{"id":230126,"date":"2021-05-06T21:55:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T21:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/canary-islands-championship-2021-r1\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T12:53:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T12:53:40","slug":"canary-islands-championship-2021-r1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/canary-islands-championship-2021-r1\/","title":{"rendered":"Canary Islands Championship R1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canary Islands 2021 R1<\/span>
May 06-09
Golf Costa Adeje, Tenerife, Spain
\u20ac1,500,000
Round 2<\/a><\/strong>, Round 3<\/a><\/strong>, Round 4<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Francesco Laporta carded the lowest round of his European Tour career to hit the front after day one of the 2021 Canary Islands Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\"It was one of those days when everything goes in the right direction. I started thinking about 59 also, when I was nine under through 14. On 17 I was putting for birdie from five metres. I was thinking 'just make this and go for eagle on the last'. I wasn't so lucky on the last hole, my drive went into the trees. But I'm still nine under so I'm pretty happy about the round.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"I get a bit nervous every time I go very low. It's not the first time I've shot nine under on the main Tour, but in the first round you want to play well. I saw this scores this morning with Rhys Enoch, who was eight under after eight and I knew the course would give us lots of chances to make birdies.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"You start to feel a bit of pressure when you start to think about a 59, but then you just need to concentrate on your game and try to do your best.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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No 59 for Laporta 😔

He signs for a 62 and leads after round one.#CanaryIslandsChampionship<\/a> | @Workday<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/QoatFtiVsD<\/a><\/p>\u2014 The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) May 6, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>