Jordan Hood birdied the last three holes to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Ulster Youths Championship at Balmoral.

He shot a three under par 66 to head the field from home player Matthew McClean (67) with new international John-Ross Galbraith lurking on one under after a 68.

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Ulster Youths Amateur Open, Balmoral GC (Par 69)

66 Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle)

67 Matthew McClean (Balmoral)

68 John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead)

69 Ryan Long (Cairndhu), Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock), Luke O'Dwyer (Forrest Little.)

70 Marc Nolan (Delgany), Ryan Corry (Clandeboye), Kyle McCarron (North West), Evan Farrell (Ardee)

71 Alex Gleeson (Castle), Eoin J O'Brien (Clontarf), Jake Whelan (Newlands), Jonathan Yates (Naas), Sean- Joe Rooney (Fortwilliam), Ronan Mullarney (Galway), James Lindsay (North West), Stephen Kinch (Hollystown), Liam Bresnahan (Omagh)

72 Henry Clark (Shandon Park), Matthew Kane (Whitehead), Niall Foley (Island), Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park), Jack Blake (Forrest Little.), Andrew Moore (Bangor), David Simpson (Moyola Park), Peter Hasson (City of Derry), Marc McKinstry (Cairndhu), Ross Dutton (Tandragee), Harry Scott (Castle), Neil McKinstry (Cairndhu), Ciaran Smyth (Greenore), Peter Henry (Fintona)

73 Timothy Jordan (Dungannon), Michael Burke (Ballinrobe), Peter McKeever (Castle), Reece Black (Cairndhu), Dan Hinds (City of Derry), Conor Smart (Belvoir Park), Colin Woodroofe (Blainroe)

74 Conor Coyne (Youghal), Scott Campbell (Greenacres), Adam Mulhall (Ardglass), Daniel Carlin (Balmoral), Ryan McKinstry (Cairndhu), Robbie Pierse (Grange), Josh Lockhart (Banbridge), Jason Murphy (Warrenpoint), Mathew Murphy (Clandeboye), Jack Madden (Dungannon), Jack McDonnell (Forrest Little.), Darragh Fitzgerald (Limerick), William Bamber (Royal Portrush)

75 Jack Walsh (Castle), Gavin Fitzmaurice (Balcarrick), Daniel O'Connor (Athlone), Jamie Stothers (Tandragee), Michael Downey (Lurgan), Ross Steedman (Courtown), Matthew Fitzsimons (Ardglass), Sean Denny (Castleblayney), Jamie Irwin (Holywood), Stuart Rossi (Belvoir Park), Dominic Pollock (Belvoir Park), Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee)

76 Louis O'Hara (Athenry), David Brazil (Castle Barna), Ronan O'Callaghan (Mannan Castle), Matthew Bertenshaw (Royal Portrush), Eoghan McKeever (Castle), Jordan Logue (Hilton Templepatrick), Simon Irwin (Holywood), Darragh Crawford (Bundoran), Ben Graham (Scrabo), Craig Melvin (Corrstown), Adam McCormick (Scrabo), Shane McClean (Foyle), Niall O'Connell (Waterford Castle), Gabriel Gribben (Fortwilliam), Alan Lowry (Esker Hills)

77 Ted Harman (Balmoral), Conor Keenan (Balmoral), Darragh Conlon (Athenry), Rory O'Gorman (Milltown), Jamie Knipe (Royal Portrush), Jonathan Cummings (Rathmore), Michael McGurk (Warrenpoint), Jason Conway (Donegal), Jason McCann (Lurgan), Sean Maloney (Dunmurry Springs), Nathan McCann (Lurgan), Danny Madden (Dungannon), Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park), John Robinson (Royal Portrush)

78 Alec Myles (Newlands), Luke Robinson (Bundoran), Patrick Brennan (Belvoir Park), Iain Winsby (Whitehead), Rory Williamson (Holywood), Dean Crawford (Moyola Park), Adam Cathers (Castlerock), Christopher Morgan (Dunmurry)

79 Lee Duffy (Forrest Little.), Anthony Kane (Co. Longford), Richard Coffey (Castle Barna), Gareth Mann (Tullamore), Kieran Lynch (Skibbereen & West Carbery)

80 Mark Kerrigan (Old Conna), Ryan Thompson (Greenacres), Oisin Devereux (Carton House), Peter Cummins (Lurgan), Seamus Og O'Neill (Co. Cavan), Hugh O'Hare (Fortwilliam), Jamiey Doyle (Forrest Little.), Conor Stone (Carton House), Karl McCormack (Portarlington)

81 Aidan Finnegan (Balmoral), James Maginn (Mourne), Michael Alexander (Holywood), Mark Cahir (Ardglass), Sean Cummins (Westmanstown), Conor Hynds (Ardglass), Jack Johnston (Clandeboye), Gareth Shirlow (Dunmurry), Dale Jackson (Massereene)

82 Matthew Weir (Portstewart), Niall Pratt (Foxrock), Padhraic McGahan (Dungannon), Cameron Mills (Shandon Park), Sam Sweeney (Seapoint), Niall McDonagh (Fortwilliam), Alastair McQuillan (Cushendall)

83 Chris Morrison (Spa), Darragh Flynn (Carton House), David Burns (Cushendall), Blane Lynch (Ballinrobe)

84 Darragh O'Connor (Fota Island), Connor Pimm (Mourne)

85 Brendan Lawlor (Ardee), Nicholas O'Loughlin (Bray)

87 Sean McGirr (Dungannon)

WD Mark Rea (Donaghadee), Eoghan O'Donovan (Craddockstown)