Turin, June 26 -- Yuvraj Sandhu began his week at the Circolo Golf Torino with a round of even par 71 to put himself at T-93 on the leaderboard of the DS Automobiles 83deg Open d'Italia.

Local favourite Eduardo Molinari, playing on his home course set a new course record as he carded 8-under 63 to take the lead at the end of the first day. He is followed closely by Joaquim Niemann, who carded 7-under 64.

Sandhu began his first round on the front nine with a birdie but soon dropped a shot on the third hole. Another bogey on the eighth hole would see him be even par at the turn despite a birdie on the ninth. On the back nine he made an early birdie on the 11th but was forced to settle for a score of even par 71 due to a late bogey on the ...