Peter Smith, oldest in the field, T10 after 

Round 1 of NZ Open

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Returning to golf after a year’s break Steve Jones has quickly found himself leading the BMW ISPS HANDA New Zealand Open after the first round over two courses at Queenstown.

Playing at The Hills, Steve Jones battled through the tough morning conditions to shoot 6-under 66 despite opening with back-to-back bogeys.
Having spent 2015 at home caring for his family, while his wife received treatment for a brain tumour, Jones was happy to see today’s result close that period in his life.
Sitting a shot further back from Jones on 5-under the card is 25-year-old Callan O’Reilly. Coming into the tournament confident in his game O’Reilly was happy to post a good number around The Hills in the opening round.

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Shooting an opening round of 4-under 68 at Millbrook, the best result to come from that course, was New Zealand rookie  Josh Munn.
This is just Munn’s second tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia after he made his debut last week at the Holden NZ PGA Championship and he is pleased with his transition so far.
He is joined tied third by seasoned Australian pro Matthew Millar who posted 4-under 68 late in the day at The Hills.
Udny Station-born Peter Smith, pictured above, a former Northern Open champion and the oldest player in the NZ Open field at 56 years of age, is in tied 10th place after a 70 over the par-72 course.
Smith, winner of the British PGA seniors championship in 2011 and a resident in New Zealand for most of the past 10 to 15 years, birdied the sixth, long ninth and 12th. He dropped a shot at the short seventh.
Aberdeen-born Australian Michael Sim had a 73 for a share of 58th place in a field of 144
Former Stirling University student Cormac Sharvin, a past Irish amateur champion, had a 76 which included two double bogeys.

   
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