Italian Open: A guide and best bets for this week's European Tour event in Turin

This week the European Tour bandwagon rolls into Turin for the Italian Open, with the Circolo Golf Torino playing host for the second year running.

A lush parkland lay-out about 12 miles north-west of Turin city centre, the current site has been in existence for 57 years, although the club itself goes back even further to 1920.

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The venue is the home course of Ryder Cup brothers Francesco and Edoardo Molinari, who grew up playing there as youngsters and continue to be attached to the club.

Both will be competing this week, with Francesco looking to win his home title for a second time after his triumph in 2006 - although that came at the Castello di Tolcinasco Golf & CC in Lombardy.

Edoardo can boast a professional victory at this week's venue, the older sibling emerging triumphant when the Challenge Tour's Piemonte Open was held here in 2009.

This week's tournament also has the added intrigue of being the final event of qualifying for the European Ryder Cup team.

While Francesco might be hoping that a victory could help persuade captain Paul McGinley (who tees it up this week) to consider him as a wildcard pick, the only man with his destiny in his own hands is Stephen Gallacher who needs a victory or top-two finish to qualify by right.

As ever, all four rounds will be shown live on Sky Sports 4HD this week.

Course guide

At around 7,200 yards, it is a relatively short par-72 tree-lined track. Its defence comes in the shape of numerous fairway bunkers and water hazards, while the rough this year is reported to be particularly penal with Bernd Wiesberger tweeting: "I must say they made sure not to cut the Rough at all this year! Gonna be a tough Test!" With the greens providing large targets, the emphasis will be on accuracy from the tee and precision with approach shots.

Winning scores

2013: Julien Quesne -12 (Circolo Golf Torino)
2012: Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano -24 (Royal Park i Roveri)
2011: Robert Rock -21 (Royal Park i Roveri)
2010: Fredrik Andersson Hed -16 (Royal Park i Roveri)

R1 Tee-times
Starting at hole 1

0730 Simon Thornton, Christopher Doak, Merrick Bremner (Rsa)
0740 Jens Dantorp (Swe), Niclas Fasth (Swe), Emanuele Canonica (Ita)
0750 Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Nacho Elvira (Spa), Alexandre Kaleka (Fra)
0800 Shiv Kapur (Ind), James Morrison, Gregory Molteni (Ita)
0810 Estanislao Goya (Arg), Nino Bertasio (Ita), Tyrrell Hatton
0820 Patrik Sjoland (Swe), Seve Benson, Andrew Sullivan
0830 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), Peter Whiteford, Thomas Levet (Fra)
0840 Steve Webster, Gareth Maybin, Jorge Campillo (Spa)
0850 Moritz Lampert (Ger), Joachim B Hansen (Den), John Parry
0900 Soren Hansen (Den), Andrea Romano (Ita), Brinson Paolini (USA)
0910 Mikko Korhonen (Fin), Richard Green (Aus), Andreas Harto (Den)
0920 Andrea Rota (Ita), Simon Wakefield, Stuart Manley
0930 Anthony Wall, Guido Migliozzi (x) (Spa), Filippo Bergamaschi (Ita)
1230 Adrien Saddier (Fra), Nick Dougherty, Matthew Nixon
1240 Carlos Del Moral (Spa), Francois Calmels (Fra), Renato Paratore (x) (Ita)
1250 Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Raf