June 27-30
Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain
€3,000,000
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Sergio Garcia continued his remarkable love affair with Real Club Valderrama to sit just one shot off the lead after round one of the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation.
“I love this place, there is no doubt about that. It kind of has something that helps me. Today was a great round, I hit the ball very well. It's probably the best that I've felt in quite a while.
“Even though the conditions were great, you still have to hit the shots in the right places and to be able to go bogey free here, it's always good.
“It's just the first round and we have to keep building on that and look forward to a good week. It's still Thursday, you've got to go one step at a time, there's still a lot of golf to be played."
The Spaniard has won the last three stagings of this event - in 2011, 2017 and 2018 - and has ten other top tens from 14 appearances at a course he admits is his favourite in the world.
An opening bogey-free round of 66 in Sotogrande left him amongst a group of five players at five under par, one shot behind Frenchman Victor Perez.
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European Challenge Tour graduate Perez was also bogey-free in his round of 65 in an impressive start to his debut at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.
“I'm very pleased to keep the card clean, it's one of the toughest places to do it. I was just really happy, we had a really good game plan going in to take advantage of the softer conditions.
“The fairway is key here. Once you start missing fairways, the greens are so small you're basically meant to be shortsided on your approaches into the greens. There's a lot of slope, it's fast and the greens are really small. The moment you start missing greens it gets tricky."
South Africa's Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Malaysian Gavin Green, Swede Anton Karlsson and American Sihwan Kim are also one shot off the lead, with Welshman Bradley Dredge, Japan's Masahiro Kawamura, Frenchman Matthieu Pavon and American Julian Suri one shot further back at four under par.
“I played great out there today," said Karlsson. "Had a bogey on the last, but it's the only tee shot around here that you really have to draw the ball and I'm not really a drawer of the driver, so I've bogeyed that hole a few times before.
“Some solid golf, didn't miss a lot of shots at all out there and that's kind of what you have to do around here. It's a great course, it's definitely one of my favourites.”
South African Haydn Porteous, who recorded the third albatross of the season on the 17th hole, joins Spanish pair Pablo Larrazabal and Adri Arnaus amongst a group of ten players at three under par, while world number 11 Jon Rahm joins seven other players one shot further back after lighting up his round with a chip-in eagle on the 11 th hole.
“Things did turn around on 11 when I chipped it in," said Rahm. "I was fully aware before the round started that if you play 12 to 15 even par it's a great score. I was able to make par in those and then I hit a lot of good shots coming in, but I just didn't make the putts I had.
“On the other hand, I was happy I two-putted the last because you just don't want to finish on a bad note. Still, two under par is a great round; hopefully I can come early in the morning and do what the leaders did and shoot something lower.”
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Victor Perez | FRA |
-6 |
65 |
T2 |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
-5 |
66 |
T2 |
Anton Karlsson | SWE |
-5 |
66 |
T2 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
-5 |
66 |
T2 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
-5 |
66 |
T2 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
-5 |
66 |
T7 |
Julian Suri | USA |
-4 |
67 |
T7 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
-4 |
67 |
T7 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
-4 |
67 |
T7 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
-4 |
67 |
T11 |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
-3 |
68 |
T11 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
-3 |
68 |
T21 |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T21 |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T21 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T21 |
David Horsey | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T21 |
Filippo Bergamaschi | ITA |
-2 |
69 |
T21 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
-2 |
69 |
T21 |
Jon Rahm | ESP |
-2 |
69 |
T21 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
-2 |
69 |
T29 |
Matthew Nixon | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
David Law | SCO |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
David Howell | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
David Lipsky | USA |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Nick Cullen | AUS |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Andrew Johnston | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Espen Kofstad | NOR |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Andres Romero | ARG |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Santiago Tarrio | ESP |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Daniel Gavins | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
-1 |
70 |
T29 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
T52 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Eduardo De La Riva | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Jose Maria Olazabal | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
David Borda | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Samuel Del Val | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Deyen Lawson | AUS |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Bernd Ritthammer | GER |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
Par |
71 |
T52 |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
Par |
71 |
T73 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Kristian Krogh Johannessen | NOR |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Javier Colomo | ESP |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Jamie Donaldson | WAL |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Gavin Moynihan | IRL |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Paul Peterson | USA |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
John Catlin | USA |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Johannes Veerman | USA |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Stuart Manley | WAL |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Richard Sterne | RSA |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
1 |
72 |
T73 |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
1 |
72 |
T91 |
Kristoffer Reitan | NOR |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Yusaku Miyazato | JPN |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Ben Evans | ENG |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Liam Johnston | SCO |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Darius van Driel | NED |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Max Schmitt | GER |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Hyo-Won Park | KOR |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
2 |
73 |
T91 |
Adam Bland | AUS |
2 |
73 |
T111 |
Alejandro Del Rey | ESP |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | ESP |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Pedro Oriol | ESP |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Shiv Chawrasia | IND |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Jack Senior | ENG |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Shiv Kapur | IND |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Pep Angles | ESP |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Tom Murray | ENG |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Rikard Karlberg | SWE |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Sam Brazel | AUS |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Per Laengfors | SWE |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Thomas Aiken | RSA |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
3 |
74 |
T111 |
Michael Hoey | NIR |
3 |
74 |
T130 |
Marc Warren | SCO |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Min-Woo Lee | AUS |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Louis De Jager | RSA |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Paul Dunne | IRL |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Alfredo Garcia-Heredia | ESP |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Christofer Blomstrand | SWE |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Jake McLeod | AUS |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Joel Girrbach | SWE |
4 |
75 |
T142 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
5 |
76 |
T142 |
Dimitrios Papadatos | AUS |
5 |
76 |
T142 |
Luis Gagne | CRC |
5 |
76 |
T142 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
5 |
76 |
T142 |
Callum Shinkwin | ENG |
5 |
76 |
T147 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
6 |
77 |
T147 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
6 |
77 |
T147 |
Max Orrin | ENG |
6 |
77 |
T147 |
James Morrison | ENG |
6 |
77 |
T151 |
Ivan Cantero | ESP |
7 |
78 |
T151 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
7 |
78 |
T153 |
Kurt Kitayama | USA |
8 |
79 |
T153 |
Pelle Edberg | SWE |
8 |
79 |
T153 |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
8 |
79 |
RET |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
Par |
79 |