Hartlepool, England (July 25, 2014) -- A group of three share the first round lead at the 2014 Barbazon Trophy.

At Seaton Carew Golf Club, Sebastian Mork Andersen, Tom Fox and Ciaran Doherty all turned in opening-round 5-under 68s and share the one-shot lead.

Ben Stow, Tomasz Anderson, Jack Cardy and Seb Crookall-Nixon all sit just one shot back at 4-under following the first day of action.

Defending champion Jordan Smith (pictured above) shot 1-under 72 and sits tied for 30th after Round 1.

The Barbazon Trophy serves as the English Golfing Union's Stroke Play Championship and runs 72 holes. The field will be cut to the low 60 players and ties following Thursday's second round.

Past winners include Sandy Lyle, Gordon Brand Jnr, Ronan Rafferty, Peter McEvoy, Peter Hanson from Sweden and Charl Schwartzel from South Africa.

For a full look at the scoreboard, please follow the results link below.