October 10-13
Olgiata Golf Club, Rome, Italy
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Finland's Tapio Pulkkanen fired a bogey-free seven under par round of 64 to take a one shot lead after the opening round of the Italian Open โ the fifth event in the European Tour's Rolex Series โ with World Number Five Justin Rose among those in contention in Rome.
โI'm really happy with the score. My putter was really hot today, and I didn't make any bogeys, so it was good."
Pulkkanen is currently in 102nd position on the Race to Dubai with only one top ten finish so far this season - eighth place in the Trophรฉe Hassan II - but he posted the lowest opening round of his European Tour career to head a strong leaderboard at Olgiata Golf Club.
The 29 year old carded five birdies on his front nine after starting on the tenth tee and added two more on the way to sit one shot clear of Slovakia's Rory Sabbatini, who birdied his final hole for a round of 65.
โI made a lot of long putts. I was just actually trying to lag it close, and made a lot of putts by doing that. I felt like the greens were really quick today. Especially in the morning, first group. Monday, Tuesday, was not that quick, so I had to be really careful with the putting.
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โI think my first year on the European Tour was a learning year. Second year has been more comfortable being here. I haven't played that well in the Rolex tournaments, so this is kind of new situation, but it's a long way to go and I feel good about my game.โ
Olympic Champion Rose, who is chasing his third Rolex Series title, is in a group of five players one shot further back on five under par after posting five birdies in his final eight holes after mixing two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine.
โProbably my putting is what I was happiest with today. I really rolled is beautifully from 10, 12, 15 foot today, capitalised a lot on my opportunities, and felt like it was one of those days where I worked off the golf course going, I made the most of that round for sure.โ
He shares third place with Dutchman Joost Luiten, American Kurt Kitayama, Rolex Series winner Bernd Wiesberger, the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open champion, and India's Shubhankar Sharma, who birdied the 16 th and eagled the 17th in his 66.
โI hit a lot of good putts before that and they weren't falling, so I was kind of getting easier to make a few birdies coming in," said Sharma. "That tee shot on the 16th was really good, a great four iron to about seven, eight feet, and I made that putt.
โAnd 17, again, a good drive and a good four iron to the middle of the green and that putt obviously was a bonus. It was like a 40-footer that I made, so pretty happy.โ
Italian Francesco Molinari, the 2018 Open Champion and two-time Italian Open champion, opened with a level par round of 71.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
-7 |
64 |
2 |
Rory Sabbatini | SVK |
-6 |
65 |
T3 |
Kurt Kitayama | USA |
-5 |
66 |
T3 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
-5 |
66 |
T3 |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
-5 |
66 |
T3 |
Bernd Wiesberger | AUT |
-5 |
66 |
T3 |
Justin Rose | ENG |
-5 |
66 |
T8 |
Andrew Johnston | ENG |
-4 |
67 |
T8 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG |
-4 |
67 |
T8 |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
-4 |
67 |
T11 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Erik Van Rooyen | RSA |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Tyrrell Hatton | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Danny Willett | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
-3 |
68 |
T20 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Julien Guerrier | FRA |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Robert MacIntyre | SCO |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Matt Wallace | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Alexander Levy | FRA |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Francesco Laporta | ITA |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Kiradech Aphibarnrat | THA |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
Lee Westwood | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T20 |
David Horsey | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T35 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Ryan Fox | NZL |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Eddie Pepperell | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Luke Donald | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Paul Dunne | IRL |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Brandon Stone | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
T35 |
Julian Suri | USA |
-1 |
70 |
T54 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Francesco Molinari | ITA |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Matteo Manassero | ITA |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Paul Casey | ENG |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Thomas Pieters | BEL |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
Par |
71 |
T54 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
Par |
71 |
T72 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Justin Harding | RSA |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Ian Poulter | ENG |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | ESP |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Richard Sterne | RSA |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Lorenzo Scalise | ITA |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
David Lipsky | USA |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Alexander Noren | SWE |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
James Morrison | ENG |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Andres Romero | ARG |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Jamie Donaldson | WAL |
1 |
72 |
T72 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
1 |
72 |
T94 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
2 |
73 |
T94 |
Enrico Di Nitto | ITA |
2 |
73 |
T94 |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
2 |
73 |
T94 |
Haotong Li | CHN |
2 |
73 |
T94 |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
2 |
73 |
T94 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
2 |
73 |
T94 |
Yusaku Miyazato | JPN |
2 |
73 |
T94 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
2 |
73 |
T94 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
2 |
73 |
T103 |
Trevor Immelman | RSA |
3 |
74 |
T103 |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
3 |
74 |
T103 |
Shiv Chawrasia | IND |
3 |
74 |
T103 |
Thomas Aiken | RSA |
3 |
74 |
T103 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
3 |
74 |
T103 |
Lucas Herbert | AUS |
3 |
74 |
T103 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
3 |
74 |
T103 |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
3 |
74 |
T103 |
Victor Perez | FRA |
3 |
74 |
T103 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
3 |
74 |
T113 |
Stuart Manley | WAL |
4 |
75 |
T113 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
4 |
75 |
T113 |
Jaco Van Zyl | RSA |
4 |
75 |
T113 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
4 |
75 |
T113 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
4 |
75 |
T113 |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
4 |
75 |
T113 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
4 |
75 |
T113 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
4 |
75 |
T113 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
4 |
75 |
T122 |
Liam Johnston | SCO |
5 |
76 |
T122 |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
5 |
76 |
T122 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
5 |
76 |
T122 |
Michael Campbell | NZL |
5 |
76 |
T122 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
5 |
76 |
T122 |
Chris Wood | ENG |
5 |
76 |
T122 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
5 |
76 |
T129 |
Filippo Bergamaschi | ITA |
6 |
77 |
T129 |
Sam Brazel | AUS |
6 |
77 |
T129 |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
6 |
77 |
T129 |
David Law | SCO |
6 |
77 |
133 |
David Howell | ENG |
8 |
79 |
134 |
Jose Maria Olazabal | ESP |
9 |
80 |
135 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
11 |
82 |
136 |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
12 |
83 |
137 |
Edoardo Raffaele Lipparelli | ITA |
14 |
85 |
RET |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
Par |
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