Ukrainian amateur Lev Grinberg sparkles in the 1st round at Le Golf National while 3 share the lead entering Friday’s 2nd day of play.
Lev Grinberg, a 16-year-old amateur from Ukraine, shot a sparkling five-under-par 66 in the first round of the FedEx Open de France on Thursday and enters play on Friday one shot off the lead. The lone blemish in Grinberg’s round was a bogey at the par-three 11th and he put together two separate runs of three straight birdies. Thorbjørn Olesen carded a six-under 65 and shares the lead with Englishman Joe Dean and Jesper Svensson of Sweden. The event is the seventh event on the DP World Tour’s Back Nine leading up to the tour playoffs next month.
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Players are competing for the $552,500 first prize from the tournament purse of $3.25 million, as well as 835 points in the Race to Dubai standings. The top 70 players in those rankings qualify for the playoffs.
Yannik Paul, Fabrizio Zanotti, Adrien Saddier and Nicolai Højgaard share fourth place with Grinberg, with nine players two shots off the lead at four-under-par 67. The tournament has been played annually at Le Golf National in Paris’ southwestern suburbs since 2002.
The top-ranked player in the Race to Dubai rankings in the field is No. 2 Thriston Lawrence, who struggled to a three-over-par 74 and is tied for 97th place. Ryo Hisatsune, who won the event last year, is not in the field after earning PGA Tour status for 2024. Billy Horschel, currently third in the standings, is tied for 73rd after an opening-round 72.
Grinberg made the cut at the 2022 Soudal Open on Rinkven International Golf Course in Antwerp, Belgium, his home course, at the age of 14.
