Haydn Barron takes lead with late surge

Commercial Bank Qatar Masters R2

Haydn Barron shot a bogey-free 67, including tree back-to-back birdies, to close his round and take a two-shot lead at 9-under at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.

“It was a good day. It got off to a bit of a slow start – nine pars in a row at the front – hitting really good shots and playing really well, just the putts were sliding by,” said the Australian.

“Hit one through the green on ten and chipped one close for my first birdie and then felt a little bit of momentum and rolled a couple in coming home there.

“It’s a beast of a golf course. You really got to strike it well, got to be in the fairway and sometimes just got to hit it into the middle of the greens and take your 60-70 footers if you are out of position.

“So it’s definitely a course which requires a bit of wit and some smarts, and luckily (caddie) Matty (Miller) has been good on the bag and we left ourselves some good numbers.”

Fellow Australian Harrison Endycott also got off to a slow start but made his first birdie at the 8th and produced three more to card a bogey-free 68 for a share of second place at 7-under alongside Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino whose own 68 featured two bogeys.

Overnight co-leader Zander Lombard of South Africa closed with a 71 and dropped down into a share of fourth place at 6-under alongside Denmark’s Niklas Nørgaard who made a single bogey for a 70.

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HOSHINO, Rikuya-76968
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NØRGAARD, Niklas-66870
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HØJGAARD, Rasmus-57366
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HILLIER, Daniel-56970
BAIRSTOW, Sam-57267
NAKAJIMA, Keita-57267
WU, Ashun-56772
MORRISON, James-57069
MCKIBBIN, Tom-56970
KANG, Sung-56970
16FISHER, Ross-47268
DANTORP, Jens-47268
CROCKER, Sean-47169
STRYDOM, Ockie-47070
LUITEN, Joost-47070
CAMPILLO, Jorge-47070
WARING, Paul-46971
23FERGUSON, Ewen-37071
FITZPATRICK, Alex-37071
ROZNER, Antoine-37368
PRINSLOO, Jaco-36873
KRUYSWIJK, Jacques-37071
ELVIRA, Nacho-37071
DU PLESSIS, Hennie-37170
CELLI, Filippo-37170
DE JAGER, Louis-37269
FORSSTRÖM, Simon-37467
KAWAMURA, Masahiro-37071
LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo-37170
ROTTLUFF, Maximilian-36972
RUSCH, Benjamin-37170
BROHOLT LIND, Søren-37269
38SHINKWIN, Callum-27171
DEL REY, Alejandro-27171
KJELDSEN, Søren-27171
GOUVEIA, Ricardo-27468
SCHAPER, Jayden-27270
LAWRENCE, Thriston-27270
MANSELL, Richard-27270
45RAMSAY, Richie-17469
JAMIESON, Scott-17271
KIEFFER, Maximilian-17370
SOUTHGATE, Matthew-17172
GALLACHER, Stephen-17073
HUIZING, Daan-17469
PAUL, Yannik-17370
BROWN, Daniel-17073
ZANOTTI, Fabrizio-17172
DAVIDSON, Jack-17271
JARVIS, Casey-17370
ELVIRA, Manuel-17073
KO, Jeong weon-17073
GRENVILLE-WOOD, Joshua-17073
PORTEOUS, Garrick-17172
60GARCIA, SebastianPar7371
PEPPERELL, EddiePar7272
TARRIO, SantiagoPar7173
SCRIVENER, JasonPar7470
OTAEGUI, AdrianPar7173
LAPORTA, FrancescoPar7272
CLEMENTS, ToddPar7371
LI, HaotongPar7371
WILSON, AndrewPar7074
NICHOLAS, JamesPar7272
HELLIGKILDE, MarcusPar7470
GARCIA-HEREDIA, AlfredoPar7371
MIGLIOZZI, GuidoPar7074
SÖDERBERG, SebastianPar7173
VEERMAN, JohannesPar7371
SVENSSON, JesperPar7371
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, NicolaiPar7272
WINTHER, JeffPar7569
CUT
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FRIEDRICHSEN, Sebastian+37572
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RUUSKA, Lauri+47870
CHEN, Guxin+47573
HANNA, Chase+47771
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SCALISE, Lorenzo+57871
LACROIX, Frederic+57376
MANLEY, Stuart+57475
117BERRY, Joshua+67575
ENEFER, Will+67575
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NEMECZ, Lukas+77972
FRITTELLI, Dylan+77279
LEWIS, Tom+77675
PAVAN, Andrea+77774
MOOLMAN, Pieter+77477
125APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech+88171
126WOOD, Chris+97677
QUIROS, Alvaro+98469
128ALMULLA, Othman+107282
SCHNEIDER, Marcel+108074
130RAVETTO, David+117877
MICHELUZZI, David+117580
WANG, Jeunghun+117976
133MCGLINCHEY, Dominic (AM)+127977
CHOUHAN, Om Prakash+128076
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RETDGAVINS, Daniel+876-
Updated: February 9, 2024
Commercial Bank Qatar Masters 2024
Date: 8th February - 11th February, 2024
Location: Doha GC, Doha, Qatar
Purse: $2,500,000