Play was suspended due to darkness, with three players – through 17 holes – left to complete their rounds. When the numbers were crunched in fading light, the course’s toughness was reflected in only 22 players in the field of 120 managing to break par. On a day when a cool northerly wind gusted upwards of 30 kilometres per hour, and many players wrapped snoods around their necks for added warmth, South African Burmester – who’d practiced in the dark prior to his early morning start – was joined by two Englishmen, Jordan Smith and Aaron Rai, in a share of the first-round lead after well-crafted five-under-par 65s. “It’s a beast of a course,” remarked Dean Burmester who, ironically enough, was one of the few who seemed to have its measure as the opening round of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Galgorm Castle outside Ballymena in Co Antrim provided a stiff examination as the tree-lined, parkland course, bared its teeth.
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