Griffin and Moran quick out of the gate in Portuguese Amateur

Waterford’s Eanna Griffin went bogey free to card a four-under 68 in the opening round of the Portuguese International Amateur Championship at Montado Hotel & Golf Resort. Picture: Pat Cashman

Castle’s Robert Moran and Waterford’s Eanna Griffin made fast starts in the Portuguese International Amateur Championship

The Irish duo are just one shot behind a quintet of leaders after opening with four-under 68s at Montado Hotel & Golf Resort.

Moran made six birdies and Griffin went bogey-free, leaving them in a 17-man logjam for sixth-place behind Portugal’s Lucas Lopes Azinheiro, Finland’s Jaapo Jämsä, Germany’s Luc Breuer and English duo Sam Broadhurst and Thomas Plumb.

Newlands’ Jack McDonnell shot 73, Rory Williamson and Paul Coughlan a brace of 76s, Michael Young a 77 and Aaron Marshall a 78.

The top 40 and ties after 54 holes will qualify for the final round on Saturday.

Portuguese International Amateur Championship, Montado Hotel & Golf Resort (Par 72)

Detailed scores

Pos.	Nome	Clube	To PAR	Total
1	Lucas Lopes Azinheiro	POR	-5	67
1	Jaapo Jämsä	FIN	-5	67
1	Sam Broadhurst	ENG	-5	67
1	Luc Breuer	GER	-5	67
1	Thomas Plumb	ENG	-5	67
6	Jorge Maicas	ESP	-4	68
6	George Burns	SCO	-4	68
6	Tom Stagg	ENG	-4	68
6	Maxence Mugnier	FRA	-4	68
6	Alvaro Hernandez Cabezuela	ESP	-4	68
6	Jensen Hull	ENG	-4	68
6	Herman Wibe Sekne	NOR	-4	68
6	Pedro Lencart Silva	POR	-4	68
6	Maximilian Lechner	AUT	-4	68
6	Sebastiano Frau	ITA	-4	68
6	Gonçalo Costa	POR	-4	68
6	Matt Roberts	WAL	-4	68
6	Alessio Battista	ITA	-4	68
6	Robert Moran	IRL	-4	68
6	Eanna Griffin	IRL	-4	68
6	Eduard Rousaud	ESP	-4	68
6	Daniel Schmieding	GER	-4	68
23	Jack Brooks	ENG	-3	69
23	Laurenz Schiergen	GER	-3	69
23	August Høst	DEN	-3	69
23	Raphael Le Bot	FRA	-3	69
23	Mason Essam	ENG	-3	69
23	Massimiliano Campigli	ITA	-3	69
23	Frederik Schott	GER	-3	69
23	Filippo Celli	ITA	-3	69
31	Rasmus Bofill	DEN	-2	70
31	Sakke Siltala	FIN	-2	70
31	Gregorio Alibrandi	ITA	-2	70
31	Kasper Nyland	DEN	-2	70
31	Victor Garcia	ESP	-2	70
31	Malthe Tandrup Laustsen	DEN	-2	70
31	Sebastian Friedrichsen	DEN	-2	70
31	Joshua Bristow	ENG	-2	70
31	Jens Kristian Thysted	DEN	-2	70
31	Stan Kraai	NED	-2	70
31	Sam Done	ENG	-2	70
31	Ben Chamberlain	WAL	-2	70
31	Charlie Salter	ENG	-2	70
31	Charlie Thornton	ENG	-2	70
31	Jacob Davies	WAL	-2	70
31	Brandon Dietzel	GER	-2	70
31	Max Brückner	GER	-2	70
31	Gregorio de Leo	ITA	-2	70
49	Victor H Sidal Svendsen	DEN	-1	71
49	Benjamin Reuter	NED	-1	71
49	Adrián Mata	ESP	-1	71
49	Harry Goddard	ENG	-1	71
49	Joe Macilwraith	ENG	-1	71
49	Matty Lamb	ENG	-1	71
49	Baard B Skogen	NOR	-1	71
49	Lucas Nicolas Fallotico	ITA	-1	71
49	Habebul Islam	ENG	-1	71
49	Sam Dumez	FRA	-1	71
49	Hugo Rouillon	FRA	-1	71
49	Jose Manuel Pardo Benitez	ESP	-1	71
49	Afonso Girão	POR	-1	71
49	Malcor Ugo	FRA	-1	71
49	Clement Guichard	FRA	-1	71
64	Jamie Tofte Nielsen	DEN	PAR	72
64	Jamie Mann	SCO	PAR	72
64	Jacopo Albertoni	ITA	PAR	72
64	Pedro Cruz Silva	POR	PAR	72
64	Dylan de Prosperis	ITA	PAR	72
64	Asier Aguirre	ESP	PAR	72
64	James Harrison Cooper	ENG	PAR	72
71	Andrea Romano	ITA	1	73
71	Joonas Turba	EST	1	73
71	Eemil Alajärvi	FIN	1	73
71	Ben Quinney	ENG	1	73
71	Riccardo Bregoli	ITA	1	73
71	Jack McDonnell	IRL	1	73
71	Michael A Mjaaseth	NOR	1	73
71	Pedro Clare Neves	POR	1	73
71	Callan Barrow	ENG	1	73
71	Vasco Manuel Carreira Alves	POR	1	73
71	João Pinto Basto Jnr	POR	1	73
71	Diogo Mealha	POR	1	73
71	João Miguel Pereira	POR	1	73
84	Joseph Linel	FRA	2	74
84	Leonardo Novella	ITA	2	74
84	Frederik Birkelund	DEN	2	74
84	Mats Markovits	NED	2	74
84	Matteo Cristoni	ITA	2	74
84	Joel Moscatel	ESP	2	74
84	Aurélien Douce	FRA	2	74
84	Tommaso Zorzetto	ITA	2	74
84	Harvey Byers	ENG	2	74
93	Charles Roeland	BEL	3	75
93	Jake Hapgood	WAL	3	75
93	Calvin Holmes	POR	3	75
93	Sergio Parriego Cornejo	ESP	3	75
93	Frederik Sejr	DEN	3	75
93	Davide Buchi	ITA	3	75
93	Tiago Costa	POR	3	75
93	David Rocha Martins	POR	3	75
101	Miikka Mäkinen	FIN	4	76
101	Rory Williamson	IRL	4	76
101	Carlo Edoardo Lasi	ITA	4	76
101	João Maria Pontes	POR	4	76
101	Paul Coughlan	IRL	4	76
106	Daniel da Costa Rodrigues	POR	5	77
106	Ricardo Serpa	POR	5	77
106	Michael Young	IRL	5	77
106	Lucas Abrial	FRA	5	77
106	Rodrigo Andrade	POR	5	77
111	Alessandro Gambetti	ITA	6	78
111	Alberto Costa Marques	POR	6	78
111	Aaron Marshall	IRL	6	78
114	George Nicholas Ounstead	ENG	7	79
114	Camille Bordone	FRA	7	79
116	Jake Hibbert	ENG	8	80
117	Adalberto Montini	ITA	9	81
117	Luca Lopes	POR	9	81
119	Ricardo Neves Garcia	POR	16	88
120	Miguel Krowicki	POR	17	89