D+D Real Czech Masters R1

Czech Masters 2021 R1
August 19-22
Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic
€1,000,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Henrik Stenson’s goal of making the Ryder Cup team at Whitling Straits is looking closer to coming true after the Swede took the lead at 5-under in front of European Team captain Padraig Harrington at the D+D Real Czech Masters.

Czech Masters 2021 R1

Stenson has had an impressive career but has not won on the European Tour since the Open Championship at Royal Troon in 2016 and is currently 204th on the Official World Golf Ranking. His recent form includes eleven missed cuts in his last 16 events but there was no sign of faltering on Thursday when he produced three birdies and an eagle at the par-5 9th hole for a bogey-free 67.

“I’m very happy with the score. I hit some really good shots, on nine in particular, those two good ones. There were a couple of swings I’m not overly happy with – my commitment – I’ve been working hard on the swing, I need to keep on working hard. I still managed to miss in the right places and kept it tidy around the greens and the putter was working fine today. I’m happy with the score and the progress I’m making. Commitment can be a little better and confidence can definitely be a little bit better.

Czech Masters 2021 R1

“Nine, I hit a really good drive off the tee and it left me all of a three wood left. That was one of the best three woods I’ve hit for years and years. I hit a really good one in the Pro-Am as well, so it was copy and paste and it’s nice to have a three-footer for eagle.”

Czech Masters 2021 R1

Australian Maverick Antcliff fired six birdies and a bogey to join him in first place.

“It was nice. I got off to a solid start and tried to keep things moving forward – trying to feed off all the good stuff from last week.

“I have that conversation with my sports-psych every week. I think last week there was a lot of good stuff, just finished Saturday Sunday not as well as I’d have liked – a lot of positives. Just trying to stay patient, it’s all the clichés – patience, taking it one shot at a time, staying present, that’s what I tried to do today really.

“Fairways, greens, hole a couple of putts. Take opportunities when you get them. It’s a nice layout, great condition and the greens are good.”

Czech Masters 2021 R1

Englishmen Sam Horsfield and Danny Willett are tied for third place at 4-under alongside South African Dean Burmester, Americans Sean Crocker and Paul Peterson, Dane Nicolai Højgaard, Czech Ondrej Lieser, Pole Adrian Meronk and Finn Tapio Pulkkanen.

“A little bit up and down: seven birdies, a bogey and a double. Lots of good and a couple of iffy ones we got punished for,” said Willett. “A nice start to the week. I played yesterday, it’s slightly different to how I remember it. A little bit more defined. I was intrigued to see how scoring would go, with a bit of wind over the last three days – kind of what I thought. Scores around here are notoriously quite low, it’ll maybe be slightly higher this year with how the wind and the weather has been.”

Czech Masters 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
T1	Maverick Antcliff	-5	67
T1	Henrik Stenson	-5	67
T3	Ondrej Lieser	-4	68
T3	Sam Horsfield	-4	68
T3	Dean Burmester	-4	68
T3	Sean Crocker	-4	68
T3	Tapio Pulkkanen *	-4	68
T3	Adrian Meronk *	-4	68
T3	Danny Willett *	-4	68
T3	Paul Peterson	-4	68
T11	Jacques Kruyswijk	-3	69
T11	Aaron Cockerill	-3	69
T11	Daniel van Tonder *	-3	69
T11	Sebastian Heisele *	-3	69
T11	Nicolai Højgaard *	-3	69
T11	Marcel Schneider	-3	69
T11	Janne Kaske *	-3	69
T18	Daniel Young (a) *	-2	70
T18	Philip Eriksson *	-2	70
T18	SSP Chawrasia *	-2	70
T18	Steven Tiley *	-2	70
T18	Richard Mansell	-2	70
T18	Ryan Fox	-2	70
T18	Padraig Harrington	-2	70
T18	JC Ritchie *	-2	70
T18	Shiv Kapur *	-2	70
T18	Sebastian Soderberg *	-2	70
T18	Ross McGowan *	-2	70
T18	Søren Kjeldsen *	-2	70
T18	Niklas Lemke	-2	70
T18	Tae Hee Lee	-2	70
T18	Gary Stal *	-2	70
T18	Oliver Fisher	-2	70
T18	Pep Angles	-2	70
T18	Jordan Wrisdale	-2	70
T18	Joakim Lagergren	-2	70
T37	Lee Slattery	-1	71
T37	Marcel Siem	-1	71
T37	Nino Bertasio	-1	71
T37	Jazz Janewattananond *	-1	71
T37	Joost Luiten *	-1	71
T37	Michal Pospisil (a) *	-1	71
T37	Rory Sabbatini *	-1	71
T37	Vincent Norrman *	-1	71
T37	Deyen Lawson *	-1	71
T37	Adrien Pendaries	-1	71
T37	Gavin Moynihan *	-1	71
T37	Robin Roussel *	-1	71
T37	Callum Shinkwin	-1	71
T37	Zander Lombard	-1	71
T37	Johannes Veerman	-1	71
T37	Nicolai Von Dellingshausen *	-1	71
T37	Sihwan Kim	-1	71
T54	Lars van Meijel *	E	72
T54	Aron Zemmer *	E	72
T54	Damien Perrier *	E	72
T54	Bryden Macpherson *	E	72
T54	Sami Valimaki	E	72
T54	Emilio Cuartero Blanco *	E	72
T54	Ben Evans *	E	72
T54	Max Schmitt	E	72
T54	Louis De Jager	E	72
T54	Matyas Zapletal *	E	72
T54	Tom Gandy *	E	72
T54	David Howell *	E	72
T54	Yi Keun Chang *	E	72
T54	Berry Henson *	E	72
T54	Haydn Porteous *	E	72
T54	Filip Mruzek *	E	72
T54	Brandon Stone *	E	72
T54	Hugo León	E	72
T54	Clement Sordet	E	72
T73	Darren Fichardt	+1	73
T73	Tadeáš Tetak	+1	73
T73	Jake McLeod	+1	73
T73	Matthew Baldwin *	+1	73
T73	Liam Johnston	+1	73
T73	Jan Cafourek *	+1	73
T73	Benjamin Poke	+1	73
T73	Josh Geary *	+1	73
T73	Romain Wattel	+1	73
T82	Garrick Porteous	+2	74
T82	Adri Arnaus	+2	74
T82	Andrea Pavan *	+2	74
T82	Bryce Easton *	+2	74
T82	Rikard Karlberg *	+2	74
T82	Jesper Sandborg *	+2	74
T82	Chase Hanna *	+2	74
T82	Dave Coupland	+2	74
T82	Ajeetesh Sandhu *	+2	74
T82	Renato Paratore *	+2	74
T82	Bernd Ritthammer *	+2	74
T82	Jiri Zuska (a) *	+2	74
T82	Matej Baca	+2	74
T82	Julien Guerrier	+2	74
T82	Jakub Bares	+2	74
T82	Ales Korinek	+2	74
T82	Michael Feuerstein *	+2	74
T82	Gavin Kyle Green	+2	74
T100	Gordan Brixi	+3	75
T100	Eduardo De la Riva	+3	75
T100	Rhys Enoch	+3	75
T100	Mathiam Keyser *	+3	75
T100	Toby Tree *	+3	75
T100	David Dixon	+3	75
T100	Šimon Zach *	+3	75
T100	Lukas Tintera *	+3	75
T108	Michael Young *	+4	75
T108	Stanislav Matus	+4	76
T108	Liam Robinson *	+4	76
T108	Stepan Danek *	+4	76
T108	Suradit Yongcharoenchai	+4	76
T108	Niall Kearney	+4	76
T108	Joshua Grenville-Wood	+4	76
T115	Carlos Pigem	+5	77
T115	Tyler Koivisto	+5	77
T115	Kristoffer Reitan	+5	77
T115	George Coetzee	+5	77
T115	Maxmilian Jelinek	+5	77
120	Pavol Mach (a) *	+6	78
T121	Gary King *	+7	79
T121	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	+7	79
123	Krystof Strycek	+8	80
124	Sebastian Vida	+17	89
* Player started on the back nine