The Ladies Italian Open, staged in Sutri (Viterbo), has a new leader. Her name is Amy Taylor, English, who today scored six birdies and a bogey for a score of 67 shots and a total of -7 (137, 70-67). Two leaders of the first round hold on behind her, the 24-year-old Tiffany Arafi from Zurich with a round in close par (138, 66-72) and the Spanish Fatima Fernandez Cano at -5 (139, 66-73). Same score for Pia Babnik (Slovenian), Diksha Dagar (Indian), and Shannon Tan from Singapore. But the ranking is really short with 16 players in five shots.
Italy, yes
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And Italy is there. Francesca Fiorellini after two rounds is thirteenth with 142 shots (71-71, -2). She is still an amateur and is currently the best of the Italians. His comment: “I played a truly incredible and solid long game on both days, only three fairways and three greens missed in 36 holes; I also hit a lot of balls but the putt didn’t go in much, especially yesterday; the improvements of Today they give me hope for the final round. After all, with dad as my caddy I feel at home.” The same goes for other Italian girls on the field, who here at Golf Nazionale (where Federgolf has its School), remember many youth and regional competitions, patent courses and national team rallies. Like Alessandra Fanali who, while still an amateur, won the Quercia d’Oro three times, setting course records. We find her one shot further back, seventeenth with 143 (71-72), and very satisfied with her game. “Only a few less putts went in today and we had more wind in the afternoon.” Same score as Carolina Melgrati from Milan (143, 72-71). But among the 67 players competing tomorrow (the cut has fallen to +3) there are also Virginia Elena Carta, today under par (144, 73-71) and Emma Lundgren (147, 74-73). Those of the National Golf are spectacular holes, designed among the oak trees and the ups and downs of the Roman countryside. They are long, technical enough and surprise until the end with greens with slopes that are often difficult to read. “We found them in excellent conditions despite the rain the day before, with perfect fairways, fairly fast greens and very penalizing rough,” said Fiorellini.
