The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
FIRST ROUND SCORES
Italian Open, Golf Club Milano, Italy (Gbr and Irl unless stated, par 71):
64 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Matt Wallace, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha), Alexander Bjork (Swe), Jamie Donaldson, Eddie Peppere
65 Byeong-hun An (Kr), George Coetzee (Zam)
66 Alex Noren (Swe), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Chris Paisley, Marc Warren, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Andrea Pavan (Ita), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Gregory Havret (Fra) 67 Ricardo Gouveia (Por), Richie Ramsay, David Howell, Daniel Brooks, Jorge Campillo (Spa), Brandon Stone (Zam), Darren Fichardt (Zam), Florian Fritsch (Den), David Drysdale, Stefano Mazzoli (a) (Ita), Jon Rahm (Spa), Paul Dunne, Sam Brazel (Aus), Marcus Fraser (Aus) 68 Maximilian Kieffer (Ger), Ross Fisher, Joost Luiten (Nir), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Renato Paratore (Ita), Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Alexander Levy (Fra), Austin Connelly (Can), Julien Quesne (Fra), Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Mike Lorenzo-vera (Fra), Nicolas Colsaerts (Be), Lee Slattery, Jeunghun Wang (Kor), Chris Hanson, Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Matthew Fitzpatrick, Nino Bertasio (Ita)
69 Joakim Lagergren (Swe), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Robert Rock, Niclas Fasth (Swe), Shane Lowry, Wade Ormsby (Aus), Bernd Wiesberger (At), Lee Westwood, Lorenzo Scalise (a) (Ita), Graeme Mcdowell, Paul Waring, Daniel Im (USA), Enrico Di Nitto (Ita), Andy Sullivan, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Tyrrell Hatton, Luke Donald, Dylan Frittelli (Zam)
Others included:
70 Andrew Johnston, Thomas Aiken (Zam), Anders Hansen (Den), Nathan Holman (Aus), Jaco Van Zyl (Zam), Carlos Pigem (Spa), Jason Scrivener (Aus), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Dean Burmester (Zam), Nacho Elvira (Spa), Benjamin Hebert (Fra), Adrian Otaegui (Spa), Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Haydn Porteous (Zam), Panuphol Pittayarat (Tha), David Horsey, Ryan Fox (Nzl), Callum Shinkwin, Matthew Southgate, Johan Carlsson (Swe), Marcel Siem (Ger), Andres Romero (Arg), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Jordan Smith
71 Matteo Manassero (Ita), Tommy Fleetwood, Bradley Dredge
72 Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Stephen Gallacher 73 Thomas Bjorn (Den), Danny Willett, Padraig Harrington
74 Jose-maria Olazabal (Spa), Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Paul Peterson (USA) 75 Graeme Storm, Scott Jamieson