French amateur Romain Langasque finished second behind Swede Sebastian Soderberg  in the Barclays Kenya Open but there were also some good Irish performances with Gary Hurley and Gavin Moynihan clinching Top 20 finishes in Nairobi.

It was a good Friday for four of Ireland's 2015 Walker Cup heroes with Jack Hume, Gary Hurley, Gavin Moynihan and Paul Dunne all playing well around the world.

European Tour — Padraig Harrington confessed that he needs to adopt a more conservative approach to avoid of the tee if he is to challenge for the Hero Indian Open in New Delhi.

Rory McIlroy would never claim to be one of golf’s masters tacticians but with four majors on his mantelpiece, he could become an even more frightening figure if he matures like Padraig Harrington and learns to read the game as well as he plays it.

As Anirban Lahiri won for the second time in the space of a few weeks, Peter Lawrie added another €10,631 to his tally at the Hero Indian Open as he bids to regain his European Tour card.

Peter Lawrie is hitting it straighter than ever but he needs his putter to heat up if he's to take home a big cheque from the Hero Indian Open.

Pádraig Harrington calls it pampered syndrome and while Peter Lawrie isn't getting five-star treatment or appearance money for playing in the Hero Indian Open, he's performing like a man trying to justify his existence.

Three things were abundantly clear after the opening round of the Hero Indian Open at Delhi Golf Club: Peter Lawrie's revival appears to be here to stay; the European Tour is a multinational phenomenon like no other and Miguel Angel Jiménez remains as exciting and entertaining a player as ever, even without the Ryder Cup captaincy.