Sara Byrne is best placed of the Irish contingent following the opening round of the Ladies Open de France.
The Cork golfer opened with a two-under 69 at Golf Barriere Deauville, leaving her four shots off first-round leader Alessia Nobilio of Italy.
Starting on the 10th tee, Byrne made an incredible start as she birdied her first three holes. Bogeys followed at the second hole – her 11th – and eighth before a closing birdie on the par-five ninth.
Anna Foster is even par after the first day of action in Deauville, the French city twinned with County Kildare.
Foster, the only Irish golfer to start from the first, was over par for her front nine, but her back nine featured three birdies and two bogeys to get her back level.
Annabel Wilson had an up and down round that left her sitting on two-over par while the in-form Lauren Walsh had to be content with a three-over par 74, a run of four bogeys in five holes from the fourth to the eighth leaving her with work to do.
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