Gran Canaria Lopesan Open R3

Gran Canaria 2021 R3
April 22-25
Meloneras Golf by Lopesan, Gran Canaria, Spain
€1,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Garrick Higgo made the most of a fast start to record a seven under par round of 63 and take a two shot lead into the final round of the 2021 Gran Canaria Lopesan Open.

Gran Canaria 2021 R3

“I’ll take every hole as it comes (tomorrow). I will try to be aggressive if I can, but I’m just going to enjoy it. It’s a great spot to be in.”

The South African entered the day three shots off the lead, but after sinking three birdies and an eagle in his opening four holes at Meloneras Golf by Lopesan, he went on to shoot the lowest round of his European Tour career to get to 18-under par after three rounds.

Gran Canaria 2021 R3

That took him two shots clear of Frenchman Matthieu Pavon, Scotland’s Connor Syme, and Austrian Matthias Schwab, who eagled the 17th to jump into contention.

“It was an unbelievable start, but I wasn’t playing that well,” said Higgo. “It’s definitely a course where you can hit it off line. I putted well and my chipping has been great. I definitely scored very well. I didn’t play so well in terms of off the tee, but the start was unbelievable. A couple of times we were in some odd spots and I couldn’t believe where I hit it to.”

“The chip shot on ten was a tough one. I have been working hard on my short game – it hasn’t been my strong point for the last six months. It was a bit of a hit and hope, but I knew if I could get it up a little bit with some spin, I had a chance of leaving it within eight foot. It was definitely a nice touch. For sure it is one that you practice, especially around here with the tight grass. But it’s one that you don’t want to use too often.”

Gran Canaria 2021 R3

Higgo is playing just his 24th European Tour event this week but the 21-year-old has already secured his first victory – at last season’s Open de Portugal at Royal Óbidos – and recorded his first top ten of the 2021 Race to Dubai last week in Austria.

England’s Sam Horsfield and Dane Jeff Winther are three shots off the lead at 15 under par while Wu Ashun of China equalled the course record set yesterday by Syme, Horsfield and Thorbjørn Olesen with his nine under par round of 61 to sit among eight players at 14 under par.

Gran Canaria 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Garrick Higgo	-18	65	64	63	192
T2	Matthieu Pavon	-16	66	64	64	194
T2	Matthias Schwab	-16	65	63	66	194
T2	Connor Syme	-16	71	61	62	194
T5	Sam Horsfield	-15	69	61	65	195
T5	Jeff Winther	-15	67	66	62	195
T7	Wil Besseling	-14	64	63	69	196
T7	Jamie Donaldson	-14	65	67	64	196
T7	Rhys Enoch	-14	65	62	69	196
T7	Joachim B. Hansen	-14	63	67	66	196
T7	Maximilian Kieffer	-14	63	65	68	196
T7	Guido Migliozzi	-14	70	64	62	196
T7	Thorbjørn Olesen	-14	65	61	70	196
T7	Ashun Wu	-14	67	68	61	196
T15	Alexander Björk	-13	67	66	64	197
T15	Dean Burmester	-13	65	67	65	197
T15	Alejandro Del Rey (a)	-13	64	68	65	197
T15	Justin Harding	-13	65	67	65	197
T15	Nicolai Højgaard	-13	67	64	66	197
T15	Joost Luiten	-13	63	68	66	197
T15	Clement Sordet	-13	65	68	64	197
T22	Richard Bland	-12	64	66	68	198
T22	Aaron Cockerill	-12	71	62	65	198
T22	Niall Kearney	-12	66	68	64	198
T22	Romain Langasque	-12	67	63	68	198
T22	Benjamin Poke	-12	66	66	66	198
T22	Jack Senior	-12	66	65	67	198
T22	Darius van Driel	-12	66	65	67	198
T29	Rafa Cabrera Bello	-11	65	67	67	199
T29	Ben Evans	-11	64	67	68	199
T29	Søren Kjeldsen	-11	71	63	65	199
T29	Richie Ramsay	-11	68	65	66	199
T29	Marcel Schneider	-11	68	66	65	199
T29	Lars van Meijel	-11	66	67	66	199
T35	Pep Angles	-10	71	64	65	200
T35	Maverick Antcliff	-10	66	63	71	200
T35	Nino Bertasio	-10	69	63	68	200
T35	Jonathan Caldwell	-10	68	65	67	200
T35	Calum Hill	-10	68	66	66	200
T35	Scott Jamieson	-10	64	68	68	200
T35	Robin Roussel	-10	63	65	72	200
T42	Ivan Cantero Gutierrez	-9	67	67	67	201
T42	John Catlin	-9	67	67	67	201
T42	Victor Dubuisson	-9	68	62	71	201
T42	Julien Guerrier	-9	68	67	66	201
T42	Sebastian Heisele	-9	69	66	66	201
T42	Sihwan Kim	-9	67	65	69	201
T42	Zander Lombard	-9	66	65	70	201
T42	Adrian Meronk	-9	67	68	66	201
T42	Antoine Rozner	-9	66	68	67	201
T42	Max Schmitt	-9	66	69	66	201
T42	Jordan Smith	-9	68	65	68	201
T53	Lucas Bjerregaard	-8	71	64	67	202
T53	Alejandro Cañizares	-8	70	65	67	202
T53	Ashley Chesters	-8	70	65	67	202
T53	Oliver Farr	-8	68	67	67	202
T53	Gregory Havret	-8	65	70	67	202
T53	Andrew Johnston	-8	68	63	71	202
T53	Garrick Porteous	-8	68	67	67	202
T53	Fabrizio Zanotti	-8	68	67	67	202
T61	Louis De Jager	-7	69	66	68	203
T61	Matt Ford	-7	64	66	73	203
T61	Francesco Laporta	-7	66	68	69	203
T61	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	-7	65	68	70	203
T61	Oliver Wilson	-7	65	69	69	203
T66	Adri Arnaus	-6	69	66	69	204
T66	Sean Crocker	-6	67	68	69	204
T66	Paul Waring	-6	68	65	71	204
T69	Marcus Armitage	-5	69	64	72	205
T69	Berry Henson	-5	70	63	72	205
T69	James Morrison	-5	69	66	70	205
T69	Andy Sullivan	-5	70	65	70	205
T69	Justin Walters	-5	69	65	71	205
74	Richard Mansell (a)	-4	68	66	72	206
CUT	Dave Coupland	-4	70	66		136
CUT	Oliver Fisher	-4	69	67		136
CUT	Ross Fisher	-4	69	67		136
CUT	Tom Gandy	-4	67	69		136
CUT	Alfredo Garcia-Heredia	-4	69	67		136
CUT	Rikard Karlberg	-4	73	63		136
CUT	Janne Kaske	-4	69	67		136
CUT	Masahiro Kawamura	-4	69	67		136
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	-4	71	65		136
CUT	Pablo Larrazabal	-4	66	70		136
CUT	Richard McEvoy	-4	69	67		136
CUT	Jake McLeod	-4	66	70		136
CUT	Pedro Oriol	-4	71	65		136
CUT	Adrian Otaegui	-4	70	66		136
CUT	Eddie Pepperell	-4	65	71		136
CUT	Carlos Pigem	-4	70	66		136
CUT	Haydn Porteous	-4	68	68		136
CUT	Kalle Samooja	-4	68	68		136
CUT	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	-4	68	68		136
CUT	Sebastian Soderberg	-4	71	65		136
CUT	Joel Stalter	-4	68	68		136
CUT	Julian Suri	-4	64	72		136
CUT	Toby Tree	-4	68	68		136
CUT	Euan Walker (a)	-4	71	65		136
CUT	Suradit Yongcharoenchai	-4	67	69		136
CUT	Austin Bautista	-3	69	68		137
CUT	Steven Brown	-3	71	66		137
CUT	Jorge Campillo	-3	69	68		137
CUT	Liam Johnston	-3	70	67		137
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	-3	69	68		137
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	-3	67	70		137
CUT	Ricardo Santos	-3	69	68		137
CUT	Cormac Sharvin	-3	67	70		137
CUT	Lee Slattery	-3	67	70		137
CUT	Johannes Veerman	-3	70	67		137
CUT	Borja Virto	-3	66	71		137
CUT	Gaganjeet Bhullar	-2	69	69		138
CUT	David Drysdale	-2	68	70		138
CUT	Scott Fernandez	-2	70	68		138
CUT	Pedro Figueiredo	-2	72	66		138
CUT	Grant Forrest	-2	68	70		138
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	-2	68	70		138
CUT	Matthew Jordan	-2	67	71		138
CUT	Tyler Koivisto	-2	68	70		138
CUT	Mikko Korhonen	-2	68	70		138
CUT	Ondrej Lieser (a)	-2	67	71		138
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	-2	67	71		138
CUT	Adrien Saddier	-2	69	69		138
CUT	Ajeetesh Sandhu	-2	66	72		138
CUT	Thomas Sloman	-2	71	67		138
CUT	Steven Tiley	-2	70	68		138
CUT	Dale Whitnell	-2	69	69		138
CUT	Yi Keun Chang	-1	71	68		139
CUT	Paul Dunne	-1	68	71		139
CUT	David Law	-1	71	68		139
CUT	Alexander Levy	-1	70	69		139
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	-1	69	70		139
CUT	Carl Suneson	-1	71	68		139
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	E	67	73		140
CUT	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	E	69	71		140
CUT	Jean Baptiste Gonnet	E	71	69		140
CUT	Oscar Sanchez	E	69	71		140
CUT	Eduardo De la Riva	1	71	70		141
CUT	Samuel Del Val	1	70	71		141
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	1	68	73		141
CUT	Benjamin Hebert	1	72	69		141
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	1	73	68		141
CUT	Eduard Rousaud (a)	1	72	69		141
CUT	SSP Chawrasia	2	74	68		142
CUT	David Howell	2	71	71		142
CUT	Ross McGowan	2	73	69		142
CUT	Chris Wood	2	70	72		142
CUT	Ignacio Elvira Mijares	3	76	67		143
CUT	Matthew Southgate	3	71	72		143
CUT	Peter Hanson	4	74	70		144
CUT	Andrea Pavan	6	78	68		146
CUT	Inaki Fuentes	16	83	73		156