Paris, Sept 19 (PTI) Veer Ahlawat began his campaign in the FedEx Open de France with a round of even par 71 and is now T-71 at Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Breteche on the DP World Tour here.
Shubhankar Sharma had another difficult start to a week in France as he shot 2-over 74 and is placed T-127 on the leaderboard.
At the end of the first round, Englishman Marcus Armitage led the field.
A former winner on the DP World Tour, Armitage made eight birdies in 10 holes between the sixth and 15th holes to set himself up for a strong start. Despite a late bogey on the 17th he held the lead by two strokes.
Ahlawat started the first round on the first with a bogey but picked up the dropped shot quickly on the third hole.
Ahlawat closed the front nine with a bogey
on the eighth and a birdie on the ninth.
On the back nine Ahlawat dropped a shot on the 15th and birdied the 16th to end the day with three birdies and three bogeys.
Sharma started on the 10th Tee and picked up a shot on the 12th hole before dropping it on the 14th.
He made another birdie on the 17th before having a double bogey on the 18th.
Having entered the front nine with score of 1 over par, Sharma dropped shots on the second and fifth holes with a bogey and a double bogey respectively.
He closed the round with a birdie on the sixth, bogey on the seventh and a birdie on the eighth for a disappointing 74.
Behind leader Armitage, lying in second place were Min Woo Lee and Julien Guerrier, with both players shooting rounds of 5-under 66 for the day. PTI Corr UNG
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