Connolly Motor Group West of Ireland Championship got underway on Rosses Point peninsula. Mark Doogue plays out of Castleknock Golf Club, who briefly made it to five-under before dropping shots on the closing stretch. At the end of the day, just five of the 119-man field were in red figures. 2023 Bridgestone Order of Merit champion David Shiel reached that number after 14 holes, but 15 had been claiming victims left, right and centre.