On his front nine, Porteous picked up a solitary birdie at the fourth hole to make the turn in one-under-par 35. After the turn, he added four more birdies. He birdied the 12th hole, followed by another at the 15th before finishing strongly with back-to-back birdies at the 17th and 18th holes for an inward 32. Martin Leon sits in second place on four-under-par 68 after an eventful opening round that featured seven birdies, a double bogey and a bogey. On his front nine, Leon picked up shots at the second, third, seventh and eighth holes before a double bogey at the ninth saw him go out in 34. On the back nine, he dropped a shot at the 13th but recovered impressively with three consecutive birdies at the 16th, 17th and 18th holes to come home in 34.