"We started a little slow on the front nine, where we were just one-under,” explained Javier. “I played pretty poor but Manuel played well...this course especially suits Manuel’s game because he is really long and on four or five holes that’s important.
"We don’t have a strategy, we just try to have fun and play as well as we can...It’s only the first day…obviously it would be nice to win together but we don’t think like that for the moment.”
The pair, who are the son and nephew of the late, great Seve Ballesteros, started on the 10th and were even par heading to the 18th tee. However, seven birdies in the next ten holes meant they finished the day at the head of the leaderboard.
Sharing the lead are PGA of Spain Professionals, Liam Murray and Xavier Puig, after their seven-under round of 65 on Lumine’s Hills Course.
“We started off pretty good in tough conditions – it was really windy around the turn but Xavi made four [birdies] in a row,” said Murray. "I haven’t played the other course because I wasn’t feeling right with my back so I rested it and we only played nine on the Hills on Sunday…but I’m just going to ask Xavi where to hit it and trust him really.”
"We tried to play the same game – both aggressive and creating as many chances for birdie as possible," added Puig. "I’m going to show him the way and he’s going to follow me and make a lot of birdies for sure.”
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