Michael Coote (Tralee) and Hugh Smyth (Mourne) share the lead after the opening round of the Irish Seniors Amateur Open Championship in Rosslare.

The pair shot rounds of 78 and are one shot ahead of Scot Bob Edgar, Welshman Basil Griffiths and Cork's Tom Cleary.

Irish Seniors Amateur Open Championship at Rosslare Golf Club, Wednesday May 25, 2011 - First Round Scores (Par 72):-

78 H Smyth (Mourne), M Coote (Tralee)
79 B Edgar (Scotland), T Cleary (Cork), B Griffiths (Wales)
80 G Reeves (Limerick), H Mackeown (Portmarnock), D Harte (Fota Island)
81 J O'Donoghue (Tipperary), A Smith (The Island), I Smyth (Holywood), J Carroll (Bandon), A Pierse (Tipperary), M Galvin (Limerick)
82 M McNally (Powerscourt), P McGarvey (England), G O'Keeffe (Waterford), A Stracey (England), W Donlon (Birr), E Condren (Greystones)
83 M Foley (Faithlegg), T Goode (Lucan), A Brewer (England), J Phillips (Sandiway), P O'Rourke (Kilkenny), I MacDonald (Scotland), M Kelly (Killeen), I Stewart (Curragh), N Duke (Killiney), I
Brotherston (Scotland)
84 R Smyth (Elmgreen), R Fitzgerald (Tramore), T Tyrrell (The Heath), S McParland (Greenore), P O'Brien (Rosslare), B O'Leary (Greystones), L Gort (Isle of Man), S Whymark (England), D Lane (England), A Morrow (Portmarnock)
85 D Cash (Rosslare), G Parkhill (Carrickfergus), N Patterson (Milltown), B O'Malley (The Royal Dublin), T Saunders (Ennis), J Johnston (Scotland), M Butler (Portmarnock), R Smethurst (England), D Jessup (England), A Donkersley (England), M Sauter (Germany), M Gaffney (Waterford)
86 G Mellerick (Fota Island), J Towlson (England), W Brown (Scotland), H Donnelly (South County), L Mac Namara (Woodbrook), J Doyle (Rosslare), P Slater (England), S Dorritt (England), B McCarroll (Ballyliffin), S Hopkins (Wales), J Browne (Belvoir Park), P Cowley (Cork), J Dempsey (Craddockstown), P O'Sullivan (Co. Louth), S Pond (England), B Mitchell (Scotland), J Brazier (England), M Eager (Lucan)
87 V Smyth (Co. Louth), U Ris (Switzerland), J Monahan (USA), P
Harrington (Muskerry), G Rees (Wales)
88 E Connolly (Blainroe), W Davis (Rosslare), G Smith (Wales), J O'Grady (K Club), J Cullimore (Rosslare), P Callery (Rosslare), A Webster (Portmarnock), L O'Neill (Wexford), J Whitcutt (Wales)
89 J Cuffe (Monkstown), K Raftery (Forrest Little), A Smith (Blainroe), J O'Malley (Rathdowney), T Lilly (Slade Valley), W Mernagh (Kanturk)
90 N Mannion (Dun Laoghaire), J Kirwan (England), E O'Brien (Portmarnock), T Wright (England), R Quilty (Rosslare), D Sheedy (Lahinch), B Madden (Edmondstown), D White (Moate), J Gilbert (Malone), N Lonergan (Cahir Park), B McDonnell (K Club)
91 B Fleming (Royal Co. Down), R Cotter (Delgany), R Timlin (Galway), P Kinloch (Scotland), P Hautz (Delgany)
92 B Grieve (Scotland), G O'Kennedy (Athlone), P Brennan (The Heritage), P Smyth (Killiney), T Coughlan (Harborne), B Campbell (Scotland), D Mccart (Scotland), B Malone (Strokestown), G Finn (Cork), R Walker (England), M Quirke (Doneraile)
93 F Caine (Co. Louth), J
Kinloch (Scotland), R Gill (Scotland)
94 S Lynch (Minchinhampton), P Lynch (Slade Valley), P Fulham (Glenlo Abbey), J Smith (Portmarnock), T O'Driscoll (Ring Of Kerry), J Malone (USA), J Hubbard (England)
95 C Cameron (Letchworth), J McDonnell (Castletroy), D Tobin (Waterford), R Mason (Old Conna), A Bell (Greencastle)
96 G Phelan (Woodenbridge), J Moloughney (Templemore), J Bourke (Castle), T Pryor (Goldcoast)
97 B O'Gorman (Rossmore), L Wall (Cahir Park)
98 J Lang (Scotland), W Leggett (The Island)
100 L Treacy (K Club)

NR J Gilhooly (K Club), J McCrory (Knock), D Lee (Hermitage), T Browne (Belvoir Park), I Mason (England), P Ruddy (European), P Walshe (The Royal Dublin)

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