Emiliano Grillo carded a course-record equalling -7 65 before darkness fell to set the target on day one of the Hero Indian Open.
The Argentinian is an invite this week having only played two European Tour events outside of the Majors and World Golf Championships since 2015 and was making the best of his opportunity at DLF Golf and Country Club, as he leads by two shots from Spaniard Pablo Larrazábal, Italian Matteo Manassero and American Paul Peterson who all shot -5 67.
The Argentinian is an invite this week having only played two European Tour events outside of the Majors and World Golf Championships since 2015 and was making the best of his opportunity at DLF Golf and Country Club, as he leads by two shots from Spaniard Pablo Larrazábal, Italian Matteo Manassero and American Paul Peterson who all shot -5 67.
Frenchman Adrien Saddier was also -5 with one hole to complete, alongside South Africa's Keith Horne who was -5 through 16.
Grillo had this to say after his round. "You have no idea how difficult the course is,I had to play almost perfect golf to shoot a seven under. I think anywhere else it would have been close to a 59 or something. It was definitely a magnificent round of golf."
To his point the reason play was not completed is that the course is so difficult there were more rulings required than usual which backed up the course.
Grillo had this to say after his round. "You have no idea how difficult the course is,I had to play almost perfect golf to shoot a seven under. I think anywhere else it would have been close to a 59 or something. It was definitely a magnificent round of golf."
To his point the reason play was not completed is that the course is so difficult there were more rulings required than usual which backed up the course.
Larrazabal was still sound asleep in his hotel room 40 minutes before his tee time, as his new Iphone had reverted to Spanish time overnight. It was European Tour secretary Dorothy who phoned him and woke him up, readied a courtesy car and got him to the 10th tee 10 minutes before he would have been DQ, a remarkable feat considering the insanity that is New Delhi traffic.
New Delhi is 13 1/2 hours ahead of EST. Round 1 resumes at 7am local tomorrow.
Bryan Angus
(europeantour.com)
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