Ryan Fox and Kazuma Kobori are the best of the New Zealand golfers after the first round of The Open Championship.
Fox and Kobori carded two-over 73s at Royal Troon on Thursday (Friday NZ Time) to be tied for 42nd, while Michael Hendry was a shot further back, tied for 69th, and Daniel Hillier, the fourth New Zealander in the field, at five-over..
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Kobori made birdies at the fourth and 16th holes, but had bogeys at the first, eighth, ninth and 17th holes.
Fox had a consistent day, with pars on every hole except the sixth and ninth holes.
Hendry made two birdies in his round, but also three bogeys and a double-bogey, with a six on the par-four third hole.
Hillier's round featured a stellar four consecutive holes where he birdied the 13th, parred the 14th and birdied the 15th and 16th. Unfortunately the rest of his round saw him triple-bogey the sixth and 12th holes.
Englishman Daniel Brown leads the tournament at six-under, one shot ahead of Irishman Shane Lowry. American Just Thomas is two shots further back at three-under.
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