O'Malley leading field after record round

Australian Peter O’Malley equalled the course record to set the clubhouse target in the first round of the Italian Open today.

O’Malley carded an eight-under-par 64 at Gardagolf to match Bernhard Langer’s score from the final round in 1997, when the German came from three behind Jose Maria Olazabal to claim the title.