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Rookie pro Gavin Moynihan has returned home for a belated 21st birthday celebration before heading to Portugal and the goal of winning his European Tour card. Moynihan’s first taste in the pro ranks ended with rounds of 73 and 76 for a five over par tally and miss the cut by nine shots in the Italian Open, and his first event as a pro. In fact, he had turned 21 on the first day of the event at Monza. “I just didn’t play good today at all and just pushed a bit too hard over the ...

Gleneagles victorious Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley posted a bright four under par 68 on day one of the Italian Open, and in his penultimate event of his season. McGinley, who shared the leading Irish honours with Peter Lawrie, birdied the last and on a tight three-lined Milano GC he seemed to feel right at home. “It was nice to birdie the last and overall I played quite well, so it was a good day’s work on a nice old-fashioned golf course,” said McGinley. “This kind of golf course with his tight fairways and small greens has suited me well throughout my career.” Triple ...

Two birdies in his closing three holes at least gave Gavin Moynihan something to celebrate on the occasion of his 21st birthday and in his first round as a pro on day one of the Italian Open at Monza. There was a pump of his right fist when Moynihan rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt at the final round in a score of a one over par 73 on the Milano Golf Club course. It left the European Tour’s newest professional trailing 10 shots behind Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts ...

Scot Craig Lee is turning his season around after a ‘selfie’ disqualification in the recent Made In Denmark tournament. Lee had the Tartan flag flying close to the top of the Monza mast with a five under par 67 on the the opening day of the 72nd Italian Open. He got a valuable first hole jump on his rivals in holing a 20-yard green-side bunker  shot for an  eagle and to be the only player to record a ‘3’ at the opening hole of the Milano Golf Club course. However ...

  Belgium’s big-hitting Nicolas Colsaerts stormed off the Monza grid with eight birdies in succession to enjoy a two shot lead on day one of the 72° OPEN D’ITALIA presented by DAMIANI. Colsaerts was off to a slow start from the tenth, parring his first four holes before rounding the back straight of the Milano Golf Club course with five consecutive birdies from the 14th to the 18th holes that saw him make the turn in 31. He then kept the foot to the metal with further birdies ...

Rookie Gavin Moynihan tees up in this week’s Italian Open, and his first event as a pro, with the endorsement of Ryder Cup Captain’s Paul McGinley and Darren Clarke ringing his ears. Moynihan, 20 has been afforded an invitation to contest the event on the Milano GC course laid out right alongside the famed Monza Autodrome and venue for last fortnight’s Italian F1 Grand Prix. The Island Club attached Moynihan arrived at Monza on the back of helping steer GB & I to a record-setting Walker Cup success last Sunday. McGinley had been present at Royal Lytham and St. Annes helping motivate the GB & I ...

Rookie Scot Bradley Neil is hopeful in finally getting his pro career out of first gear at this week’s Italian Open in Monza. The 19-year old Neil accepted an invitation to compete in what is only his third European Tour event since turning professional straight after June’s U.S. Open, and on the Milano Golf Club course located right alongside the famed Monza Autodrome. In fact, the competitors access the golf course via a road running underneath both ...