The event is being played with a different course routing this year to enable a finish at the normal eighth hole which is directly in front of the clubhouse. Moorhead leads by a single stroke from Hayden Beard and Wairarapa amateur Kerry Mountcastle on 68. A further stroke behind on three under 69 were a chasing pack of Fraser Wilkin, Martin Pettigrew, Chang Gi Lee, James Devlin, Nick Gillespie and Doug Holloway.Local professional Grant Moorhead is the first round leader at the Jennian Homes Series- Augusta Funds Management presented by Pipe Tech Taranaki Open. Grant was a member of the 1992 New Zealand team which won the Eisenhower World Amateur Trophy and has been an outstanding performer in New Zealand professional events for many years. Moorhead had his father Tom on the bag today and both players have been around the course thousands of times. Grant scored a solid five under par 67 which could have been even better if not marred by a bogey at the final hole.