Miguel Angel Jiménez, Scott Hend and Tyrrell Hatton all fired rounds of 64 to get to six under and share the lead heading into day two of the Omega European Masters.
Here, we take a look at what the three men at the top of the leaderboard had to say after their opening rounds.
Miguel Angel Jiménez
"When you hit it good, nothing is difficult. Nothing ever is easy but if you're playing well, hitting good, that's what you need to shoot low. I always enjoy to come here, it's an amazing place. It's amazing to come here every year and see the people you know from so many years in this place. The golf course is a great golf course. I'm playing well, we'll see what happens. Six under par 64 is amazing, I'm playing very well. I woke up very early this morning and got the profit of that. I'm playing solid, I'm feeling nice and motivated. The pin positions are very fair. In these conditions they are holding very well. It's not a very long course and they need to put up some kind of defence."
Tyrrell Hatton
"I'm really happy with that round. It's been a pretty difficult run for me recently but I played really nicely today. I still feel the putter was a little bit cold but my long game was really good and that helped me out with today's score. I don't feel like I putted that great today, I certainly didn't hole enough putts, although I shot a really good score. It was more down to my long game which was really good so hopefully I can continue that and drop a few more putts in the next three rounds. I'll just wake up tomorrow and see what the conditions are like but I really like it here. It's my fourth time here and it's a great place. Hopefully I can continue to play well and have a good result."
Scott Hend
"It was good to get some birdies on the back nine, which was my front nine today. I had to play the hard hole which was the par-three 16 and made a bogey there. It was nice to get some birdies before dropping that shot. It was nice to get off to a good start after coming so close last year. The course is playing a bit different this year so it's nice to come in with a good round before the wind picks up in the afternoon. Hopefully another good round tomorrow will put me in position for the weekend. Putting has always been the key to scoring. It's always about where you hit your bad shots on this golf course but that's alright. I think a lot of experience on this golf course does help. It's a beautiful day today and I heard it will stay beautiful tomorrow too. We will see how it goes."
