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Both Cormac Sharvin and Jonathan Caldwell struggled on day one of the Ras Al Khaimah Classic as Ryan Fox’s 63 saw him end the round top of the leaderboard.
Sharvin notched five birdies during his opening round but a double-bogey at the first and a triple-bogey at 12 undid much of the good work as he carded a one-over effort of 73.
Caldwell fared one shot better as three bogeys and birdies ensured he heads into Friday’s action tied in 84th on level par.
A putting tip paid instant dividends for Fox as he carded a course record-equalling 63 to set the pace.
Fox recorded 10 birdies and a solitary bogey at Al Hamra Golf Club to end the day on nine under par, two shots clear of Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia.
Nine players were a shot further back on six under, including Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and David Drysdale and the English duo of Richard Bland and Andrew Wilson.
Fox, who missed the cut in last week’s event on the same course, said: “I’ve shot some pretty low scores at home but struggled to bring that out here at times. It was nice to get in the zone, I just felt like I had control of the golf ball.
“I probably need to throw a couple of thanks out too. I struggled last week here with my back; I have my physio out here and the Tour physio has helped me out over the weekend and I feel 100 per cent this week, which was nice.
“Shaun Norris was nice enough to give me a putting tip on Tuesday when we played a practice round together and that seemed to work pretty well too so big shout out to those guys.”
MacIntyre spent some time in the television commentary box after his opening 66 and revealed that his preparations had involved watching a film called ‘Peaceful Warrior’ about a gymnast bidding to overcome injury and win a national title.
“It’s something that I have been trying to work on in the last couple of weeks, my expectations,” the left-hander explained.
“I’ve struggled a bit with that and Stuart, my performance coach, got me to watch a movie last night; I got lost in the movie and it’s just about trying to stay in the present.
“I’m looking too far forward. I always try to see to the future; if we don’t birdie here what’s going to happen.
“Some of the words I said to myself on the golf course I can’t repeat, but I just said stick to what you’re doing now and swing the golf club. I think that’s the way forward.”
Ras Al Khaimah Collated Collated first round scores in the DP World Tour The Ras Al Khaimah Classic Al Hamra GC, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, Par 72):
63 Ryan Fox (Nzl)
65 Ricardo Gouveia (Por)
66 Richard Bland, Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Robert MacIntyre, Jason Scrivener (Aus), Francesco Laporta (Ita), Joost Luiten (Ned), David Drysdale, Yannik Paul (Ger), Andrew Wilson
67 Brandon Stone (Rsa), Scott Hend (Aus), Marcus Armitage, Shaun Norris (Rsa), Alexander Bjoerk (Swe), Jazz Janewattananond (Tha), Maverick Antcliff (Aus), Hurly Long (Ger), Craig Howie, Oliver Farr
68 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Justin Harding (Rsa), Shergo Al Kurdi (Jor), Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn), Maximilian Kieffer (Ger), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Justin Walters (Rsa)
69 Rafael Cabrera (Spa), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Haotong Li (Chn), Joachim B. Hansen (Den), Kristoffer Broberg (Swe), Hugo Leon (Chi), Laurie Canter, James Morrison, Adrian Otaegui (Spa), Richie Ramsay, Matthew Jordan, Wade Ormsby (Aus), David Law, Connor Syme, Richard Sterne (Rsa), Robert Rock, Julien Brun (Fra), Lukas Nemecz (Aut), Niklas Noergaard Moeller (Den), Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Richard McEvoy
70 Marcus Kinhult (Swe), Ashun Wu (Chn), Daniel Gavins, Daniel van Tonder (Rsa), Thomas Detry (Bel), Adria Arnaus (Spa), Jamie Donaldson, Tapio Pulkkanen (Fin), Andy Sullivan, Wil Besseling (Ned), George Coetzee (Rsa), Ross Fisher, Santiago Tarrio (Spa), Sebastian Heisele (Ger), Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind), Ross McGowan
71 Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Ignacio Elvira (Spa), Adrian Meronk (Pol), Joakim Lagergren (Swe), Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Rikard Karlberg (Swe), Darius van Driel (Ned), Darren Fichardt (Rsa), Nicolai von Dellingshausen (Ger), Espen Kofstad (Nor), Marcel Siem (Ger), Daan Huizing (Ned), Renato Paratore (Ita), Eddie Pepperell, Gavin Green (Mal), Robin Roussel (Fra)
72 Thorbjoern Olesen (Den), Andrea Pavan (Ita), Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Jonathan Caldwell, David Howell, Arjun Gupta (Ind), Fabrizio Zanotti (Pry), Jordan Smith, Nino Bertasio (Ita), Matthew Southgate, Callum Shinkwin, Scott Jamieson, Matthias Schmid (Ger), Chris Paisley, Sebastian Garcia (Spa), Marcus Helligkilde (Den), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Zander Lombard (Rsa), Ricardo Santos (Por), Oliver Fisher
73 Sami Valimaki (Fin), Thomas Bjorn (Den), Craig Vance, Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Kalle Samooja (Fin), Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Dale Whitnell, Marc Warren, Jacques Kruyswijk (Rsa), Soeren Kjeldsen (Den), Frederic Lacroix (Fra), Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa), Oliver Bekker (Rsa), Marcel Schneider (Ger), Chase Hanna (USA), Ashley Chesters, Oliver Wilson, Cormac Sharvin
74 Steven Brown, Jeff Winther (Den), John Catlin (USA), Ahmed Skaik (UAE), Lorenzo Gagli (Ita)
75 Grant Forrest, Alexander Levy (Fra), Jack Singh-Brar
76 Romain Langasque (Fra), Ewen Ferguson
84 Issa Abou El Ela (Egy)
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