Matteo Manassero restarts from Kuala Lumpur. After the long American period, the twenty-year-old from Verona, fresh from the bitter disappointment of the Masters where he didn't make the cut, is on the field in Malaysia for the Maybank Malaysian Open, one of the most important stages of the European tour, underway from today to Sunday. Matteo is in good company, because the field is excellent and includes the South African Louis Oosthuizen, the English Lee Westwood, the Thai Kiradech Aphibarnrat, reigning champion and the Italians Francesco and Edoardo Molinari, as well as Matteo Crespi winner two weeks ago in Spain. In all there are over 150 players in the race, for a total prize pool of 2,750 million dollars.
Matteo starts among the favourites, because he has already won this tournament in 2011, at just 17 years old. In Malaysia he arrives a little dry in confidence, but he likes the course and it could be the best cure for forgetting the Augusta greens. “The Masters is always difficult – says the Italian golden boy – and this time it was even more so. I had a good start on the first lap but then I lost concentration. I made bad approach shots and scored a score to forget. I'm happy to be here and I want to put the bad performances behind me. I have wonderful memories of this tournament."
The match is broadcast live on Sky 3 sport in the morning on the first two days, the last 36 holes in the early evening. Meanwhile, the PGA tour is in Hilton Head, South Carolina for the RBC Heritage tournament. There are many veterans of the first major of the year: from Ernie Els, to Graeme McDowell, from Luke Donald to Matt Kuchar, from Patrick Reed, to the "almost" Masters Champion Jordan Spieth. most of them are looking for redemption.
