ISPS Handa World Invitational R1 – Men

Ewen Ferguson takes lead with new course record

World Invitational 2022 Men R1

August 11-14
Galgorm Castle & Massereene, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
$1,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes


Ewen Ferguson carded a flawless 9-under 61 on Thursday to break the course record and take a four-shot lead in the ISPS Handa World Invitational presented by Aviv Clinics.


World Invitational 2022 Men R1

“Actually I was messaging Jamie (Gough) yesterday about a few things I wasn’t doing too well yesterday in the Pro-Am.

“Played the Pro-Am with Niall (Horan) and me and Robbie Keane yesterday and I kept hitting a lot of bunkers. They were saying, ‘You love the bunkers. See tomorrow, just try and stay out of them’.

“Today was just nice to avoid them all, which was good. Obviously a 61, so course record is pretty nice.”


World Invitational 2022 Men R1

The Scot also fired a 61 at last month’s Hero Open at Fairmont St Andews.

The event this week is co-sponsored by the DP World Tour, the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour with separate male and female tournaments played on the same two courses for equal prize funds.


World Invitational 2022 Men R1

England’s Richard Bland lies in second place at 5-under alongside Spain’s Borja Virto and Sweden’s Felix Palson after all three carded bogey-free 65s.


World Invitational 2022 Men R1

Pos.PlayerTo ParR1
1FERGUSON, Ewen-961
2VIRTO, Borja-565
PALSON, Felix-565
BLAND, Richard-565
5EVANS, Ryan-466
SYME, Connor-466
PETERSSON, Robin-466
NIENABER, Wilco-466
SADDIER, Adrien-466
WHITNELL, Dale-466
CELLI, Filippo (AM)-466
GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian-466
FYFE, Calum-466
TARRIO, Santiago-466
AIKEN, Thomas-466
16PARATORE, Renato-367
MURPHY, John-367
CAREY, David-367
HELLIGKILDE, Marcus-367
EASTON, Bryce-367
CATLIN, John-367
HIDALGO, Angel-367
23MURRAY, Tom-268
PIGEM, Carlos-268
SMITH, Jordan-268
BALDWIN, Matthew-268
DANTORP, Jens-268
FAHRBRING, Jens-268
LUMSDEN, Ryan-268
DUNNE, Paul-268
CLEMENTS, Todd-268
WILSON, Andrew-268
PAPADATOS, Dimitrios-268
PORTEOUS, Haydn-268
THOMSON, Jonathan-268
36MANLEY, Stuart-169
STALLINGS JR, Stephen-169
MCKIBBIN, Tom-169
ERIKSSON, Philip-169
DINWIDDIE, Robert-169
BROWN, Barclay (AM)-169
SENIOR, Jack-169
HOWIE, Craig-169
RUUSKA, Lauri-169
45HORSEY, DavidPar70
PURCELL, ConorPar70
DIXON, DavidPar70
MIGLIOZZI, GuidoPar70
RUTHERFORD, JamiePar70
MIVIS, ChristopherPar70
BORDA, DavidPar70
KEOGH, AdamPar70
HURLEY, GaryPar70
DECOTTIGNIES-LAFON, MathieuPar70
FARR, OliverPar70
LAW, DavidPar70
MURRAY, ZachPar70
STALTER, JoëlPar70
59GANDY, Tom+171
MEYER, Velten+171
WALKER, Euan+171
BAI, Zheng-kai+171
MAGNUS, Haraldur+171
WIKSTROM, Joakim+171
COUPLAND, Dave+171
ANTCLIFF, Maverick+171
FELDBORG NIELSEN, Christopher+171
WRISDALE, Jordan+171
PETURSSON, Bjarki+171
BOURDY, Grégory+171
MANSELL, Richard+171
KENNEGARD, Jesper+171
DRYSDALE, David+171
STOW, Ben+171
DEL VAL, Samuel+171
76LIPPARELLI, Edoardo Raffaele+272
MCLEOD, Jake+272
GERMISHUYS, Deon+272
SMYLIE, Elvis+272
HANNA, Chase+272
RICE, Tim+272
ORRIN, Max+272
VEERMAN, Johannes+272
CHESTERS, Ashley+272
HANSEN, Joachim B.+272
RITCHIE, JC+272
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai+272
SLATTERY, Lee+272
BROWN, Steven+272
90GRIFFITHS, Curtis+373
FARRELL, OJ+373
FORD, Matt+373
FERNANDEZ, Scott+373
GAVINS, Daniel+373
LEMKE, Niklas+373
PENGE, Marco+373
WAITE, Mitch+373
KENNEDY, Frank (AM)+373
HIGGINS, David+373
KOIVISTO, Tyler+373
LAPORTA, Francesco+373
SHARVIN, Cormac+373
PLANT, Alfie+373
MCEVOY, Richard+373
SURI, Julian+373
KARLBERG, Rikard+373
NEIL, Bradley+373
THORNTON, Simon+373
KEARNEY, Niall+373
RIU, Victor+373
BLOMSTRAND, Christofer+373
ZHANG, Huilin+373
113CONRADIE, Ruan+474
KRISTJANSSON, Gudmundur+474
KINHULT, Marcus+474
116KING, Gary+575
HEARN, Jack (AM)+575
EDBERG, Pelle+575
ZUNIC, Jordan+575
MORRISON, James+575
HILL, Josh (AM)+575
CAÑIZARES, Alejandro+575
ELLIS, Harry+575
124WARREN, Marc+676
DE JAGER, Louis+676
EVANS, Ben+676
OTAEGUI, Javier+676
GARCIA, Jordi+676
129MCELROY, Dermot+777
LEON, Hugo+777
131BRAZILL, Robert (AM)+878
132WILLIAMS, Charlie+1080
Updated: November 16, 2022