April 25-28
Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco
€2,500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
David Lipsky and Sean Crocker share the halfway lead in the Hassan Trophy as American players continued to enjoy a brilliant season on the European Tour.
Lipsky produced one of the best rounds of the day in testing, windy conditions, a three-under-par 70 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam leaving him alongside Crocker on five under par.
Crocker, who was born in Zimbabwe but is a naturalised American, added a 74 to his opening 67 to finish a shot ahead of compatriot Julian Suri, Australia's Dimitrios Papadatos and the English pair of Lee Slattery and Jordan Smith.
Smith held the overnight lead following an opening 66 but struggled to a 76 on Friday which contained five bogeys and just two birdies.
American players have won eight of the 18 tournaments contested on the European Tour this season, with Lipsky's good friend Kurt Kitayama getting the ball rolling in Mauritius and Lipsky himself winning in South Africa in December.
Since then, Kitayama won again in Oman, Dustin Johnson has claimed a brace of wins and Bryson DeChambeau, Kevin Kisner and Masters champion Tiger Woods have all tasted victory on the tour.
"Bryson and DJ have come out and played well and they're some of the best players in the world," Lipsky said. "What Kurt and I have been doing has been playing pretty solid.
"It's become more comfortable out here, Americans are more open to coming out, travelling, playing more and it's great to have friends out here.
"I played really solid today. It's tough on that back nine when the wind picked up and the greens firmed up so I'm really happy with where I'm at. We're going into the weekend looking pretty good."
Suri looked poised to hold the outright lead at six under before finding the water on the ninth, his final hole, to run up a double bogey, but was still pleased with a 71 in very tough conditions.
"It was a really solid round," he said. "Still in position to contend for this thing. I hit a lot of good shots and obviously I had one kind of blemish on my last hole today. For the most part I'm pretty pleased with where my game's at."
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Scotland's Stephen Gallacher, who had an albatross in his opening 68, slumped to a second round of 82 to fall nine shots off the lead.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
T1 |
David Lipsky | USA |
-5 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T1 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
-5 |
67 |
74 |
141 |
T3 |
Julian Suri | USA |
-4 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T3 |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
-4 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T3 |
Dimitrios Papadatos | AUS |
-4 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T3 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
-4 |
66 |
76 |
142 |
T7 |
Kristoffer Reitan | NOR |
-3 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T7 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-3 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T7 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
-3 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T7 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
-3 |
67 |
76 |
143 |
T7 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
-3 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T7 |
Erik Van Rooyen | RSA |
-3 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T13 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
-2 |
75 |
69 |
144 |
T13 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
-2 |
74 |
70 |
144 |
T13 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
-2 |
74 |
70 |
144 |
T16 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
-1 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
T16 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
-1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
T16 |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
-1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
T16 |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
-1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
T16 |
Marc Warren | SCO |
-1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
T16 |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
-1 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
T22 |
David Law | SCO |
Par |
75 |
71 |
146 |
T22 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
Par |
76 |
70 |
146 |
T22 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
Par |
74 |
72 |
146 |
T22 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
Par |
72 |
74 |
146 |
T22 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
Par |
68 |
78 |
146 |
T22 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
Par |
75 |
71 |
146 |
T22 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
Par |
72 |
74 |
146 |
T22 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
Par |
74 |
72 |
146 |
T22 |
Tom Murray | ENG |
Par |
77 |
69 |
146 |
T31 |
James Morrison | ENG |
1 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
T31 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
1 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
T31 |
Richard Sterne | RSA |
1 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
T31 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
1 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
T31 |
Marcel Siem | GER |
1 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
T31 |
Michael Hoey | NIR |
1 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
T31 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
1 |
69 |
78 |
147 |
T31 |
Kurt Kitayama | USA |
1 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
T31 |
Tom Lewis | ENG |
1 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
T31 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
1 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
T31 |
Jack Senior | ENG |
1 |
70 |
77 |
147 |
T42 |
Paul Dunne | IRL |
2 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
T42 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
2 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
T42 |
Gavin Moynihan | IRL |
2 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
T42 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
2 |
72 |
76 |
148 |
T42 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
2 |
72 |
76 |
148 |
T42 |
David Horsey | ENG |
2 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
T48 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
3 |
70 |
79 |
149 |
T48 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
3 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
T48 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
3 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
T48 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
3 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
T48 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
3 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
T48 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
3 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
T48 |
Lasse Jensen | DNK |
3 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
T48 |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
3 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
T48 |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
3 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
T48 |
Joel Girrbach | SWE |
3 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
T48 |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
3 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
T48 |
Hyo-Won Park | KOR |
3 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
T60 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
4 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
T60 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
4 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
T60 |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
4 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
T60 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
4 |
72 |
78 |
150 |
T60 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
4 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
T60 |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
4 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
T60 |
Callum Shinkwin | ENG |
4 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
T60 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
4 |
68 |
82 |
150 |
T60 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
4 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
T60 |
Peter Hanson | SWE |
4 |
72 |
78 |
150 |
T60 |
Jake McLeod | AUS |
4 |
72 |
78 |
150 |
T60 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
4 |
72 |
78 |
150 |
CUT |
Ben Evans | ENG |
5 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
CUT |
Bernd Ritthammer | GER |
5 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
CUT |
David Borda | ESP |
5 |
78 |
73 |
151 |
CUT |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
5 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
CUT |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
5 |
77 |
74 |
151 |
CUT |
Max Schmitt | GER |
5 |
78 |
73 |
151 |
CUT |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
5 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
CUT |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
5 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
CUT |
Pedro Oriol | ESP |
5 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
CUT |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
5 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
CUT |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
5 |
77 |
74 |
151 |
CUT |
Victor Perez | FRA |
5 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
CUT |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
6 |
73 |
79 |
152 |
CUT |
Alexander Levy | FRA |
6 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
CUT |
Anton Karlsson | SWE |
6 |
77 |
75 |
152 |
CUT |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
6 |
73 |
79 |
152 |
CUT |
Deyen Lawson | AUS |
6 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
CUT |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
6 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
CUT |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
6 |
73 |
79 |
152 |
CUT |
Kristian Krogh Johannessen | NOR |
6 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
CUT |
Matteo Manassero | ITA |
6 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
CUT |
Nick Cullen | AUS |
6 |
74 |
78 |
152 |
CUT |
Othman Raouzi | MAR |
6 |
77 |
75 |
152 |
CUT |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
6 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
CUT |
Yusaku Miyazato | JPN |
6 |
72 |
80 |
152 |
CUT |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
7 |
75 |
78 |
153 |
CUT |
Ayoub Lguirati | MOR |
7 |
75 |
78 |
153 |
CUT |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
7 |
77 |
76 |
153 |
CUT |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
7 |
77 |
76 |
153 |
CUT |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
7 |
73 |
80 |
153 |
CUT |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
7 |
75 |
78 |
153 |
CUT |
Josh Geary | NZL |
7 |
78 |
75 |
153 |
CUT |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
7 |
73 |
80 |
153 |
CUT |
Max Orrin | ENG |
7 |
77 |
76 |
153 |
CUT |
Ross McGowan | ENG |
7 |
75 |
78 |
153 |
CUT |
Ryan Evans | ENG |
7 |
73 |
80 |
153 |
CUT |
Scott Gregory | ENG |
7 |
79 |
74 |
153 |
CUT |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
7 |
74 |
79 |
153 |
CUT |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
7 |
73 |
80 |
153 |
CUT |
Austin Connelly | CAN |
8 |
78 |
76 |
154 |
CUT |
Christofer Blomstrand | SWE |
8 |
75 |
79 |
154 |
CUT |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
8 |
76 |
78 |
154 |
CUT |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
8 |
74 |
80 |
154 |
CUT |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
8 |
76 |
78 |
154 |
CUT |
Scott Vincent | ZWE |
8 |
80 |
74 |
154 |
CUT |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
9 |
77 |
78 |
155 |
CUT |
Faycal Serghini | MOR |
9 |
75 |
80 |
155 |
CUT |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
9 |
77 |
78 |
155 |
CUT |
Hurly Long | GER |
9 |
79 |
76 |
155 |
CUT |
Ivan Cantero | ESP |
9 |
76 |
79 |
155 |
CUT |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
9 |
74 |
81 |
155 |
CUT |
John Catlin | USA |
9 |
75 |
80 |
155 |
CUT |
Jonathan Thomson | ENG |
9 |
79 |
76 |
155 |
CUT |
Laurie Canter | ENG |
9 |
73 |
82 |
155 |
CUT |
Liam Johnston | SCO |
9 |
77 |
78 |
155 |
CUT |
Louis De Jager | RSA |
9 |
75 |
80 |
155 |
CUT |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
9 |
78 |
77 |
155 |
CUT |
Robert MacIntyre | SCO |
9 |
78 |
77 |
155 |
CUT |
Aaron Cockerill | CAN |
10 |
78 |
78 |
156 |
CUT |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
10 |
76 |
80 |
156 |
CUT |
David Drysdale | SCO |
10 |
76 |
80 |
156 |
CUT |
Filippo Bergamaschi | ITA |
10 |
81 |
75 |
156 |
CUT |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
10 |
77 |
79 |
156 |
CUT |
Philipp Mejow | GER |
10 |
78 |
78 |
156 |
CUT |
Daniel Gavins | ENG |
11 |
78 |
79 |
157 |
CUT |
David Howell | ENG |
11 |
77 |
80 |
157 |
CUT |
Espen Kofstad | NOR |
11 |
75 |
82 |
157 |
CUT |
Esteban Toledo | MEX |
11 |
81 |
76 |
157 |
CUT |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
11 |
77 |
80 |
157 |
CUT |
Stuart Manley | WAL |
11 |
76 |
81 |
157 |
CUT |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
12 |
78 |
80 |
158 |
CUT |
Julien Quesne | FRA |
12 |
77 |
81 |
158 |
CUT |
Matthew Baldwin | ENG |
12 |
81 |
77 |
158 |
CUT |
Ewan Porter | AUS |
13 |
73 |
86 |
159 |
CUT |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | ESP |
13 |
79 |
80 |
159 |
CUT |
Per Laengfors | SWE |
14 |
84 |
76 |
160 |
CUT |
Shergo Al Kurdi | JOR |
15 |
83 |
78 |
161 |
CUT |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
17 |
81 |
82 |
163 |
CUT |
Ayoub Ssouadi | MAR |
19 |
83 |
82 |
165 |
CUT |
Ahmed Marjan | MOR |
21 |
90 |
77 |
167 |
CUT |
Saud Al Sharif | KSA |
21 |
83 |
84 |
167 |
DSQ |
Chris Wood | ENG |
Par |
76 |
- |
76 |
RET |
Andrew Dodt | AUS |
Par |
73 |
- |
73 |
RET |
Matthew Nixon | ENG |
Par |
73 |
- |
73 |
RET |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
Par |
77 |
- |
77 |