Ryan Fox quickest from the traps at Irish Open

DOFF OF THE CAP: Ryan Fox acknowledges the crowd after finishing his opening round at the Irish Open at Mount Juliet.

New Zealand’s Ryan Fox is the early leader at the 2022 Horizon Irish Open with the local challenge being led by Dublin’s Niall Kearney and Waterford’s Seamus Power.

Tournament favourite Shane Lowry had to settle for a 71 after a round that started badly with a tee shot pulled left into a fairway bunker at the tenth, his first hole, and he will need to make a sizeable dent in the scorecard tomorrow.