EUROPEAN TOUR SCHOOL QUALIFYING IN ITALY, PORTUGAL

EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL 

SECTION REPORT 

Alessio Bruschi carded a course record round of 64 to finish a stroke clear after round one of the European Tour School's First Qualifying Section C at Circolo Golf Bogogno, Italy.. 

The Italian had a fine day on the greens, carding nine birdies and one bogey, a score which leaves him handily placed to progress with those in 24th place and ties earning a spot in Stage Two.

In second place is Swiss amateur Joel Girrbach who went blemish free on Tuesday, with five birdies and one of only six eagles on the day, to finish narrowly behind Bruschi. 

A trio of players are three shots behind the top two in a tie for third, with Switzerland’s Nicolas D’Incau, Italy’s Andrea Bolognesi both alongside America’s Michael Jensen at four under par.

While two time Challenge Tour winner Antti Ahokas, who triumphed at the ECCO Tour Championship and 103 Abierto VISA de la Republica presentado por Peugeot in 2008, is in a five way tie for sixth place at three under par. The Finn is alongside Mark Hoffman, Horacio Leon, Hugo Leon, and Andrea Romano. 

Meanwhile over at Ribagolfe, at the other Stage C venue, Justin Pieters fired a seven under par round of 65 on Tuesday to carve out a two stoke lead in Portugal. 

The Belgian has been under the guidance of compatriot Nicolas Colsaerts, and he put that experience to good use in making nine birdies on Tuesday. Two dropped shots took a little shine off of an otherwise sublime display, and he is a couple of strokes clear of two men in second place.

One of these is American Daniel Berger who carded six birdies and two bogeys in his first eight holes en route to a five under par opening score, and he is alongside Chile’s Martin Ureta. 

Three Spaniards – Vicente Blasquez, Eduardo Larrañaga and Diego Suazo – are all at four under par and in a tie for fourth, and they are alongside Canada’s Jordan Krantz.

Ribagolfe scores after round  1:

65 T Pieters  (Bel) ,

67 M Ureta  (Chi) , D Berger (USA) ,

68 V Blazquez (Esp) , J Krantz (Can) , D Suazo  (Esp) , E Larrañaga (Esp) ,

69 X Guzman (Esp) , D Palm (Swe) ,

70 R Hjelm (Den) , X Poncelet  (Fra) , C Ortiz (Mex) , M Trainer (USA) , A Long (USA) , K Phelan (Irl) , R Whitson (am) (Nir) ,

71 B Virto (Esp) , R De Sousa (Sui) , N Bjorling (Swe) , G Canizares (Esp) , A McLardy (RSA) , G Piris Mateu (Esp) , E Cole (USA) , J Gallegos (am) (Esp) ,

72 J Murphy (USA) , A Gutierrez (Esp) , G O'Mahony (USA) , J Griffin (USA) , W Strickler (USA) , A Hortal  (Esp) , A Garcia-Heredia (Esp) , N Cochran (USA) , B Lee (USA) ,

73 R Mattila (Fin) , N Dahlgren (Fin) , S Dartnall (Aus) , S McNamara (USA) , T Simola (Fin) , F Adarraga (Esp) , K Storgaard (Den) , F De Haas (Ned) , J Carlota (am) (Por) , M Pavon (am) (Fra) ,

74 M Cobo (Esp) , A Theodore (USA) , A Christie (Eng) , J Bragulat  (Esp) , X Puig (Esp) , M Bey (Fra) , T Curtis (Eng) , B Tilley (USA) , D Silva Jr (Por) , P Williamson (USA) , J Sarasti (am) (Esp) , K Subregis (am) (Fra) ,

75 M Quiros (Esp) , J Kelly (USA) , C Balmaseda  (Esp) , D Osorio (Esp) , N Grant (Nir) , R Holland (Eng) , D Borda (Esp) , M Jedrzeyczyk (Pol) , W Murillo (Ven) , C Rodiles (Esp) , T Ferrer (am) (Esp) , P Rolland (am) (Bel) ,

76 J Rangel (USA) , G Tonelli  (Ita) , J Back (Kor) , S Soderberg (Swe) , S Seijo (Esp) , L Lespinasse (Fra) , P Kelly (Eng) , J De Lope (Esp) , S Hansen (Nor) , R Becker (Bra) , B Detweiler (USA) , K Turlan (am) (Fra) ,

77 G Elena (Esp) , C Loop (USA) , G Parker (Eng) , P Badawy (USA) , T Grava  (Fra) , J Pitt (Eng) , D Booth (Eng) , B Etchart  (Esp) , D Corsby (Eng) ,

78 R Bastard (Eng) , P Karantzias (Gre) , J Osorio Valencia (Esp) , E Gibbs (USA) , M Rawitzer (am) (USA) ,

79 A Parr (Can) , J Parron (Esp) ,

80 S Frost (USA) ,

81 T Ayala (USA) , J Martin (Esp) ,

82 J Lee (Esp) ,

84 R Yoo (USA) ,

 ** C Nielsen (Swe) , R Lopez Perales (Esp) ,

First Qualifying Stage Section C Bogogno
par 72
1 Alessio BRUSCHI ITA 64
2 Joel GIRRBACH (AM) SUI 65
3 Michael JENSEN USA 68
Andrea BOLOGNESI ITA 68
Nicolas D'INCAU SUI 68
6 Antti AHOKAS FIN 69
Andrea ROMANO ITA 69
Mark HOFFMAN CAN 69
Horacio LEON CHI 69
Hugo LEON CHI 69
11 Matthew RICHARDSON ENG 70
Gregory MAIN USA 70
Andrea MAESTRONI ITA 70
Joey MCLISTER USA 70
Adrien SADDIER FRA 70
Philip FRANCIS USA 70
17 Nathan HOLMAN AUS 71
Domenico GEMINIANI ITA 71
Lucas LEE BRA 71
Patrick SIMARD ESP 71
Jonas MAGNUSSON SWE 71 
Jaime CAMARGO ESP 71
Connor ARENDELL USA 71
Spencer ANDERSON USA 71
Christoph PFAU AUT 71
26 Leonardo MOTTA ITA 72
Stephen THOMAS CAN 72
Nicolas PEYRICHOU FRA 72
Oscar STARK SWE 72
Marco RUIZ PAR 72
Fernando FIGUEROA ESA 72
Max SCODRO USA 72
Lorenzo GUANTI ITA 72
Lasse Sonne NIELSEN DEN 72
Gregory MOLTENI ITA 72
36 Daniel SANDBERG SWE 73
Brad HOPFINGER USA 73
Magnus SVAHLIN SWE 73
Hyeon-cheol HWANG KOR 73
Clement BERARDO FRA 73 
Eric DUGAS USA 73
Paolo TERRENI ITA 73
Fredrik SVANBERG SUI 73
Alessandro GRAMMATICA ITA 73
Mikel MARTINSON USA 73
Henri SATAMA FIN 73
Jean-Luc BURNIER SUI 73
Francesco LAPORTA ITA 73
Ignacio SANCHEZ-PALENCIA ESP 73
Michele CEA (AM) ITA 73
Enrico DI NITTO (AM) ITA 73
52 Carlo GUARALDI ITA 74 
Alberto CAMPANILE ITA 74
Charles DAVIES WAL 74
Rafael GUERRERO LAURIA VEN 74 
Tim GORNIK (AM) SLO 74 
57 Federico COLOMBO ITA 75
Kevin BOZZI ITA 75 
Thomas BOSCO-CWIOK POL 75
Martin ROMINGER SUI 75
Jon Andrea NODÉR SUI 75
Nemanja SAVIC SRB 75
Nino BERTASIO ITA 75
Julian KUNZENBACHER GER 75
Kevin ROY USA 75
Kevin MCLISTER USA 75
Jean-Pierre VERSELIN FRA 75
Edouard AMACHER (AM) SUI 75
Francesco TESTA (AM) ITA 75
Giorgio DE FILIPPI (AM) ITA 75 
71 Gael SEEGMULLER BEL 76 76 4
Mattia MILORO ITA 76 76 4
Olivier GILMARTIN SUI 76 76 4
Pietro RICCI ITA 76 76 4
Lorenzo SCOTTO ITA 76 76 4
Pierrick PERACINO FRA 76 76 4
Roberto SEBASTIAN TIRADO ESP 76 76 4
Oskar NYSTROM SWE 76 76 4
Immu KORVENMAA FIN 76 76 4
Esteban CALISTO ECU 76 76 4
Petr GAL CZE 76 76 4
Federico MACCARIO (AM) ITA 76 76 4
Philipp MUELLER (AM) GER 76 76 4
Corrado DE STEFANI (AM) ITA 76 76 4
85 Robin WINGARDH SWE 77 77 5
Gervasio CUQUEJO ESP 77 77 5
Christofer BLOMSTRAND SWE 77 77 5
Frankie SUITS USA 77 77 5
89 Mark NICHOLS ENG 78 78 6
Otto BONNING SWE 78 78 6
Andrea PERRINO ITA 78 78 6
Clemens DVORAK AUT 78 78 6
93 Oliver SUHR DEN 79 79 7
Soren Schulze PETTERSSON DEN 79 79 7
95 Yevgeny KAFELNIKOV RUS 80 80 8
Federico CELANO ITA 80 80 8
James FIELD JNR USA 80 80 8
Nelson DESMOULINS FRA 80 80 8
Davide ALBERTINI (AM) SUI 80 80 8
100 Eric SHRIVER USA 82 82 10
Kurt WATKINS USA 82 82 10
Marc DOBIAS (AM) SUI 82 82 10
103 Jack PATON USA 87 87 15
104 Kristian BOBANOVIC AUS RT