Hurley and McKibbin with work to do in Korea Championship

Both Gary Hurley and Tom McKibbin are a dozen shots off the lead after the opening round of Korea Championship after carding rounds of 75 respectively.

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France's Antoine Rozner carded nine birdies in a flawless opening 63 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon to make the perfect start to his bid for a fourth DP World Tour title.

The Irish pair however will have plenty of work to do tomorrow to make the cut for the weekend.

Waterford's Hurley enjoyed a better back nine with birdies at 15 at the par-5 18th, but three bogeys and a double-bogey at 6 sees the 30-year-old on three-over par.

McKibbin joins him on that score after a rocky back nine. Double-bogeys at 14 and 15 were followed by a bogey at the 16th, but he did pick up a shot at the last.

Rozner is the man to catch and heads into the second round with a four-shot lead over Sanghyun Park and Andy Sullivan

"A lot of things went my way today," Rozner said. "I obviously played well, but you need a bit of luck to shoot 63, especially on a hard golf course like this one.

"I holed a really good putt on the 11th hole, my second hole of the day. It went straight in the centre of the hole and I thought maybe it could be a good day and it was. I'm really pleased.

"It was a pure day of golf, one of those days when you wish you could play like this all the time."