Leader Lucas Bjerregaard talked on Thursday about hitting a hole-in-one on his way to the first round lead of the 100th Open de France in Paris

SOUNDBITE: (English) Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland:

"Yeah, there was a little bit of adventure in there, four bogeys, four birdies. There was quite a few good shots in there which I was pleased with, a few loose ones as well but with what I've been doing to my golf swing and trying to work on it a bit, that's to be expected, first round back. But I felt like I saw some good signs out there today, held some nice putts, hit some good iron shots so it's slowly coming together."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Lucas Bjerregaard, Denmark:

(on his hole-in-one)

"Had a great number on two (second hole), hit it to about a foot yesterday in the Pro-Am and we were joking that I've never made a hole-in-one and I was probably never going to make one because it always ended up like that. Then I hit a great shot - it looked like it went in but we couldn't really tell and nobody around the green reacted. I think there was about five guys behind the green and they didn't clap or react in any way so we thought maybe it's just ....Matteo (Manassero), he thought he could see it right behind the pin so I grabbed my putter and started walking but as we got closer I could see that it was in. So that was nice, first hole-in-one ever so that was great."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Bernd Wiesberger, defending champion, Austria:

"It was pretty good, I hit quality shots and made a couple of putts as well so that was good. Unfortunately it kind of slowed it down a little bit after that, a couple of wayward shots around seven, eight and nine. But the back nine felt it was pretty good and in control."