Portugal Masters R2

Portugal Masters 2021 R2
November 04-07
Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, Vilamoura, Portugal
€1,500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Nino Bertasio shot a second round 69 to take a two-shot lead at the Portugal Masters. Having started the day with a four-shot lead after firing a career-low round on the European Tour of 61 on Thursday, hee couldn’t maintain that incredible momentum and produced three birdies and a bogey to move to 12-under.

Portugal Masters 2021 R2

“I couldn’t expect anything similar to yesterday. A solid day. I didn’t make many putts, the greens were a bit bumpy towards the end. I made three birdies and they were basically inside two feet. I didn’t make much out there, but I’ll take it.”

The Italian joined the Tour in 2015 after coming through Qualifying School and is playing in his 159th tournament. He has had nine top-10s so far but has yet to win.

Portugal Masters 2021 R2

Spain’s Adri Arnaus held on to his second place with a bogey-free 64 alongside an equally bogey-free Lucas Bjerregaard (65) of Denmark, Frenchman Matthieu Pavon (64) and Thomas Pieters (64) of Belgium.

“It’s a really good day when you don’t drop any shots and have no bogeys on the card,” said Arnaus. “I managed to save a few good pars but took advantage of the opportunities. I thought today wasn’t so easy because the pins were quite tucked. We stuck to our gameplan and we played well.”

Portugal Masters 2021 R2

“I just try to hit it as straight as possible off the tee and give myself a good angle to the pins, you can do that around here. With pins on the left I try and hit it to the right and the other way around. That has been working well. After that, I try to be aggressive.

“I’m feeling comfortable and enjoying it out there, so I’m looking forward to the challenge of the weekend.”

Englishmen Callum Shinkwin (66) and Sam Horsfield (66) lie in sixth and seventh place respectively.

“It’s a golf course where you can bomb it as far as you can,” said Shinkwin, “the rough is very short so taking the Bryson route of hitting wedges into greens makes it a lot easier.”

Portugal Masters 2021 R2

Compatriots Richard Bland (65) and Oliver Wilson (67) are tied for eighth at 7-under alongside Malaysi’s Gavin Green (69) and Scotland’s Grant Forrest (67).

“I got off to a good start, par-birdie-eagle,” said Forrest. “It’s always nice to do that. I played solid golf the whole way around and gave myself lots of chances. On the back nine the putts didn’t quite drop. But all in all it was a solid day.

“Confidence is much higher than it was at the start of the season. I’m going about my business and I’ll keep playing well.”

Portugal Masters 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	BERTASIO, Nino	-12	61	69
2	PIETERS, Thomas	-10	68	64
	BJERREGAARD, Lucas	-10	67	65
	PAVON, Matthieu	-10	68	64
	ARNAUS, Adri	-10	65	67
6	SHINKWIN, Callum	-9	67	66
7	HORSFIELD, Sam	-8	68	66
8	GREEN, Gavin	-7	66	69
	BLAND, Richard	-7	70	65
	FORREST, Grant	-7	68	67
8	WILSON, Oliver	-7	68	67
12	LAPORTA, Francesco	-6	70	66
	PULKKANEN, Tapio	-6	69	67
	LEE, Min Woo	-6	68	68
	HØJGAARD, Nicolai	-6	67	69
	BROBERG, Kristoffer	-6	69	67
	HANSEN, Joachim B.	-6	69	67
	HEBERT, Benjamin	-6	67	69
19	ANGLES, Pep	-5	68	69
	GALLACHER, Stephen	-5	69	68
	CROCKER, Sean	-5	70	67
	ARMITAGE, Marcus	-5	68	69
	BJÖRK, Alexander	-5	71	66
24	HØJGAARD, Rasmus	-4	67	71
	LEVY, Alexander	-4	69	69
24	HORSEY, David	-4	70	68
	SENIOR, Jack	-4	71	67
	JORDAN, Matthew	-4	70	68
	FISHER, Ross	-4	71	67
30	SMITH, Jordan	-3	72	67
	HARRINGTON, Padraig	-3	67	72
	RAMSAY, Richie	-3	70	69
	SANTOS, Ricardo	-3	70	69
	BROWN, Steven	-3	68	71
	ROZNER, Antoine	-3	70	69
	LANGASQUE, Romain	-3	71	68
37	LOPES, Vitor	-2	71	69
	GOUVEIA, Tomas	-2	71	69
	LEMKE, Niklas	-2	72	68
	MACINTYRE, Robert	-2	70	70
	CALDWELL, Jonathan	-2	69	71
	WOOD, Chris	-2	71	69
	HANSON, Peter	-2	71	69
	PEREZ, Victor	-2	72	68
	JOHNSTON, Andrew	-2	72	68
	CATLIN, John	-2	70	70
	DONALDSON, Jamie	-2	73	67
	SAMOOJA, Kalle	-2	68	72
49	WARREN, Marc	-1	74	67
	ZANOTTI, Fabrizio	-1	69	72
49	MOLINARI, Edoardo	-1	72	69
	COETZEE, George	-1	70	71
	WALTERS, Justin	-1	71	70
	KIEFFER, Maximilian	-1	70	71
	LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo	-1	70	71
	OLESEN, Thorbjørn	-1	72	69
	CHESTERS, Ashley	-1	75	66
	SULLIVAN, Andy	-1	70	71
59	LAW, David	Par	68	74
	ELVIRA, Nacho	Par	72	70
	KORHONEN, Mikko	Par	68	74
	JAMIESON, Scott	Par	71	71
	COLSAERTS, Nicolas	Par	69	73
	JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz	Par	70	72
	BESSELING, Wil	Par	68	74
66	STORM, Graeme	+1	74	69	143
	ROCK, Robert	+1	73	70	143
	FISHER, Oliver*	+1	70	73	143
	OTAEGUI, Adrian	+1	72	71	143
	CANTER, Laurie*	+1	70	73	143
	ROUSSEL, Robin*	+1	73	70	143
	MCEVOY, Richard*	+1	73	70	143
	SURI, Julian*	+1	71	72	143
74	FIGUEIREDO, Pedro*	+2	71	73	144
	LUITEN, Joost	+2	72	72	144
	SINGH BRAR, Jack	+2	72	72	144
	FARR, Oliver*	+2	74	70	144
	PARATORE, Renato	+2	72	72	144
	LORENZO-VERA, Mike*	+2	70	74	144
	GAVINS, Daniel	+2	72	72	144
81	SYME, Connor*	+3	73	72	145
	VÄLIMÄKI, Sami*	+3	70	75	145
	DRYSDALE, David	+3	72	73	145
	PAISLEY, Chris*	+3	71	74	145
	LIMA, José-Filipe	+3	72	73	145
86	JACQUELIN, Raphaël*	+4	71	75	146
	KINHULT, Marcus	+4	72	74	146
	GUERRIER, Julien*	+4	74	72	146
89	QUIROS, Alvaro	+5	73	74	147
	GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian	+5	74	73	147
91	PORTEOUS, Haydn	+6	75	73	148
	CAMPILLO, Jorge	+6	79	69	148
	WALLACE, Matt	+6	72	76	148
	STALTER, Joël	+6	76	72	148
	DU PREEZ, James Hart	+6	72	76	148
	SHARVIN, Cormac*	+6	76	72	148
97	PEPPERELL, Eddie	+7	73	76	149
98	BJØRN, Thomas*	+8	73	77	150
	SODERBERG, Sebastian	+8	76	74	150
100	LOMBARD, Zander	+9	73	78	151
100	GAGLI, Lorenzo*	+9	76	75	151
102	HOWELL, David	+10	75	77	152
	HEND, Scott*	+10	75	77	152
104	CLARE NEVES, Pedro* (AM)	+20	78	84	162
W/D	HILL, Calum*	+5	76		76
W/D	DUBUISSON, Victor*	+6	77		77
RETD	SOUTHGATE, Matthew*	+3			34
RETD	McGOWAN, Ross	+5	70		127
* Player started on the back nine