Who is leading the 2024 Irish Open after Round 1? Day 1 leaderboard explored

The first round of the 2024 Irish Open was played on Thursday, September 12th at Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, Northern Ireland. The difficult course conditions were evident throughout the round, as evidenced by the fact that only 32 players broke par.

Todd Clements leads the Irish Open at -5. A total of 18 players are three shots or less behind him, including local hero Rory McIlroy.

2024 Irish Open Round 1 leaderboard

Below is the 2024 Irish Open leaderboard after the first round (only the Top 50 were included):

1 CLEMENTS, Todd -5
T2 DEL REY, Alejandro -4
T2 VÄLIMÄKI, Sami -4
T4 ENEFER, Will -3
T4 CELLI, Filippo -3
T4 MCILROY, Rory -3
T4 LAWRENCE, Thriston -3
T4 ARMITAGE, Marcus -3
T9 WU, Ashun -2
T9 WILSON, Oliver -2
T9 KJELDSEN, Søren -2
T9 FERGUSON, Ewen -2
T9 VAN ROOYEN, Erik -2
T9 BROWN, Daniel -2
T9 WARING, Paul -2
T9 COUSSAUD, Ugo -2
T9 STONE, Brandon -2
T9 SMITH, Jordan -2
T9 CANTER, Laurie -2
T20 DANTORP, Jens -1
T20 CANTERO, Ivan -1
T20 MANASSERO, Matteo -1
T20 FITZPATRICK, Alex -1
T20 JARVIS, Casey -1
T20 PENGE, Marco -1
T20 SCHOTT, Freddy -1
T20 PRINSLOO, Jaco -1
T20 KEELING, Seán -1
T20 OTAEGUI, Adrian -1
T20 MANSELL, Richard -1
T20 NEERGAARD-PETERSEN, Rasmus -1
T20 WALKER, Jimmy -1
T33 SCHWAB, Matthias PAR
T33 FORREST, Grant PAR
T33 JAMIESON, Scott PAR
T33 SADDIER, Adrien PAR
T33 LAW, David PAR
T33 JONES, Sam PAR
T33 LACROIX, Frederic PAR
T33 HØJGAARD, Rasmus PAR
T33 MORRISON, James PAR
T33 COCKERILL, Aaron PAR
T33 AIKEN, Thomas PAR
T33 LUITEN, Joost PAR
T33 FICHARDT, Darren PAR
T33 ROZNER, Antoine PAR
T33 DE BRUYN, Jannik PAR
T33 MACINTYRE, Robert PAR
T33 PAUL, Yannik PAR
T33 PARATORE, Renato PAR

Todd Clements dramatically took the lead at the 2024 Irish Open with an eagle on the 18th hole to close out his first round. His performance for the day also included five birdies and two bogeys.

Top-ranked golfer in the field and local idol Rory McIlroy also put in a spectacular performance on home soil. McIlroy was tied for 30th through 15th with three birdies and three bogeys (even par) when he birdied his last three holes to finish at 3-under and move up to T4.

The other super fan favorite at the Irish Open, Shane Lowry, did not have a very lucky round, carding two birdies and three bogeys (1-over). Lowry finished the first round in a tie for 51st place with 14 other players.

The second round of the Irish Open will start on Friday at 7:30 a.m. local time (2:30 a.m. EDT). The morning wave will finish at 9:30 am (4:30 am ET) and the afternoon wave will start at 12:30 pm (7:30 am EDT). The final group will tee off at 2:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EDT).

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Julio is a Golf specialist for Sportskeeda and boasts immense experience across sports and professions. Having practiced law for 15 years, he then moved to Cuban and International media houses such as Juventud Tecnica Magazine and teleSUR on baseball, track & field and boxing, among other sports, before taking up his current position. He even received an Honorary Mention in the 2023 Cuban National Journalism Contest.

Julio enjoys keeping up with everything that happens in the golf world, which helps him develop interesting angles for even the most mundane stories. What separates him from other journalists is that he has an eye for stats, and is proficient in both Spanish and English. His legal background helps him accurately report non-sporting golf issues such as rules analysis, contract issues, etc.

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Nelly Korda is his favorite golfer due to her pure talent, while he also likes Alison Lee for her perseverance. His non-golf interests include baseball and track & field, while he also enjoys watching TV.

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Edited by Tushar Bahl