Men’s Individual European Championship: Frances as in

Frances in front, a quartet in the basques

It was expected but maybe not at this point. If the organizers knew that the course will receive the lightning of the players, the scores are still very low and for a large part of the field. The weather is undoubtedly there for something, it which made the course softer is therefore more accessible for the offensive men.

Alone in the lead, it is a Dane who leads the tournament with a stratospheric card of -8 (63). The left-hander, Alexander Frances, could even have afforded a score of -9 if his last birdie putt at 18 had fallen: ” Amazing day for me. I don’t even know how many birdies I made because there were so many. It’s a great start to start the tournament on the right track », He declared after his game.

With cards of -7 (64), there are four behind the leader. It is first of all the Belgian, Adrien Dumont De Chassart, who has occupied his head for a while. Having left in the morning, the neighbor of France took advantage of an almost absent wind to unfold his game. He emerged from his game with a card without a bogey: ” Wonderful day ! I hit a lot of good shots at the end and my iron game helped me a lot throughout the game. I’m happy to end up with birdies on this long but fairly receptive course today. »

He is accompanied by three other players who are the Italian Pietro Bovari, Danish Christoffer Bring and the Spanish joel muscat.