Matteo Manassero recovers from US Open battering to share lead at the KLM Open in Amsterdam

Matteo Manassero recovered from being “beaten up” at the US Open to claim a
share of the lead in the first round of the KLM Open.

Manassero came through a 36-hole qualifier to take his place in the field at Pinehurst last week, his first US Open since 2016 and a first major appearance since that year’s Open Championship.

And although it proved an unhappy return to the game’s biggest events for the 31-year-old…