Leading scores after the first round of the EPGA Wales Open on Thursday at the Celtic Manor Resort (par 71, GBR & IRL unless stated): 66 - Connor Syme, Jordan Smith 68 - Kurt Kitayama (USA), Sebastian Soderberg (SWE), Robert Macintyre, Callum Shinkwin 69 - Marcus Kinhult (SWE), Matthew Jordan, Ashley Chesters, Matthew Southgate, Thomas Pieters (BEL), Renato Paratore (ITA) 70 - Justin Harding (RSA), Sebastian Heisele (GER), Ryan Fox (NZL), Brandon Stone (RSA), Marcel Siem (GER), Daan Huizing (NED), Martin Simonsen (DEN), Aaron Rai, Jason Scrivener (AUS), Liam Johnston, David Dixon, Sami Valimaki (FIN), Louis De Jager (RSA) afp