{"id":658227,"date":"2026-06-25T22:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/658227\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:03:12","slug":"molinari-sets-course-record-with-mckibbin-five-off-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/658227\/","title":{"rendered":"Molinari sets course record with McKibbin five off lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home favourite Edoardo Molinari shot a new course record of eight-under par to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Italian Open at Circolo Golf Torino.<\/p>\n<p>Molinari \u2013 set to again be one of Luke Donald&#8217;s vice captains for a third consecutive Ryder Cup alongside his brother Francesco \u2013 made 10 birdies, with six over the back nine, to sign for a 63, which could have been lower but for successive bogeys on the fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Chile\u2019s Joaquin Niemann had earlier tied the course record with seven under on his tournament debut. Italian Guido Migliozzi is among five players sharing third place at six under as he chases a first top-20 finish in his home open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/results\/golf\/european-tour-1\/28889\/open-ditalia-908771\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FULL LEADERBOARD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tom McKibbin is five shots off the lead in a tie for 22nd on three under after a 68.<\/p>\n<p>The Antrim native had just one bogey on the 11th after back-to-back birdies on 14 and 15. But further gains on one and six had him pointing in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>Race to Dubai leader Patrick Reed \u2013 the highest-ranked player in the field \u2013 finished at one-under on his return to DP World Tour action for the first time since March after a double bogey at the 16th proved costly.<\/p>\n<p>European Ryder Cup captain Donald finished at one over, while it was a round to forget for former Masters champion Danny Willett after his 75.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home favourite Edoardo Molinari shot a new course record of eight-under par to take a one-stroke lead after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-658227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}