FILE PHOTO: Renato Paratore of Italy on the first tee during the first round of Nordea Masters at Hills Golf Club, Gothenburg, Sweden August 16, 2018. TT News Agency/Anders Wiklund/via REUTERS
(Reuters) - Italy's Renato Paratore produced a fine round of five-under-par 66 to lead at the halfway stage of the British Masters at Close House on Thursday as host Lee Westwood battled to make the cut.
The 1.25 million euros ($1.45 million) event in Northumberland is the first of six tournaments to be staged in England and Wales without spectators amid strict protocols to combat the threat of the novel coronavirus.
