MILAN: Defending champion Francesco Molinari hit nine birdies to share a six-way lead with a seven-under-par 64 on the first day of the Italian Open in Monza on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

The four-time European Tour winner from Italy shared the early lead with Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Wales’s Jamie Donaldson and Swede Alexander Bjork. They were joined later in the day by the English pair of Eddie Pepperell and Matt Wallace.

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