Supreme scrambling keeps wayward Paul Dunne on course

Paul’s Dunne’s round started yesterday afternoon with a tee shot that veered to the right of the fairway and he wrapped his 18 up by scrambling for par from the rough stuff.

How to explain, then, the fact that he signed for a bogey-free, five-under par 67 on the opening day of this Irish Open that left him sitting alongside Graeme McDowell and Gavin Moynihan as the leading Irishman?

“Yeah, I just didn’t drive the ball well. I felt like I was struggling all day. I kinda was leaving the club behind me a bit and losing everything to the right. I was happy enough to get off the first tee without hitting it into the bushes down the right.