Day one digest: 2022 Dutch Open

Everything you need to know about day one at Bernardus Golf.

Leader Luiten thrilled the locals, Pepperell proved practice rounds aren't always required and Migliozzi produced some magic in the first round of the 2022 Dutch Open.

Here is everything you need to know from Thursday at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands.

Luiten leaps into lead

The home fans turned up the noise for their local favourite Joost Luiten as he fired eight birdies and a single bogey to lead by one shot on seven under par. Luiten very nearly went two clear at the last but his 44-foot eagle putt on the 18th refused to drop despite hitting the hole. He said: “It could have been better but you know, I won’t be too picky! I have been struggling a bit with my game, so it was great to see the score today and for some reason I just love playing in front of the home crowd."

No practice round, no problem for Pepperell

After taking some words of wisdom from his partner Jen on board, Eddie Pepperell began the tournament without playing a practice round first. And that strategy seems to be working well as the 31-year-old shot an opening 66 on Thursday to sit in a tie for second. He said: “Last year I was trying hard, I was turning up to tournaments early, working a lot harder than I historically did and I was getting home knackered. Jen was like 'What are you doing? You used to play Majors blind, when you were doing well you wouldn’t bother with practice rounds', and I think she has got a point."

Laurie Canter was pleased to see his fellow Englishman doing well...

Like father, like son

Seve Ballesteros was famed for his short game and it appears his son Javier is a chip off the old block. In 1976 Ballesteros won his first DP World Tour title at the Dutch Open and 46 years later his 31-year-old son followed up a birdie on the seventh with a two on the eighth at the same tournament.

Magic from Migliozzi at the 14th

Guido Migliozzi went eagle-birdie-birdie from the 12th hole but things could have been even better, as he came agonisingly close to holing out from a fairway bunker for an unlikely eagle at the 14th. If it had gone in, it would have definitely gone down as the shot of the day but even though it just missed, it's still right up there...

Korhonen lands second eagle

After mixing three birdies with two bogeys in his first 11 holes, Korhonen eagled the 12th to get to three under. And the Finn repeated the trick at the 18th, with his third shot taking one bounce before landing in the hole. That lifted him to five under. How good was this?