Ballyliffin's Brendan McCarroll and Ring of Kerry amateur Tommy O'Driscoll fired two under 70s to lead the Irish challenge after the opening round of the Alps de Extramadura.

They're tied for ninth with the likes of Santiago Luna at Talayuela Golf, just two strokes behind the leaders, French pair Jean Pierre Verselin and Johann Lopez-Lazaro and England's Jean-Michel Hall.

Carton House's David Carey is tied 41st after a one over 73. 

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