DP World Tour: Italian Open Leaderboard
Andrea Pavan insisted local knowledge did not play a part as the home favourite shared the first-round lead at the 2024 Italian Open presented by Regione Emilia-Romagna.
Pavan’s bogey-free 64 left him level on -7 with Denmark’s Sebastian Friedrichsen and American Gunner Wiebe.
Malaysia’s Gavin Green made four birdies in the last six holes to sit one shot back at -6. He was joined late in the day by Marcus Kinhult after the Swede birdied the last.
While Pavan had the backing of the Italian crowd at Adriatic Golf Club Cervia, he said: “The last time I played here was 20 years ago, so I wouldn’t consider having any knowledge around the place.”
“The course isn’t very long but you still have to play well. Very small greens, especially on the back nine. If you hit the green you’re quite close most of the time.
“There’s a bit of rough around the greens and a few trees off the tee. It’s the type of golf course where if you play well it feels like you can shoot a low score, but if you’re a little off it can still bite.”
Behind Green and Kinhult, Pavan’s compatriot Francesco Laporta was in the group at five under with Spaniards Adri Arnaus and Adrian Otaegui, Frenchman Ugo Coussaud, American Sean Crocker and Canada’s Aaron Cockerill.
Edit **** Cockerill who has been off for over 3 weeks was a very promising bogey free, 5 birdie 33, 33 -5 66.
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