Hugh Donnelly (pictured) of South County fired a solid round of one-over-par 73 to lead the field after day one of the Tourism Malaysia sponsored Irish Seniors Amateur Close Championship at Blainroe Golf Club.

Donnelly opened in fine style with a birdie on the first, but followed with a dropshot on the third and three in a row from the sixth to turn three over. He bounced back with a scintillating back nine of 33 in very testing conditions featuring birdies on the eleventh, thirteenth and seventeenth holes.

Barry O’Leary of Gresystone Golf Club lies one stroke behind Donnelly after posting a fine 74, with Barry Reddan of County Louth Golf Club, a further shot adrift.

Please find below a list of the 1st round golf scores supplied courtesy of Alan Kelly, Golf Union of Ireland.

Irish Seniors Amateur Close Championship Sponsored by Tourism Malaysia at Blainroe Golf Club, 7 - 9 July 2010

Golf Scores After 18 Holes:

73:  H Donnelly (South County)
74:  B O'Leary (Greystones)
75:  B Reddan (Co. Louth)
76:  J Hughes (Woodbrook), E Condren (Greystones)
77:  B Donlon (Birr), N Patterson (Milltown), A Morrow (Portmarnock)
78:  S McParland (Greenore), T Goode (Lucan), H McKinney (European), M Kelly (Killeen)
79:  T Cleary (Cork), P Harrington (Muskerry), B Burke (Moate)
80:  B Whitaker (Elm Park), T Campion (Athlone), J Bouchier-Hayes (Milltown), M Coote (Tralee)
81:  P Mulford (Delgany), P Walshe (The Royal Dublin), P Fulham (Glenlo Abbey), B O'Malley (The Royal Dublin), L MacNamara (Woodbrook), T Boylan (Naas), M Foley (Faithlegg), M Morris (Portmarnock), M McNally (Powerscourt), W Redmond (Blainroe)
82:  T Lilly (Slade Valley), J Cuffe (Monkstown), N Duke (Killiney), S O'Donovan (Co. Sligo), B O'Connor (Hermitage), G O'Keeffe (Waterford), P Cowley (Cork), R Cotter (Delgany), P
Lynch (Slade Valley), G Mellerick (Fota Island), J Gilhooly (Edmondstown)
83:  M Ahern (Skerries), T Hayes (K Club), K Raftery (Forrest Little), J McDonnell (Castletroy), B Madden (Edmondstown)
84:  B O'Gorman (Rossmore), W Leggett (The Island), R Timlin (Galway), D Feeley (Blainroe), S Coyne (Killarney), R Mason (Old Conna), H Mackeown (Portmarnock)
85:  T O'Driscoll (Ring Of Kerry), P Rogers (Dundalk), B McDonnell (K Club), T Tynan (Milltown), D Corcoran (Thurles), A Smith (Blainroe), M Quirke (Doneraile)
86:  J Moloughney (Templemore), J O'Grady (K Club), P Morgan (Co. Sligo), G Phelan (Woodenbridge), B McCarroll (Ballyliffin), P Smyth (Killiney), G Finn (Cork), P Fogarty (Moate), M Eager (Lucan)
87:  A Bell (Greencastle), M Galvin (Limerick), D Heffernan (Arklow), D Noone (Balbriggan), P Hautz (Delgany)
88:  P Coyne (Dun Laoghaire), H Smyth (Mourne), A Williams (Sutton), F McCarroll (North West), J McCrory (Knock), J Marry (Westport)
89:  G Hutchinson (Old Conna), W Davis
(Rosslare), T Fox (Co. Louth), S McGuinness (Royal Portrush), G Walsh (Waterford), D McClure (Knock)
90:  S McSherry (European), R Murphy (Arklow)
91:  D Tobin (Waterford), F Caine (Co. Louth)
92:  P Gormley (Greystones), K Burns (Lisburn)
93:  L Treacy (K Club), M Marshall (Mahee Island), P Ruddy (European)
95:  G O'Kennedy (Athlone)
98:  L Wall (Cahir Park)
103: E Connolly (Blainroe)

* Scores Supplied Courtesy of Alan Kelly, GUI