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Daniel Brown of England took a two-stroke lead after shooting a 7-under 64 in the first round of the ISPS Handa World Invitational on the European tour. The tournament also includes a co-sanctioned LPGA Tour event, where there is a four-way tie for the lead between Gabrielle Cowley of England, Ellinor Sudow of Sweden, Kim Metraux of Switzerland, and Karis Davidson of Australia, all shooting 4-under 69.

The tournament is being held at the parkland Galgorm Castle Golf Club and the links at Castlerock Golf Club. Men’s and women’s players will each play one round at each venue over the first two days before the action moves solely to Galgorm once the cut is made after 36 holes.

The best scores of the day were achieved at Castlerock, where Daniel Brown, ranked No. 374, made six birdies and an eagle at the 15th. Alex Fitzpatrick and Callan Barrow of England, Manu Gandas of India, and Gregorio De Leo of Italy are tied at 5-under. Out of these players, only De Leo played at Galgorm.

In the LPGA Tour event, the leaders also played at Castlerock. Only American golfer Marissa Steen, who shot a 70, played at Galgorm out of the top 12 players.

It is worth noting that Maja Stark of Sweden, the reigning women’s champion, is not participating in this week’s event.

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