Trio share Made in Denmark lead

There was a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard after the first round of the Made In Denmark, with afternoon starters Steve Webster and Matt Wallace joining early clubhouse leader Wade Ormsby at the summit.

Australian Ormsby finished his round one stroke clear of the chasing pack after carding an eagle, six birdies and a single bogey to get to seven under par.

But he was caught in the afternoon as Webster fired seven birdies in a flawless 64, while fellow Englishman Wallace mixed nine birdies with two bogeys in his opening round.

It could have been a different story for talented rookie Wallace, who held a one-stroke lead as he stood at the 18th tee before dropping a shot at the last to fall into a tie for the lead.

Oscar Lengden, Robert Karlsson and Benjamin Hebert were another shot back in a tie for fourth.

A birdie blitz on the front nine saw Open de Portugal at Morgado Golf Resort champion Wallace climb up the leaderboard on Thursday afternoon, with five birdies in six holes from the third taking him to five under par.

He dropped a shot at the tenth but bounced back with a gain at the 11th before reeling off back-to-back birdies at the 15th and 16th to join the co-leaders.

A superb bunker shot at the 17th set up another birdie chance and he rolled in from three feet to make it three in a row.

But after getting into trouble off the tee, Wallace failed to get up and down at the last.

Beginning his round at the tenth tee, Webster followed up a birdie at the 11th with further gains at the 14th and 15th.

And after picking up two more shots at the first and third, Webster took advantage of the par-five seventh to get to six under.

The 42-year old missed the opportunity to catch Ormsby when he failed to convert his 12-foot birdie putt at the eighth but he made amends at the next, rolling in from four feet to grab a share of the lead.

Also starting at the tenth, Ormsby picked up shots at the 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th to get to four under par on Thursday morning.

He carded his first bogey of the day at the 18th but bounced back with consecutive birdies at the second and third before firing an eagle at the next to reach the summit.

Ormsby, who finished in a tie for fifth at last week's Fiji International, then safely parred his final five holes.

South African Zander Lombard and Italy's Edoardo Molinari both made aces at the 86-yard 16th. Molinari's was the 998th in European Tour history.

Meanwhile local favourite Thomas Bjørn, playing in his 500th European Tour event this week, began with a 73.