Julien Foret leads Des Iles Borromées Open

Frenchman Julien Foret turned in the best card of the day today at -10 at the Des Iles Borromées Open presented by Cashback. 

Foret finished round 1 at the Golf Club Des Iles Borromées  with an eagle, 9 birdies and a bogey. 

He is followed by Andrea Saracino (ITA), who finished one stroke behind (-9). Four strokes behind Saracino is a group of three Frenchmen: Sam Testelin, amateur Clément Charmasson and Sébastien Gandon. 

«  I’m very satisfied after such a day during which I made lots of birdies and an eagle » 35-year-old Julien Foret said. «  I started the day very well and I was able to stay focused throughout the round » he explained.

 «  I hit a lot of good shots, very good shots, I gave myself a lot of opportunities for birdies, I was able to materialize these birdies when the opportunities came up » he continued. «  There is not much else to say, there are not a lot of shots to throw away at 10 under, it could have gone the other way, but today it went my way. There is another nice day coming up tomorrow, I’ll keep doing the best possible » he concluded. 

«  I had an easy day today, I made 10 birdies and a bogey » Andrea Saracino said. « The course is very good, the greens are fast, I made every putt from everywhere today » he explained. 

Special mention to Javier Parada (ESP) who made a hole-in-one this afternoon. The spaniard used an iron 7 to cover the 155 meters between the tee and the pin on hole 16, a par 3. Parada finished tied for 14th place at -2 total. 

Weather conditions were sunny with hot temperatures and some wind gusts in the morning. 

Tomorrow’s first round 2 tee off is at 07h30 local time.