Matthieu Pavon carded the lowest round of his DP World Tour career in the opening round of the DS Automobiles Italian Open at Marco Simone, firing nine birdies and a single bogey at the par-3 17th on his way to an 8-under 63 to take a two-shot lead.
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“All in all it was just great playing. Nothing bad to say about today. I was really, really solid off the tee, probably only missed two fairways today – and every time it was by a few inches.
“The putting was amazing also. I dropped a lot of putts. I think I probably made nine putts on my front nine, which is quite funny. Everything was just excellent today.
“I was not really sure about a low, low score like this. I knew I could do great, but that great, I’m a bit surprised.”
A maiden win on Sunday would help the Frenchman to get Luke Donald’s attention for Ryder Cup selection.
Germany’s Maximillian Kieffer lies in solo second place at 6-under followed by China’s Ashun Wu and France’s Julien Guerrier in third place at 5-under.
England’s Todd Clements shot a 67 for a share of fourth place at 4-under alongside Finland’s Tapio Pulkkanen, Spain‘s Jorge Campillo and Germany‘s Marcel Siem.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAVON, Matthieu | -8 | 63 |
| 2 | KIEFFER, Maximilian | -6 | 65 |
| 3 | WU, Ashun | -5 | 66 |
| | GUERRIER, Julien | -5 | 66 |
| 5 | PULKKANEN, Tapio | -4 | 67 |
| | CAMPILLO, Jorge | -4 | 67 |
| | SIEM, Marcel | -4 | 67 |
| | CLEMENTS, Todd | -4 | 67 |
| 9 | NØRGAARD, Niklas | -3 | 68 |
| | SAMOOJA, Kalle | -3 | 68 |
| TARRIO, Santiago | -3 | 68 | |
| | PAUL, Yannik | -3 | 68 |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | -3 | 68 |
| | SMITH, Jordan | -3 | 68 |
| | MERONK, Adrian | -3 | 68 |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | -3 | 68 |
| | CATLIN, John | -3 | 68 |
| 18 | BROWN, Daniel | -2 | 69 |
| | HILLIER, Daniel | -2 | 69 |
| | PEPPERELL, Eddie | -2 | 69 |
| | BJÖRK, Alexander | -2 | 69 |
| | PEREZ, Victor | -2 | 69 |
| | PORTEOUS, Garrick | -2 | 69 |
| | WALTERS, Justin | -2 | 69 |
| | GALLACHER, Stephen | -2 | 69 |
| SORDET, Clément | -2 | 69 | |
| | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | -2 | 69 |
| 28 | MCKIBBIN, Tom | -1 | 70 |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | -1 | 70 |
| | JAMIESON, Scott | -1 | 70 |
| | SÖDERBERG, Sebastian | -1 | 70 |
| | VAN DRIEL, Darius | -1 | 70 |
| | OLESEN, Thorbjørn | -1 | 70 |
| | WINTHER, Jeff | -1 | 70 |
| | KORHONEN, Mikko | -1 | 70 |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | -1 | 70 |
| | KO, Jeong weon | -1 | 70 |
| | BALDWIN, Matthew | -1 | 70 |
| | SHINKWIN, Callum | -1 | 70 |
| | ROZNER, Antoine | -1 | 70 |
| 41 | WIEBE, Gunner | Par | 71 |
| | MURPHY, John | Par | 71 |
| | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | Par | 71 |
| | VAN TONDER, Daniel | Par | 71 |
| | LUITEN, Joost | Par | 71 |
| | CANONICA, Emanuele | Par | 71 |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | Par | 71 |
| | NEMECZ, Lukas | Par | 71 |
| | BESSELING, Wil | Par | 71 |
| | CROCKER, Sean | Par | 71 |
| HISATSUNE, Ryo | Par | 71 | |
| | FORREST, Grant | Par | 71 |
| | DANTORP, Jens | Par | 71 |
| | ZEMMER, Aron | Par | 71 |
| | MANSELL, Richard | Par | 71 |
| | LOMBARD, Zander | Par | 71 |
| | BRUN, Julien | Par | 71 |
| | JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz | Par | 71 |
| | HØJGAARD, Rasmus | Par | 71 |
| | GANDAS, Manu | Par | 71 |
| | BRING, Christoffer | Par | 71 |
| | COCKERILL, Aaron | Par | 71 |
| 63 | WANG, Jeunghun | +1 | 72 |
| | LEVY, Alexander | +1 | 72 |
| | FISHER, Ross | +1 | 72 |
| | PARATORE, Renato | +1 | 72 |
| | SYME, Connor | +1 | 72 |
| | FDEZ-CASTAÑO, Gonzalo | +1 | 72 |
| | RAVETTO, David | +1 | 72 |
| | JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh | +1 | 72 |
| | KJELDSEN, Søren | +1 | 72 |
| | EASTON, Bryce | +1 | 72 |
| | SCHOTT, Freddy | +1 | 72 |
| | STRYDOM, Ockie | +1 | 72 |
| | VÄLIMÄKI, Sami | +1 | 72 |
| | DI NITTO, Enrico | +1 | 72 |
| | BEKKER, Oliver | +1 | 72 |
| 78 | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | +2 | 73 |
| | SCIOT-SIEGRIST, Robin | +2 | 73 |
| | LI, Haotong | +2 | 73 |
| | AXELSEN, John | +2 | 73 |
| | FLORIOLI, Marco (AM) | +2 | 73 |
| | SADDIER, Adrien | +2 | 73 |
| | RITCHIE, JC | +2 | 73 |
| | VEERMAN, Johannes | +2 | 73 |
| | JORDAN, Matthew | +2 | 73 |
| | FORSSTRÖM, Simon | +2 | 73 |
| | FIGUEIREDO, Pedro | +2 | 73 |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar | +2 | 73 |
| | BACHEM, Nick | +2 | 73 |
| | MACINTYRE, Robert | +2 | 73 |
| | HØJGAARD, Nicolai | +2 | 73 |
| | LORENZO-VERA, Mike | +2 | 73 |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | +2 | 73 |
| | RAMSAY, Richie | +2 | 73 |
| | HANNA, Chase | +2 | 73 |
| | ELVIRA, Nacho | +2 | 73 |
| 98 | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | +3 | 74 |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | +3 | 74 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | +3 | 74 |
| SARACINO, Andrea | +3 | 74 | |
| | DUBUISSON, Victor | +3 | 74 |
| | CELLI, Filippo | +3 | 74 |
| | DONALD, Luke | +3 | 74 |
| | COETZEE, George | +3 | 74 |
| | MOLINARI, Edoardo | +3 | 74 |
| | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | +3 | 74 |
| | LAWRENCE, Thriston | +3 | 74 |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | +3 | 74 |
| | GAVINS, Daniel | +3 | 74 |
| | HAVRET, Grégory | +3 | 74 |
| | BOVARI, Pietro (AM) | +3 | 74 |
| | SIMONSEN, Martin | +3 | 74 |
| | LEE, Joshua | +3 | 74 |
| | HURLEY, Gary | +3 | 74 |
| | HUNDEBØLL, Oliver | +3 | 74 |
| | STAL, Gary | +3 | 74 |
| | LONG, Hurly | +3 | 74 |
| 119 | STALTER, Joël | +4 | 75 |
| | HELLIGKILDE, Marcus | +4 | 75 |
| | CHENGYAO, Ma | +4 | 75 |
| | WARREN, Marc | +4 | 75 |
| | KAWAMURA, Masahiro | +4 | 75 |
| | WILSON, Oliver | +4 | 75 |
| | HILL, Calum | +4 | 75 |
| | COLSAERTS, Nicolas | +4 | 75 |
| | ZANOTTI, Fabrizio | +4 | 75 |
| | EDÉN, Tobias | +4 | 75 |
| | HUTSBY, Sam | +4 | 75 |
| | DU PLESSIS, Hennie | +4 | 75 |
| | GERMISHUYS, Deon | +4 | 75 |
| | FERGUSON, Ewen | +4 | 75 |
| 133 | KRISTJANSSON, Gudmundur | +5 | 76 |
| | ARNAUS, Adri | +5 | 76 |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | +5 | 76 |
| | KNAPPE, Alexander | +5 | 76 |
| | VECCHI FOSSA, Jacopo | +5 | 76 |
| | PARRY, John | +5 | 76 |
| | HORSEY, David | +5 | 76 |
| | DE JAGER, Louis | +5 | 76 |
| | DEL REY, Alejandro | +5 | 76 |
| 142 | GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian | +6 | 77 |
| | MORRISON, James | +6 | 77 |
| | GAGLI, Lorenzo | +6 | 77 |
| | HIDALGO, Angel | +6 | 77 |
| | HIGA, Kazuki | +6 | 77 |
| | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | +6 | 77 |
| 148 | WARING, Paul | +7 | 78 |
| | LAGERGREN, Joakim | +7 | 78 |
| | DE LEO, Gregorio | +7 | 78 |
| | MAZZOLI, Stefano | +7 | 78 |
| | GREEN, Gavin | +7 | 78 |
| 153 | ROMANO, Andrea | +8 | 79 |
| | BJØRN, Thomas | +8 | 79 |
| | FREIBURGHAUS, Jeremy | +8 | 79 |
| 156 | KIM, Yeongsu | +9 | 80 |
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