -2 70   

 MOLINARI  Edoardo ITA -2 70   

 O’MALLEY Peter AUS -2 70   

16 AGUILAR Felipe CHI -1 71   

 FINCH  Richard ENG -1 71   

 FORSYTH Alastair SCO -1 71   

 KARLSSON Robert SWE -1 71   

 KHAN Simon ENG -1 71    

 LAFEBER Maarten NED -1 71   

 LARA José Manuel ESP -1 71   

 LAWRIE Peter IRL -1 71   

 LINHART Pedro ESP -1 71   

 MANLEY Stuart WAL -1 71   

 ORR Gary SCO -1 71   

 STRANGE Scott AUS -1 71   

 SUNESON Carl ESP -1 71   

 VAN DEN BERG  Ulrich RSA -1 71