JORDAN Smith enters this weekend’s Irish Open in a rich vein of form following a positive performance at the Open de France in Paris.

Smith hit rounds of 71, 70, 71 and 71 to finish one-under across the four days in the French capital with eventual winner Alex Noren managing to land the €1,000,000 first prize with a score of seven-under.

Narrow fairways made it tough for players to find consistency of the tee, however Smith was generally pleased with his accuracy – adding only two holes frustrated him throughout the tournament.

He said: “You could tell by some of the scores that were posted, there were a lot of doubles and triples and even worse.

“You didn’t have to hit that bad of a tee shot to get yourself in a lot of trouble.

“I was very happy with the way I played. I had two bad holes that cost me about six shots.

“Apart from that my game was there, I just need to cut out those mistakes. It’s looking good for the next couple of weeks.”

Smith made the short trip across the Irish Sea on Monday night before travelling to the country’s north-west region and Co. Donegal.

Despite never playing at the Ballyliffin course before, the Bath-born European Tour man has received positive reviews about the course – and he fully anticipates the greens to be running free following the recent dose of hot weather.

“I don’t know an awful lot about the course, but I have been told it’s in really good condition,” said Smith.

“With the hot weather we’ve had I expect it to be quite firm which will be nice to see ahead of the Open in Scotland.”

Smith faces a busy few weeks with six competitions penned in over the next seven weeks, the biggest of those coming at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland for the 147th Open Championship.

Having spent two weeks refreshing himself ahead of one of his busiest times of the year, Smith believes his hard work off the course is paying serious dividends.

The 25-year-old added: “I’ve been putting in the hard work with my coach and mixing that with preparation.

“I don’t feel the pressure too much at these big competitions.

“I didn’t have the best start to the year, but I’m going there to perform and get as high up the leaderboard as possible to get those much-needed points for the Race to Dubai.

“I really don’t mind what the conditions are. I feel like I can control the ball really well in soft or firm weather.

“Anything will suit me, I’m looking forward to getting out for some Links golf.”