Mollymook's Jye Halls had to shake off some early nerves when he teed off at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Emirates Golf Club's Majlis Course.

Halls is one of seven Australians taking in the prestigious Dubai event, which started yesterday [Thursday, October 23]

Halls sits at even par and said he tried to have some fun.

"I would say it was a very up-and-down day, but I had a lot of fun out there. I was definitely a little bit nervous at the start, but yeah, it was good fun," he said.

He made a couple of nice birdies to end his front nine round, but added "dropped a couple towards the end".

"I had a good save on one. Had good chances on two and three but missed them both," Halls said about his round

He remains confident about what he will produce today [Friday, October 24]

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