Clark leads Irish Amateur Championship

Matthew Clark of Scotland enjoys a three shot lead after the first round of the AIB Irish Amateur Golf Championship today.

Clark shot a four under 68 at Carton House Golf Club (Montgomerie Course).

Last year's champion Noel Fox of Portmarnock Golf Club lies two over par after a round of 74.

68: M Clark (Scotland)

71: R Kakko (Finland)

72: D Horsey (England), K McGarry (Bandon)

73: R Forsythe (Ballyclare), K Crowley (Lee Valley), R Boal (Scrabo), T Blankvoort (Netherlands), H Mantyla (Finland), K Moore (Isle of Man), J Ferguson (England)

74: B Trainor (Warrenpoint), R Svoboda (Czech Republic), D O'Brien (Laytown & Bettystown), N Fox (Portmarnock), B Wiesberger (Austria), A McCormick (Scrabo), N Grant (Clandeboye), H Diamond (Holywood)

75: P O'Keeffe (Douglas), P Devine (The Island), T Ortner (Austria), K Bornemann (Douglas), N Edwards (Wales), J Evans (England), B McCarroll (Ballyliffin), D Morgan (Mullingar), S Moloney (Castletroy), G Mallon (North West), M Brett (Portmarnock)

76: P Purdy (Shandon Park), N Goulding (Portmarnock), J Lyons (Galway), A O'Callaghan (Douglas), M Sinclair (Knock), S McTernan (Co Sligo), D Moran (The Island), D Keating (Dun Laoghaire), M Rowe (Athlone), M Moser (Austria), J Williams (Wales), J Mulready (Castle), G Bowden (Hermitage), C McAleavey (Banbridge), S Sansbury (England)

77: C Montgomery (Malone), F Praegant (Austria), C Smith (Wales), E Vernon (England), P McDonald (UCD/Woodbrook), M Korhonen (Finland), J Moore (Laytown & Bettystown), D Ryan (Grange), J Evans (England), K Jaakola (Finland), M McGeady (North West), B McElhinney (North West), M Shanahan (West Waterford), A Smith (Wales)

78: R Williams (Baltinglass), G Wright (Wales), J McKinstry (Cairndhu), D Carroll (Grange), D Crowe (Dunmurry), R McIlroy (Holywood), E McCormack (Slieve Russell), E Arthurs (Forrest Little), E Kennedy (Strabane), J Brown (England), M Campbell (Stackstown), J Morris (Mullingar), E McAnoy (Knock), R Leonard (Banbridge)

79: A Dowling (Hermitage), C Martin (Nenagh), J Cunliffe (South Africa), R McCarthy (The Island), J McGinn (Laytown & Bettystown), S McMonagle (Dunfanaghy), R Durnin (Laytown & Bettystown), G Hall (Edenderry), E O'Sullivan (The Island), B O'Connor (UCD/Hermitage)

80: A Morris (Belvoir Park), L Gilligan (City West), D Houlihan (K Club), J Hughes (Woodbrook), A Smith (The Island), M Collins (Sutton), J Foster (Ballyclare)

81: J Smith (England), C Doran (Banbridge), D Finn (Mallow), G Massey (Hermitage), S Crowe (Dunmurry), F Whelan (Laytown and Bettystown), R Guilfoyle (Kilkenny)

82: D McNamara (Connemara), M Morris (Portmarnock), M Baroche (France), M Poucher (Limerick), R Maher (Nenagh), N Gorey (Killeen), R Cannon (Balbriggan), A McKinley (Shandon Park)

83: K Hamilton (Scotland), P Ring (England), T O'Mahony (Mallow), R Luke (England), L Owens (Royal Dublin), L Astl (Austria)

85: P Errity (Delgany), A Ulvio (Finland), C Casidy (Portmarnock), D Morris (Limerick)

86: B Loftus (Ennis), T Yardy (England), R O'Connor (The Island)

87: F Flynn (Laytown & Bettystown)

89: K McCarthy (Kinsale)