Already Irish Open and Australian Open champion, Adrian Meronk added the Italian Open to his growing cluster of national titles with victory on Sunday at the Marco Simone Country Club just outside Rome.
About five months before Marco Simone Country Club just outside Rome hosts the 44th Ryder Cup, the venue for this week’s Italian Open is doubling as the site of the latest meeting of the DP World Tour’s tournament committee.
Matt Fitzpatrick’s younger brother Alex turned pro shortly after Matt’s victory at Brookline and the two are both competing in the DP World Tour’s Italian Open this week. Through two rounds, Alex has a slight edge in driving distance over his big brother. So, of course, he let him know about it.
One week after Rasmus Hojgaard won the European Masters, the Dane’s identical twin brother, Nicolai, is, at age 20, the youngest champion of the Italian Open.
A confident Min Woo Lee has earned a share of the lead with a brilliant round of seven-under 64 on the opening day of the European Tour’s DS Automobiles Italian Open at the Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome.