Former Open winner is back in contention on the PGA Tour and it’s great to see

For the first time in what seems like eons, the 2018 Champion Golfer of the Year finds himself on the front page of a PGA Tour leaderboard.

Francesco Molinari, the first and only Italian to ever win a major, posted a 5-under 66 on Friday and now sits at 8-under par at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. He made six birdies, and his only bogey of the day came on the challenging seaside par-3 16th, where he failed to get up and down from the rough. Molinari is now four strokes back of leader Justin Lower, who has carded a pair of 65s on days one and two.

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