European Tour
Nordea Masters 2018
August 16-19
Hills Golf Club, Gothenburg, Sweden
€1,500,000
August 16-19
Hills Golf Club, Gothenburg, Sweden
€1,500,000
Round 1
Sordet soars to the summit in Sweden
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
August 16, 2018
Clément Sordet recorded the lowest round of his European Tour career and matched the lowest opening round of the season with a stunning 62 to take the lead after round one of the Nordea Masters in Gothenburg.
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“I played really well. I've not been playing great the past few weeks so it feels really good to start with an eight under this week. The game feels really nice and I'm really looking forward to this week."The Frenchman's bogey-free eight under par round was two shots better than the 64 he fired en route to his only European Tour top ten at the season-opening UBS Hong Kong Open, and beat the 63 he shot as an amateur at the 2014 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge on the Challenge Tour. It was also four shots better than the course record at Hills Golf Club, but with preferred lies in force this week he won't take his place in the history books.
“I hit some really good shots. I birdied the first and then I hit it close on the next three holes, so that helps. I wasn't really focusing on the score, I was just enjoying it."
“It wasn't easy out there, there was a lot of wind and I'm glad I shot eight under. You've just got to keep the ball in play, you've got some spots where you don't want to go and it's tough to read the greens. You've just got to hit the fairway, the green and make the putt.”
The four-time winner on the Challenge Tour holds a two-shot lead over Scotland's Scott Jamieson and Englishman Lee Slattery, who both signed for six under par rounds of 64.
“It was great, 64 sounds better than six under so I like the sound of that," said Jamieson.
“On seven I never thought it was going in the water. Five was the one I got lucky on, I caught a gust and came up a little short but it held the bank, it didn't go in the water. Seven has been playing really tough so a five on that hole is not too bad today. "
“It could have been a lot better to be honest. I missed a couple of six footers and made a bogey with a wedge in my hand on 11, so my front nine could have been a lot better, but on my back nine I had a chip in and a couple of errant shots that I got away with.”
Sordet, who is in his rookie season on the European Tour, got off to the perfect start with four birdies in his first four holes, and he added further gains at the 11th, 12th and 13th holes to get to seven under and hold a two-shot lead.
Jamieson briefly joined him at the top of the leaderboard but fell back and when Sordet got up and down on the 18th hole, his two-shot cushion was restored.
Finland's Tapio Pulkkanen and Stewart Hunter of the United States also recorded bogey free rounds to sit at five under par alongside the highest placed Swede Christofer Blomstrand and Australian Richard Green.
Belgium's Thomas Detry, Dane Søren Kjeldsen and Englishman Paul Waring are amongst a group of eight players one shot further back at four under par.
Two-time Major winner Martin Kaymer of Germany and European Ryder Cup Vice-Captain and home favourite Robert Karlsson are two of 13 players at three under par.
Despite a one over par round of 71, it was a memorable day for five-time European Tour winner David Howell of England, who made his 600 th European Tour appearance.
Pos. |
Player | Nat. |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
-8 |
62 |
T2 |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
-6 |
64 |
T2 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
Christofer Blomstrand | SWE |
-5 |
65 |
T4 |
Hunter Stewart | USA |
-5 |
65 |
T4 |
Richard Green | AUS |
-5 |
65 |
T4 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
-5 |
65 |
T8 |
Daniel Brooks | ENG |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Lucas Herbert | AUS |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Sebastian Heisele | GER |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Thomas Aiken | RSA |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
-4 |
66 |
T16 |
Adam Bland | AUS |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Birgir Hafthorsson | ISL |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Bradley Neil | SCO |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Jazz Janewattananond | MAS |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Ludvig Aberg | SWE |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Mark Tullo | CHL |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Oliver Lindell | FIN |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Tom Lewis | ENG |
-3 |
67 |
T29 |
Aake Nilsson | SWE |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Chris Hanson | ENG |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Steve Webster | ENG |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Thorbjorn Olesen | DEN |
-2 |
68 |
T39 |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Brad Fritsch | CAN |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Chase Koepka | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Connor Syme | SCO |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Jarmo Sandelin | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Laurie Canter | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Matthew Nixon | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Paul Peterson | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Pep Angles | ESP |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Pontus Nyholm | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T53 |
Andrew Johnston | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Charlie Ford | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
James Morrison | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Johan Carlsson | SWE |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Johan Edfors | SWE |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Linus Lilliedahl | SWE |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Lucas Bjerregaard | DNK |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Marc Warren | SCO |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Matthew Millar | AUS |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Pedro Oriol | ESP |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Phachara Khongwatmai | THA |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Richard Bland | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Ryan Lumsden | SCO |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Scott Fernandez | ESP |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Simon Khan | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
Par |
70 |
T79 |
Ajeetesh Sandhu | IND |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Alexander Wennstam | SWE |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Anders Hansen | DEN |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Carlos Pigem | ESP |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
David Howell | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Davis Love IV | USA |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Felipe Aguilar | CHI |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Jonathan Thomson | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Lasse Jensen | DNK |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Matthew Baldwin | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Oscar Floren | SWE |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Peter Karmis | RSA |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Rak Cho | KOR |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Sebastien Gros | FRA |
1 |
71 |
T97 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Daniel Im | USA |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Gary Stal | FRA |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Gregory Bourdy | FRA |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Henric Sturehed | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Jarand Arnoey | NOR |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Josh Geary | NZL |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Malcolm Kokocinski | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Oscar Stark | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Pontus Widegren | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Ryan Evans | ENG |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Soo-Min Lee | KOR |
2 |
72 |
T113 |
Alfie Plant | ENG |
3 |
73 |
T113 |
Hannes Roenneblad | SWE |
3 |
73 |
T113 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
3 |
73 |
T113 |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
3 |
73 |
T113 |
Scott Vincent | ZIM |
3 |
73 |
T113 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
3 |
73 |
T119 |
Anthony Paolucci | USA |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Austin Connelly | CAN |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Fredrik Nilehn | SWE |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Gregory Havret | FRA |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Joel Sjoeholm | SWE |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Marcel Siem | GER |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Matteo Manassero | ITA |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Michael Jonzon | SWE |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Oscar Serna | MEX |
4 |
74 |
T128 |
Adam Blomme | SWE |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Julien Guerrier | FRA |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Matias Calderon | CHI |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Niclas Fasth | SWE |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Oliver Farr | WAL |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Ricardo Gonzalez | ARG |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Tim Widing | SWE |
5 |
75 |
T138 |
Brett Rumford | AUS |
6 |
76 |
T138 |
Jordan Gumberg | USA |
6 |
76 |
T138 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
6 |
76 |
T141 |
Per Laengfors | SWE |
7 |
77 |
T141 |
Peter Hanson | SWE |
7 |
77 |
T143 |
Danny List | AUS |
8 |
78 |
T143 |
Gustav Adell | SWE |
8 |
78 |
T143 |
Roope Kakko | FIN |
8 |
78 |
T146 |
Florian Fritsch | GER |
9 |
79 |
T146 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
9 |
79 |
148 |
Oskar Franck | SWE |
10 |
80 |
149 |
Wesley McClain | USA |
13 |
83 |
RET |
Mikael Lundberg | SWE |
Par |
- |
Pos. |
Player | Nat. |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
-8 |
62 |
T2 |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
-6 |
64 |
T2 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
Christofer Blomstrand | SWE |
-5 |
65 |
T4 |
Hunter Stewart | USA |
-5 |
65 |
T4 |
Richard Green | AUS |
-5 |
65 |
T4 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
-5 |
65 |
T8 |
Daniel Brooks | ENG |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Lucas Herbert | AUS |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Sebastian Heisele | GER |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Thomas Aiken | RSA |
-4 |
66 |
T8 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
-4 |
66 |
T16 |
Adam Bland | AUS |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Birgir Hafthorsson | ISL |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Bradley Neil | SCO |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Jazz Janewattananond | MAS |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Ludvig Aberg | SWE |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Mark Tullo | CHL |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Oliver Lindell | FIN |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
-3 |
67 |
T16 |
Tom Lewis | ENG |
-3 |
67 |
T29 |
Aake Nilsson | SWE |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Chris Hanson | ENG |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Steve Webster | ENG |
-2 |
68 |
T29 |
Thorbjorn Olesen | DEN |
-2 |
68 |
T39 |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Brad Fritsch | CAN |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Chase Koepka | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Connor Syme | SCO |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Jarmo Sandelin | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Laurie Canter | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Matthew Nixon | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Paul Peterson | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Pep Angles | ESP |
-1 |
69 |
T39 |
Pontus Nyholm | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T53 |
Andrew Johnston | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Charlie Ford | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
James Morrison | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Johan Carlsson | SWE |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Johan Edfors | SWE |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Linus Lilliedahl | SWE |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Lucas Bjerregaard | DNK |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Marc Warren | SCO |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Matthew Millar | AUS |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Pedro Oriol | ESP |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Phachara Khongwatmai | THA |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Richard Bland | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Ryan Lumsden | SCO |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Scott Fernandez | ESP |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Simon Khan | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T53 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
Par |
70 |
T79 |
Ajeetesh Sandhu | IND |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Alexander Wennstam | SWE |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Anders Hansen | DEN |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Carlos Pigem | ESP |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
David Howell | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Davis Love IV | USA |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Felipe Aguilar | CHI |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Jonathan Thomson | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Lasse Jensen | DNK |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Matthew Baldwin | ENG |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Oscar Floren | SWE |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Peter Karmis | RSA |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Rak Cho | KOR |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
1 |
71 |
T79 |
Sebastien Gros | FRA |
1 |
71 |
T97 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Daniel Im | USA |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Gary Stal | FRA |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Gregory Bourdy | FRA |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Henric Sturehed | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Jarand Arnoey | NOR |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Josh Geary | NZL |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Malcolm Kokocinski | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Oscar Stark | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Pontus Widegren | SWE |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Ryan Evans | ENG |
2 |
72 |
T97 |
Soo-Min Lee | KOR |
2 |
72 |
T113 |
Alfie Plant | ENG |
3 |
73 |
T113 |
Hannes Roenneblad | SWE |
3 |
73 |
T113 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
3 |
73 |
T113 |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
3 |
73 |
T113 |
Scott Vincent | ZIM |
3 |
73 |
T113 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
3 |
73 |
T119 |
Anthony Paolucci | USA |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Austin Connelly | CAN |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Fredrik Nilehn | SWE |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Gregory Havret | FRA |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Joel Sjoeholm | SWE |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Marcel Siem | GER |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Matteo Manassero | ITA |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Michael Jonzon | SWE |
4 |
74 |
T119 |
Oscar Serna | MEX |
4 |
74 |
T128 |
Adam Blomme | SWE |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Julien Guerrier | FRA |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Matias Calderon | CHI |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Niclas Fasth | SWE |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Oliver Farr | WAL |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Ricardo Gonzalez | ARG |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
5 |
75 |
T128 |
Tim Widing | SWE |
5 |
75 |
T138 |
Brett Rumford | AUS |
6 |
76 |
T138 |
Jordan Gumberg | USA |
6 |
76 |
T138 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
6 |
76 |
T141 |
Per Laengfors | SWE |
7 |
77 |
T141 |
Peter Hanson | SWE |
7 |
77 |
T143 |
Danny List | AUS |
8 |
78 |
T143 |
Gustav Adell | SWE |
8 |
78 |
T143 |
Roope Kakko | FIN |
8 |
78 |
T146 |
Florian Fritsch | GER |
9 |
79 |
T146 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
9 |
79 |
148 |
Oskar Franck | SWE |
10 |
80 |
149 |
Wesley McClain | USA |
13 |
83 |
RET |
Mikael Lundberg | SWE |
Par |
- |