The first day of the 2015 Nordea Masters came to a close on Thursday, with Jens Dantorp, Marcus Kinhult and Chris Paisley grabbing a share of the lead.

Thomas Pieters, Lee Slattery, Benjamin Hebert and three others round out the top nine. Below is a recap of the first day's events (via Irish Times).

What They're Saying

Marcus Kinhult: "It's pretty special to play in a European Tour event and to be playing here in Sweden. It was solid from tee to green and I made a lot of putts, for birdie and par. The putter was pretty hot on the back nine. I did not expect much, just to have a great week and gain some experience. That's what I'm here for. So far, so good. I hope I can keep this up and make a lot of birdies."

Lee Slattery: "We seem to have had a lot of wind the last few weeks and it was more of the same today. After last week it felt a bit easier, but four under is still a good score. We can't get out of the waterproofs; the last few weeks have been really tricky and certainly will have toughened us up for the next stretch of events. It's so easy to under-club here, as there's nothing to stop the wind."

Ongoing Leaderboard

Position

Golfer

To Par

Thursday's Score

T1

Jens Dantorp

-5

67

T1

Marcus Kinhult

-5

67

T1

Chris Paisley

-5

67

T4

Thomas Pieters

-4

68

T4

Lee Slattery

-4

68

T4

Benjamin Hebert

-4

68

T4

Maximilian Kieffer

-4

68

T4

Sebastian Soderberg

-4

68

T4

Adrian Otaegui

-4

68* (after 16)

10

Hennie Otto

-3

69