{"id":759970,"date":"2026-06-25T19:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/759970\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T19:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:23:14","slug":"niemann-solo-second-after-rd-1-at-dp-world-tours-italian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/759970\/","title":{"rendered":"Niemann solo second after Rd. 1 at DP World Tour\u2019s Italian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">Joaquin Niemann continued his scorching hot play in June at the DP World Tour\u2019s Italian Open, once again getting in position to make a run at a trophy against a top international field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeantour.com\/dpworld-tour\/open-d-italia-2026\/leaderboard?round=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-fg-medium underline\">Leaderboard<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">The Torque GC captain shot a 7-under 64 in Round 1 to tie the course record at Circolo Golf Torino in Fiano, Itay. He stands in solo second place behind Edoardo Molinari, who later set the course record with an 8-under 63.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livgolf.com\/news\/niemann-hatton-earn-2027-us-open-exemptions-top-10-shinnecock-hills-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-fg-medium underline\">Niemann had his best major showing<\/a> when he finished T7 at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, where he earned an exemption into the 2027 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach thanks to the top-10 finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">A total of seven LIV Golf players are in the field this week in Italy. Those who finished at par or better in Round 1 were Niemann, Legion XIII\u2019s Tom McKibbin (3-under 68, T22), Fireballs GC\u2019s David Puig (3-under 68, T22), Ripper GC\u2019s Elvis Smylie (2-under 69, T45), Fireballs GC\u2019s Josele Ballester (even-par 71, T93), 4Aces GC\u2019s Thomas Detry (even-par 71, T93). Southern Guards GC\u2019s Branden Grace shot a 1-over 72 and is T113.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-article-body text-fg-low \">Check back for more updates, including player reaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joaquin Niemann continued his scorching hot play in June at the DP World Tour\u2019s Italian Open, once again&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-759970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}