Dynamic Dan Bradbury was hunting air-conditioning and a pizza after racing to the top of the DP World Tour boards. The Englishman reckons golf makes no sense after smacking a course-record 64 to race into the lead at the Italian Open. Bradbury, who won last year’s French Open, is one stroke ahead of Norwegian Andreas Halvorsen and home hero Francesco Laporta. Calum Hill, successful in South Africa already this term, leads the Scottish charge sitting three shots behind the pacesetter with Ewen Ferguson and Grant Forrest another one back at two-under par. Bradbury reeled-off four straight birdies to start and smiled: “That was a nice way to start. Obviously, I hit it close in the first and just tried to keep it going. "I lost it a little bit, but I’ll still take the day. I’d have taken it standing on the first tee, so I’m happy. My last tournament round was Amsterdam was a nice way to finish there with five-under and then come out here. "So obviously, I’m playing better. I feel like I’ve been playing well all year and just not getting the results. I don’t know what it is. I feel like I’m doing the exact same thing and I’m signing for lower scores. "It just doesn’t make sense, but I’ll take it. I’m not complaining. Sometimes you can just see the putts. but you’ve just got to be in play. "If you’re in the rough round here, especially around the greens, it’s just a lottery. So trying not to get too frustrated. "I need to sit down for about two hours in some air conditioning, try and figure out where to get a pizza and then I’ll see you all in the morning.” Halvorsen was delighted with his showing as he maintains momentum having returned from a six-month medical exemption and then a six-event run to try and get his card back, which he sealed after recording a tied second-place finish in the Kolkata Challenge in March. He said: “At the time when I was going through that, I was just trying to tell myself that it’s always going to be stressful in this game and there’s always going to be something you have to achieve or something you have to do to get the points you need. "It was obviously really nice getting those points and that felt good for a little bit, but as soon as I kind of started playing these events, there’s a different type of stress. You still have to perform. “I didn’t realise how much I would miss it. I don’t think I’ve gone more than a week off ever in my life, so it was almost a really good way for me to just get a different mindset on like how much I appreciate playing and how much I enjoy just competing and all that because you kind of lose track of that when you just do it all the time. So it was a really good reset for me.”