July 30 - August 02
Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel & Country Club, Birmingham, England
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Miguel Angel Jimenez celebrated his record 707th European Tour appearance in superb style with a flawless 64 in the first round of the Hero Open.
The 56-year-old, already the oldest winner on Tour, carded eight birdies at the Forest of Arden to share second place with compatriot Pablo Larrazabal, just two shots off the lead held by another Spaniard, Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez.
Jimenez, who made his first start at the 1983 Benson and Hedges Spanish Open, was applauded on to the 18th green by many of his fellow players and the likes of Jack Nicklaus, world number one Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy were among those to pay tribute during the television coverage.
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โItโs been a wonderful day,โ said Jimenez, who matched Sam Torranceโs previous record of 706 in last weekโs British Masters.
โEight under par with a beautiful summer day and especially now on the 18th here with all my colleagues clapping for me, itโs emotional. I appreciate that very much. Some of them are new players, some Iโve known for many years. It was really nice, very emotive.
โI enjoy everything about my life here. This is a way of living; itโs not only about business, itโs a way of living and golf is my life. You never remember any dull moments.โ
In stark contrast to Jimenez, Garcia Rodriguez is enjoying his rookie season on the European Tour after gaining his card via the Challenge Tour and set a new course record with his opening 62.
The 31-year-old raced to the turn in 29 with five birdies and an eagle and although he bogeyed the 10th, he responded with birdies on the 13th and 14th and finished eagle-birdie after a dropped shot on the 16th.
โFor me itโs incredible,โ Garcia Rodriguez said. โI was so close to the hole the whole time, the irons were incredible and itโs amazing. Itโs my dream all the time to be on the European Tour and itโs my first low score.โ
Asked about Jimenez, Garcia Rodriguez added: โFor me heโs the best, heโs the boss. I played with him two days ago in a practice round and heโs incredible. Heโs 56 years old and heโs a great example for me.โ
Larrazabal carded nine birdies in his 64 and rescued a bogey on the 14th despite losing a ball off the tee.
โTo shoot 64 with a lost ball is probably the best round of my European Tour career,โ he said. โI know I shot nine under somewhere but eight under with a lost ball, Iโm quite happy.
โI took a lot of positives from last week. I hit a lot of great shots. The mistakes were a little bit wild, I made a lot of little mistakes but the birdies were there and itโs different greens this week, which I like.โ
Welshman Oliver Farr is three shots off the pace after a seven-under-par 65, with Englandโs Ashley Chesters and Danish teenager Rasmus Hojgaard a stroke further back.
Scotlandโs David Drysdale carded a one-over-par 73 on his 500th European Tour start.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez | -10 |
62 |
T2 |
Miguel Angel Jiménez | -8 |
64 |
T2 |
Pablo Larrazabal | -8 |
64 |
4 |
Oliver Farr | -7 |
65 |
T5 |
Ashley Chesters | -6 |
66 |
T5 |
Rasmus Højgaard | -6 |
66 |
T5 |
Justin Walters | -6 |
66 |
T8 |
Wil Besseling | -5 |
67 |
T8 |
Laurie Canter | -5 |
67 |
T8 |
Sean Crocker | -5 |
67 |
T8 |
Thomas Detry | -5 |
67 |
T8 |
Sihwan Kim | -5 |
67 |
T8 |
Mikko Korhonen | -5 |
67 |
T8 |
Alexander Levy | -5 |
67 |
T8 |
Robin Roussel | -5 |
67 |
T8 |
Matthew Southgate | -5 |
67 |
T8 |
Joël Stalter | -5 |
67 |
T8 |
Connor Syme | -5 |
67 |
T19 |
Alexander Björk | -4 |
68 |
T19 |
Dave Coupland | -4 |
68 |
T19 |
Rhys Enoch | -4 |
68 |
T19 |
Ewen Ferguson | -4 |
68 |
T19 |
Julien Guerrier | -4 |
68 |
T19 |
Joachim B. Hansen | -4 |
68 |
T19 |
Sam Horsfield | -4 |
68 |
T19 |
Rikard Karlberg | -4 |
68 |
T19 |
Antoine Rozner | -4 |
68 |
T19 |
Kalle Samooja | -4 |
68 |
T19 |
Callum Shinkwin | -4 |
68 |
T30 |
Grant Forrest | -3 |
69 |
T30 |
Benjamin Hebert | -3 |
69 |
T30 |
Romain Langasque | -3 |
69 |
T30 |
Richard McEvoy | -3 |
69 |
T30 |
Matthieu Pavon | -3 |
69 |
T30 |
Marco Penge | -3 |
69 |
T30 |
Carlos Pigem | -3 |
69 |
T30 |
Richie Ramsay | -3 |
69 |
T30 |
Jason Scrivener | -3 |
69 |
T30 |
Clement Sordet | -3 |
66 |
T30 |
Dale Whitnell | -3 |
69 |
T30 |
Darius van Driel | -3 |
69 |
T42 |
Richard Bland | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Ross Fisher | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Ryan Fox | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Justin Harding | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Paul Hendriksen | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Søren Kjeldsen | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Niklas Lemke | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Thorbjørn Olesen | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Adrian Otaegui | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Chris Paisley | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Renato Paratore | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Garrick Porteous | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Ricardo Santos | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Lorenzo Scalise | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Cormac Sharvin | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Joel Sjoholm | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Lee Slattery | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Jordan Smith | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Ben Stow | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Andy Sullivan | -2 |
70 |
T42 |
Scott Vincent | -2 |
67 |
T64 |
Thomas Bjørn | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Steven Brown | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Jonathan Caldwell | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Michael Campbell | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
John Catlin | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
David Horsey | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Scott Jamieson | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Maximilian Kieffer | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Joost Luiten | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Ross McGowan | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Aaron Rai | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Robert Rock | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Marcel Schneider | -1 |
68 |
T64 |
Jack Senior | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Oliver Wilson | -1 |
71 |
T64 |
Lars van Meijel | -1 |
71 |
T80 |
Maverick Antcliff | E |
72 |
T80 |
Marcus Armitage | E |
72 |
T80 |
Jamie Donaldson | E |
72 |
T80 |
Ben Evans | E |
72 |
T80 |
Oliver Fisher | E |
72 |
T80 |
Calum Hill | E |
72 |
T80 |
Benjamin Poke | E |
72 |
T80 |
Max Schmitt | E |
72 |
T80 |
Julian Suri | E |
72 |
T80 |
Steven Tiley | E |
72 |
T90 |
Matthew Baldwin | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Emilio Cuartero Blanco | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
David Drysdale | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Pedro Figueiredo | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Scott Hend | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
David Howell | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Daan Huizing | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Zander Lombard | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Gavin Moynihan | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Haydn Porteous | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Shubhankar Sharma | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Brandon Stone | 1 |
73 |
T90 |
Min Woo Lee | 1 |
73 |
T105 |
Aaron Cockerill | 2 |
74 |
T105 |
Louis De Jager | 2 |
74 |
T105 |
Paul Dunne | 2 |
74 |
T105 |
Matthew Jordan | 2 |
74 |
T105 |
Jake McLeod | 2 |
74 |
T105 |
Guido Migliozzi | 2 |
74 |
T105 |
Alvaro Quiros | 2 |
74 |
T105 |
Adrien Saddier | 2 |
74 |
T105 |
Toby Tree | 2 |
74 |
T105 |
Marc Warren | 2 |
74 |
T115 |
Dean Burmester | 3 |
75 |
T115 |
Alejandro Cañizares | 3 |
75 |
T115 |
Bryce Easton | 3 |
75 |
T115 |
Liam Johnston | 3 |
75 |
T115 |
Masahiro Kawamura | 3 |
75 |
T115 |
Adrian Meronk | 3 |
75 |
T115 |
Johannes Veerman | 3 |
75 |
T122 |
David Law | 4 |
76 |
T122 |
Andrea Pavan | 4 |
76 |
T122 |
Eddie Pepperell | 4 |
76 |
T122 |
Robin Sciot-Siegrist | 4 |
76 |
T122 |
Jeff Winther | 4 |
76 |
T127 |
Ignacio Elvira Mijares | 5 |
77 |
T127 |
Joakim Lagergren | 5 |
77 |
T127 |
James Morrison | 5 |
77 |
T130 |
Edoardo Molinari | 7 |
79 |
T130 |
Graeme Storm | 7 |
79 |
132 |
Nicolai Højgaard | 8 |
80 |