Calcavecchia on course to say ‘I do’ after first round

Mark Garrod, Milan

The 1989 British Open champion tees off at 8.20am at Castello di Tolcinasco near Milan and then will head up to Lake Como an hour away for the ceremony.

"We were trying to find a good place and Brenda did some research," said Calcavecchia, whose father's family came from Sicily.

"We'll be back at about midnight and I can get a good sleep before I play again Friday. Then it's back on Monday, a day at home and then fly to Dallas for the Byron Nelson.

"We are going to have another ceremony on May 27 in Arizona when my kids and Brenda's parents and friends and family will be able to come.

"We haven't planned anything special for honeymoon yet. It's hard when you travel all the time for a living to take a week and travel some more. But we will take some time maybe go to Hawaii early next year and do some different islands."

This is 44-year-old Calcavecchia's debut in the Italian Open.

"It was always up against the Colonial one of my favourite courses but it's not any more and it's worked out well."