Martin Couvra started the day with a share of the lead and shot a bogey-free 66 on Friday to reach 11-under and retain the solo lead at the Turkish Airlines Open.
“I’m really happy about my game today – it’s always good to have a bogey-free round,” said the Frenchman, who recorded a hat-trick of birdies from the seventh, with the highlight a tap-in at the ninth after a stunning approach.
“I just try to keep the same mindset on the golf course.
“My iron game was pretty good today and I made some putts at good moments.”
Couvra graduated from the HotelPlanner Tour last year and has recorded four top-ten finishes so far in his rookie season on the DP World Tour, including a fifth place finish at the Hainan Classic two weeks ago.
South African Wilco Nienaber made one bogey and seven birdies for a 65 and moved into second place at 9-under.
China’s Haotong Li also carded a 65 and remained bogey-free to move into third place at 8-under.
Germany’s Tiger Christensen and South Africa’s Robin Williams both started the day with a share of the lead and went on to card 70s after both making two bogeys. They are currently tied in fourth place at 7-under alongside England’s Todd Clements and Germany’s Yannik Paul who both recorded 68s.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COUVRA, Martin | -11 | 65 | 66 |
| 2 | NIENABER, Wilco | -9 | 68 | 65 |
| 3 | LI, Haotong | -8 | 69 | 65 |
| 4 | WILLIAMS, Robin | -7 | 65 | 70 |
| | PAUL, Yannik | -7 | 67 | 68 |
| | CLEMENTS, Todd | -7 | 67 | 68 |
| | CHRISTENSEN, Tiger | -7 | 65 | 70 |
| 8 | SORDET, Clément | -6 | 69 | 67 |
| | CAMPILLO, Jorge | -6 | 68 | 68 |
| | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | -6 | 68 | 68 |
| FERGUSON, Ewen | -6 | 69 | 67 | |
| | LINDBERG, Mikael | -6 | 68 | 68 |
| | LUITEN, Joost | -6 | 66 | 70 |
| 14 | JOHNSTON, Ryggs | -5 | 68 | 69 |
| | ERICKSON, Dan | -5 | 71 | 66 |
| | ROBINSON THOMPSON, Brandon | -5 | 66 | 71 |
| | WILSON, Andrew | -5 | 68 | 69 |
| 18 | LACROIX, Frederic | -4 | 70 | 68 |
| | MOLINARI, Edoardo | -4 | 70 | 68 |
| | AYORA, Angel | -4 | 71 | 67 |
| | PARRY, John | -4 | 68 | 70 |
| | DING, Wenyi | -4 | 68 | 70 |
| | WOOD, Chris | -4 | 71 | 67 |
| | DE LEO, Gregorio | -4 | 67 | 71 |
| | JORDAN, Matthew | -4 | 69 | 69 |
| LANGASQUE, Romain | -4 | 69 | 69 | |
| | BAIRSTOW, Sam | -4 | 70 | 68 |
| 28 | BROWN, Hamish | -3 | 70 | 69 |
| | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | -3 | 69 | 70 |
| | MANSELL, Richard | -3 | 70 | 69 |
| | SÖDERBERG, Sebastian | -3 | 69 | 70 |
| | REITAN, Kristoffer | -3 | 71 | 68 |
| | KINHULT, Marcus | -3 | 69 | 70 |
| | GIRRBACH, Joel | -3 | 70 | 69 |
| | SMITH, Jordan | -3 | 71 | 68 |
| | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | -3 | 68 | 71 |
| | GUERRIER, Julien | -3 | 69 | 70 |
| | LINDELL, Oliver | -3 | 68 | 71 |
| 39 | BJERREGAARD, Lucas | -2 | 69 | 71 |
| | ACIKALIN, Leon | -2 | 71 | 69 |
| | ELVIRA, Nacho | -2 | 69 | 71 |
| | FORSSTRÖM, Simon | -2 | 69 | 71 |
| | SADDIER, Adrien | -2 | 68 | 72 |
| | SCHAPER, Jayden | -2 | 73 | 67 |
| | RUTHERFORD, Jamie | -2 | 69 | 71 |
| | OLESEN, Jacob Skov | -2 | 73 | 67 |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | -2 | 72 | 68 |
| | COLSAERTS, Nicolas | -2 | 70 | 70 |
| | FRITTELLI, Dylan | -2 | 71 | 69 |
| | BESARD, Matthis | -2 | 69 | 71 |
| SCHNEIDER, Marcel | -2 | 71 | 69 | |
| | NAIDOO, Dylan | -2 | 72 | 68 |
| | COUSSAUD, Ugo | -2 | 73 | 67 |
| | FITZPATRICK, Alex | -2 | 71 | 69 |
| | SAGOO, Pavan | -2 | 69 | 71 |
| | BRYANT, Davis | -2 | 71 | 69 |
| 57 | ELVIRA, Manuel | -1 | 69 | 72 |
| | LEMKE, Niklas | -1 | 73 | 68 |
| | GUMBERG, Jordan | -1 | 70 | 71 |
| | KOBORI, Kazuma | -1 | 72 | 69 |
| | BLOMSTRAND, Christofer | -1 | 73 | 68 |
| | TARRIO, Santiago | -1 | 70 | 71 |
| | KIMSEY, Nathan | -1 | 72 | 69 |
| | WILSON, Oliver | -1 | 71 | 70 |
| | DANTORP, Jens | -1 | 68 | 73 |
| | SHAUN, Corey | -1 | 72 | 69 |
| CUT | ||||
| 67 | KIEFFER, Maximilian | Par | 71 | 71 |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | Par | 68 | 74 |
| | KJELDSEN, Søren | Par | 69 | 73 |
| | BEKIRIAN, Jean | Par | 69 | 73 |
| | PENGE, Marco | Par | 72 | 70 |
| | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | Par | 71 | 71 |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | Par | 72 | 70 |
| | HILL, Calum | Par | 70 | 72 |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | Par | 70 | 72 |
| | NEMECZ, Lukas | Par | 71 | 71 |
| | KATSURAGAWA, Yuto | Par | 69 | 73 |
| | GALE, Daniel | Par | 67 | 75 |
| | HEBERT, Benjamin | Par | 72 | 70 |
| | AMAT, Bastien | Par | 72 | 70 |
| | SCHOTT, Freddy | Par | 73 | 69 |
| | SCHMIDT, Ben | Par | 70 | 72 |
| | LAGERGREN, Joakim | Par | 71 | 71 |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | Par | 70 | 72 |
| | HUIZING, Daan | Par | 75 | 67 |
| | FORREST, Grant | Par | 73 | 69 |
| | HALVORSEN, Andreas | Par | 71 | 71 |
| 88 | STRYDOM, Ockie | +1 | 74 | 69 |
| | BALDWIN, Matthew | +1 | 70 | 73 |
| | RAVETTO, David | +1 | 73 | 70 |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | +1 | 74 | 69 |
| | COCKERILL, Aaron | +1 | 71 | 72 |
| | DE VRIES, Wouter | +1 | 72 | 71 |
| | PREMLALL, Yurav | +1 | 74 | 69 |
| | JARVIS, Casey | +1 | 71 | 72 |
| | YOUNG, Daniel | +1 | 75 | 68 |
| | WU, Brandon | +1 | 70 | 73 |
| | DEL REY, Alejandro | +1 | 72 | 71 |
| | HARDING, Justin | +1 | 71 | 72 |
| | VEERMAN, Johannes | +1 | 73 | 70 |
| 101 | HIDALGO, Angel | +2 | 70 | 74 |
| | KO, Jeong weon | +2 | 73 | 71 |
| | FISHER, Ross | +2 | 72 | 72 |
| | MOSCATEL, Joel | +2 | 74 | 70 |
| | WINTHER, Jeff | +2 | 75 | 69 |
| | FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin | +2 | 74 | 70 |
| | SENIOR, Jack | +2 | 73 | 71 |
| | JIN, Zihao | +2 | 75 | 69 |
| | PULKKANEN, Tapio | +2 | 73 | 71 |
| | ARNAUS, Adri | +2 | 71 | 73 |
| 111 | FAHRBRING, Jens | +3 | 73 | 72 |
| | CANTERO, Ivan | +3 | 71 | 74 |
| | BONETA, Albert | +3 | 73 | 72 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | +3 | 68 | 77 |
| | DONALD, Luke | +3 | 73 | 72 |
| 116 | GARCIA, Sebastian | +4 | 73 | 73 |
| | SHINKWIN, Callum | +4 | 72 | 74 |
| | ALBERTSE, Louis | +4 | 73 | 73 |
| | SYME, Connor | +4 | 71 | 75 |
| | TETAK, Tadeas | +4 | 71 | 75 |
| | STEINLECHNER, Maximilian | +4 | 72 | 74 |
| | LOMBARD, Zander | +4 | 76 | 70 |
| | PURCELL, Conor | +4 | 75 | 71 |
| | BESSELING, Wil | +4 | 71 | 75 |
| | MORRISON, James | +4 | 74 | 72 |
| | HUTSBY, Sam | +4 | 71 | 75 |
| 127 | DEAN, Joe | +5 | 75 | 72 |
| | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | +5 | 77 | 70 |
| | TARREN, Callum | +5 | 71 | 76 |
| | FRANCES, Alexander | +5 | 75 | 72 |
| | LIST, Danny | +5 | 69 | 78 |
| | SCHWAB, Matthias | +5 | 77 | 70 |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | +5 | 73 | 74 |
| | LEVY, Alexander | +5 | 76 | 71 |
| 135 | KARATAS, Ulas | +6 | 74 | 74 |
| | DE BRUYN, Jannik | +6 | 74 | 74 |
| | VAN VELZEN, Ryan | +6 | 71 | 77 |
| | PINEAU, Pierre | +6 | 76 | 72 |
| | AHLAWAT, Veer | +6 | 75 | 73 |
| | WIEBE, Gunner | +6 | 74 | 74 |
| 141 | ASLAN, İbrahim Tarik (AM) | +7 | 70 | 79 |
| | GERMISHUYS, Deon | +7 | 75 | 74 |
| | WALTERS, Justin | +7 | 77 | 72 |
| 144 | YAMAC, Taner | +8 | 77 | 73 |
| | KANG, Sung | +8 | 74 | 76 |
| 146 | BRUN, Julien | +9 | 77 | 74 |
| | KEMALOGLU, Ediz | +9 | 74 | 77 |
| | NOTTEBOOM, Kai (AM) | +9 | 77 | 74 |
| 149 | CHEGWIDDEN, Zachary | +11 | 80 | 73 |
| 150 | SHARPSTENE, Matt | +18 | 82 | 78 |
| | CEYLAN, Mehmet | +18 | 84 | 76 |
| 152 | GÜRDENLI, Can (AM) | +20 | 82 | 80 |
| | KRISTENSEN, Nicolai | +20 | 81 | 81 |
| 154 | ANTROPENKO, Elisey (AM) | +37 | 88 | 91 |
| W/D | CROCKER, Sean | +2 | 73 | - |
| RETD | PEPPERELL, Eddie | +9 | 74 | - |
