Renato Paratore‘s first round at the Italian Open number 80 ended, all in all, well. Many struggled, and for this reason his score of +1 with three birdies and four bogeys must be counted in the good part, even more for an Italian contingent that hasn’t had many satisfactions in the high rankings for the moment.
Renato Paratore, statements
These are the words of the Roman in the mixed area of the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: “Yes, I’m happy, I birdied the last hole and finished well. The course wasn’t very easy, I even went under par after nine holes.
I was doing well, I hit some rough on 1 and 2, but in the end I had a fairly smooth round. Which score for the winner? -10, come on!” There is also a hint of plans for the future: “Now I will do eight races in a row on the tour, I add luckily because I was off for a month and a half.
I couldn’t wait to get back to racing. For now those for sure, then we’ll see“. The technical side, after the many problems: “Now the swing is a little more rhythmic, better than 6-7 months ago. I worked on it a lot.
In the short game I’m continuing to give continuity. And then playing the Italian Open at home is always good. Playing in Italy already has an effect, then at home it’s always beautiful, an emotion to see friends who come to watch”.
Renato made his debut on the European Tour on December 14, 2014, at the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Malelane, South Africa), where he finished twenty-sixth.[2] The first sign of great technical skills comes in the same season, his first among the professionals, on July 3, 2015: at the Alstom Open in France, in fact, Renato becomes the first player in the history of the Tour to close all the holes in 4 strokes.
Getting familiar with professionalism, and the tournament, Paratore closed his first season in 109th place, qualifying for the following year, entering the top 10 once and cashing 14 times out of 30 races played. 2016 is a year of adjustment: out of 33 tournaments played, he enters the top 10 three times, cashing 24 times and bringing his average position (per tournament) to fiftieth place.
He thus finished the year as number 57 in the Tour rankings and number 115 in the world. 2017 is the year of consecration; despite fluctuating results, which will lead him to close the season in seventy-third place in the European Tour and in one hundred and sixtieth in the world ranking, on 4 June 2017 Renato signs a new record: at the age of twenty he wins his first tournament in the European Tour, winning the Nordea Masters held on the course of the Barsebäck Golf & Country Club, in Sweden.
In these first years as a professional he showed off so much, thanks to his excellent sporting skills, that he became a testimonial not only for the Ryder Cup in Rome 2022 but also for the Junior Ryder Cup at Disneyland 2018.
