Golf: McGinley in third place at the Volvo Masters

Paul McGinley is the best placed Irishman as the opening round of the Volvo Masters concludes.

Ian Poulter leads the tournament on eight under. Padraig Harrington is nearing the end of his opening round and is currently joint sixth on four under.

The top of the leaderboard reads:

1 POULTER, Ian ENG 18 -8

2 LONARD, Peter AUS 18 -7

3 MCGINLEY, Paul IRL 18 -6

T4 SCOTT , Adam AUS 18 -5

T4 GOOSEN, Retief RSA 15 -5

T6 DAVIS, Brian ENG 18 -4

T6 CABRERA, Angel ARG 17 -4

T6 HARRINGTON, Padraig IRL 15 -4