Commercial Bank Qatar Masters R2

Qatar Masters 2021 R2

March 11-14
Education City Golf Club, Education City, Doha, Qatar
US$1,500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Jeff Winther is targeting a maiden European Tour win after carding a second consecutive round of 67 to reach eight under par at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.

The Dane, who finished third at Education City Golf Club last season, made four birdies on the back nine to move two strokes clear of a group of five players on six under par, before play was suspended due to darkness on Friday evening.

“I love coming back here. I have good memories from last year even though two guys knocked me out. I really like this course – it’s great to play and the conditions are fantastic. I haven’t played for three weeks, but coming out here is fantastic.

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“The greens are very nice. I don’t want to jinx myself but I think they are easy to putt on. They are very true. The condition is the same as last year, it’s beautiful.”

Jamie Donaldson, who represented Europe at The 2014 Ryder Cup, made the most of the benign conditions in the morning as he carded a three under par round of 68 to take a share of second place, while the afternoon starters battled gusts of up to 40 kilometres an hour.

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Joining the Welshman on six under par are former Qatar Masters champion Darren Fichardt of South Africa, American Kurt Kitayama, Kalle Samooja of Finland and England’s Jack Senior.

“This morning we had to come back and play one hole, there was a small breeze. We sat in the clubhouse and waited for our 8:15 tee time. Midway through our front nine it started blowing a bit, then on the back nine it was blowing properly – it was tricky.

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“I was quite embarrassed on 17 when I de-greened it,” said Fichardt. “That’s a good indication of how tricky it is. It’s tough to get the pace right because the wind is gusting. You’ll set your putt off on a good line or a good pace and the wind can carry it or stop it. I had two three-whacks on the back nine. I walked off and said to my wife it wasn’t like I was trying to do that. The wind just gusts and it’s difficult to judge the wind.”

Seven competitors share seventh place on five under par, including 2016 Ryder Cup player Thomas Pieters and Rolex Series winner Brandon Stone, with four groups to complete their second round from 7.30am on Saturday. 

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The European Tour has withdrawn Englishman Matthew Jordan from the 2021 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters after he tested positive for Covid-19.

His positive PCR result was identified as part of the on-site screening process on Thursday, and he was subsequently withdrawn from the tournament prior to the second round on Friday morning.

In accordance with Qatari Ministry of Public Health guidelines, Matthew is now in self-isolation and will be supported by the Ministry of Public Health and the European Tour throughout that period. Meanwhile, Spain’s Adri Arnaus retired after eight holes of his second round reporting symptoms consistent with Covid-19. He has taken a PCR test and will also remain in self-isolation awaiting his result.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	Thru	Today	R1	R2	Total
1	Jeff Winther	-8	F	-4	67	67	134
T2	Jamie Donaldson *	-6	F	-3	68	68	136
T2	Darren Fichardt	-6	F	-3	68	68	136
T2	Kurt Kitayama	-6	F	-2	67	69	136
T2	Kalle Samooja *	-6	F	E	65	71	136
T2	Jack Senior *	-6	F	-3	68	68	136
T7	Nino Bertasio	-5	F	1	65	72	137
T7	Joachim B. Hansen *	-5	F	E	66	71	137
T7	Garrick Higgo	-5	F	E	66	71	137
T7	Chris Paisley	-5	F	-1	67	70	137
T7	Matthieu Pavon *	-5	F	-2	68	69	137
T7	Thomas Pieters	-5	F	-2	68	69	137
T7	Brandon Stone *	-5	F	-3	69	68	137
T7	Fabrizio Zanotti *	-5	F	-1	67	70	137
T15	Thomas Detry	-4	F	1	66	72	138
T15	Lorenzo Gagli *	-4	F	-1	68	70	138
T15	Scott Jamieson	-4	F	E	67	71	138
T15	Richard McEvoy	-4	F	2	65	73	138
T15	Guido Migliozzi *	-4	F	-4	71	67	138
T15	Callum Shinkwin *	-4	F	-3	70	68	138
T15	Julian Suri *	-4	F	-3	70	68	138
T15	Joakim Lagergren *	-4	15	1	66		66
T23	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	-3	F	-1	69	70	139
T23	Grant Forrest *	-3	F	-3	71	68	139
T23	Raphael Jacquelin	-3	F	-2	70	69	139
T23	Jazz Janewattananond *	-3	F	-1	69	70	139
T23	David Law *	-3	F	4	64	75	139
T23	Shaun Norris *	-3	F	-1	69	70	139
T23	Shubhankar Sharma	-3	F	-3	71	68	139
T23	Hennie du Plessis	-3	F	3	65	74	139
T23	Louis De Jager *	-3	16	E	68		68
T23	Johannes Veerman *	-3	16	-3	71		71
T33	Gaganjeet Bhullar	-2	F	2	67	73	140
T33	John Catlin *	-2	F	-1	70	70	140
T33	Romain Langasque *	-2	F	-1	70	70	140
T33	Wilco Nienaber	-2	F	E	69	71	140
T33	Eddie Pepperell *	-2	F	E	69	71	140
T33	Dale Whitnell	-2	F	1	68	72	140
T39	Maverick Antcliff *	-1	F	1	69	72	141
T39	Marcus Armitage	-1	F	1	69	72	141
T39	Wil Besseling	-1	F	-2	72	69	141
T39	Alexander Björk	-1	F	2	68	73	141
T39	Jorge Campillo *	-1	F	3	67	74	141
T39	Yi Keun Chang *	-1	F	E	70	71	141
T39	Sean Crocker *	-1	F	2	68	73	141
T39	Pedro Figueiredo *	-1	F	3	67	74	141
T39	Francesco Laporta *	-1	F	2	68	73	141
T39	Antoine Rozner	-1	F	1	69	72	141
T39	Chris Wood *	-1	F	-3	73	68	141
T39	Lars van Meijel *	-1	F	1	69	72	141
T51	Alejandro Cañizares	E	F	-2	73	69	142
T51	Ashley Chesters	E	F	-1	72	70	142
T51	David Drysdale	E	F	1	70	72	142
T51	Ignacio Elvira Mijares *	E	F	2	69	73	142
T51	Maximilian Kieffer	E	F	4	67	75	142
T51	Niklas Lemke	E	F	1	70	72	142
T51	Ricardo Santos *	E	F	E	71	71	142
T51	Matthias Schwab *	E	F	E	71	71	142
T51	Toby Tree *	E	F	4	67	75	142
T51	Robert Rock	E	16	-1	72		72
T51	Connor Syme	E	16	2	69		69
T62	Steven Brown *	1	F	3	69	74	143
T62	Dave Coupland *	1	F	3	69	74	143
T62	Rhys Enoch *	1	F	3	69	74	143
T62	Benjamin Hebert *	1	F	1	71	72	143
T62	Marcus Kinhult	1	F	2	70	73	143
T62	Alexander Levy	1	F	1	71	72	143
T62	Richie Ramsay	1	F	3	69	74	143
T62	Jordan Smith	1	F	3	69	74	143
T62	Andy Sullivan	1	F	3	69	74	143
T62	Justin Walters	1	F	-1	73	70	143
T62	Cormac Sharvin	1	16	2	70		70
T62	Matthew Southgate *	1	15	-1	73		73
T74	Shergo Al Kurdi (a)	2	F	5	68	76	144
T74	Joost Luiten	2	F	4	69	75	144
T74	Adrian Meronk *	2	F	1	72	72	144
T74	Edoardo Molinari *	2	F	4	69	75	144
T74	Darius van Driel *	2	F	3	70	74	144
T74	SSP Chawrasia *	2	17	3	70		70
T74	Benjamin Poke *	2	17	2	71		71
T74	Clement Sordet *	2	16	2	71		71
T82	Jonathan Caldwell *	3	F	-1	75	70	145
T82	Laurie Canter	3	F	3	71	74	145
T82	George Coetzee	3	F	7	67	78	145
T82	Stephen Gallacher *	3	F	4	70	75	145
T82	Gregory Havret *	3	F	4	70	75	145
T82	Søren Kjeldsen	3	F	2	72	73	145
T82	Pablo Larrazabal *	3	F	2	72	73	145
T82	Zander Lombard	3	F	1	73	72	145
T82	Kyong-Jun Moon *	3	F	4	70	75	145
T82	James Morrison	3	F	-1	75	70	145
T82	Wade Ormsby	3	F	5	69	76	145
T82	Adrian Otaegui	3	F	5	69	76	145
T82	Aaron Rai	3	F	1	73	72	145
T82	Sebastian Soderberg	3	F	1	73	72	145
T96	Lucas Bjerregaard	4	F	-2	77	69	146
T96	Richard Bland	4	F	5	70	76	146
T96	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	4	F	6	69	77	146
T96	Sebastian Heisele	4	F	5	70	76	146
T96	Scott Hend	4	F	1	74	72	146
T96	Rasmus Højgaard *	4	F	1	74	72	146
T96	Masahiro Kawamura	4	F	3	72	74	146
T96	Ayoub Lguirati (a) *	4	F	E	75	71	146
T96	Haotong Li *	4	F	4	71	75	146
T96	Haydn Porteous	4	F	1	74	72	146
T96	Garrick Porteous	4	F	6	69	77	146
T96	Oliver Wilson *	4	F	4	71	75	146
T108	Aaron Cockerill *	5	F	3	73	74	147
T108	Justin Harding	5	F	6	70	77	147
T108	Calum Hill *	5	F	4	72	75	147
T108	David Howell *	5	F	3	73	74	147
T108	Sihwan Kim	5	F	E	76	71	147
T108	Tae Hee Lee *	5	F	1	75	72	147
T108	Robin Roussel	5	F	3	73	74	147
T108	Ewen Ferguson *	5	15	2	74		74
T116	Saleh Al Kaabi (a)	6	F	4	73	75	148
T116	Nicolas Colsaerts *	6	F	6	71	77	148
T116	Ross McGowan *	6	F	7	70	78	148
T116	Tapio Pulkkanen	6	F	2	75	73	148
T116	Joel Stalter *	6	F	4	73	75	148
T116	Bernd Ritthammer	6	17	6	71		71
T122	Daan Huizing	7	F	1	77	72	149
T122	Kristoffer Reitan	7	F	4	74	75	149
T124	Ross Fisher	8	F	3	76	74	150
T124	Rikard Karlberg *	8	F	9	70	80	150
T124	Alvaro Quiros	8	F	3	76	74	150
T124	Lee Slattery *	8	F	4	75	75	150
T124	Dean Burmester	8	17	5	74		74
T129	Oliver Farr *	9	F	7	73	78	151
T129	Gavin Kyle Green	9	F	8	72	79	151
T131	Paul Dunne *	10	F	7	74	78	152
T131	Jean Baptiste Gonnet *	10	F	6	75	77	152
T133	Ruan Jordaan *	11	F	6	76	77	153
T133	Carlos Pigem	11	F	4	78	75	153
T133	Adrien Saddier *	11	F	7	75	78	153
T133	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	11	F	7	75	78	153
137	Oliver Fisher	12	F	5	78	76	154
138	Renato Paratore *	14	F	7	78	78	156
139	Jaham Al Kuwari (a)	21	17	13	79		79
140	Ali Al Shahrani (a) *	23	17	12	82		82
WD	Matthew Jordan	2			73		73
WD	Marc Warren	6			77		77
WD	Adri Arnaus	4			70		70
* Player started on the back nine