Angel Hidalgo carded a bogey-free 63 to take a share of the lead at 9-under in the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.
“I started the day hitting it so badly on the range, but I just tried to put the ball in the fairway on the first few holes and started to take some confidence. I made every putt today and that was the key,” said the Spaniard.
“The support was amazing. It’s the first time I’ve played with so many people following me. I was a bit nervous at times, but it was a great feeling.
“A 63 is a dream score and I’m so happy.”
Overnight co-leader Min Woo Lee shot 67 to retain a share of the lead.
“It was a bit of a grind at the end,” said Lee. “I made a lot of up-and-downs, it wasn’t easy.
“The greens got a little bumpy and the wind switched around. I played really good – front nine was solid, made a nice eagle on four, which was probably the highlight of the day. A lot of up-and-downs on the back nine.”
They were joined by Spain’s Adrian Otaegui who started his round with three consecutive birdies and closed with a 66.
Sweden‘s Joakim Lagergren (67) lies in fourth place at 6-under followed by Scotland‘s Robert MacIntyre (70) and Sebastián García Rodríguez (69) in fifth at 5-under.
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OTAEGUI, Adrian | -9 | 67 | 66 |
| | LEE, Min Woo | -9 | 66 | 67 |
| | HIDALGO, Angel | -9 | 70 | 63 |
| 4 | LAGERGREN, Joakim | -6 | 69 | 67 |
| 5 | MACINTYRE, Robert | -5 | 67 | 70 |
| | GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian | -5 | 68 | 69 |
| 7 | JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz | -4 | 66 | 72 |
| | SMITH, Jordan | -4 | 69 | 69 |
| | LAWRENCE, Thriston | -4 | 69 | 69 |
| | CATLIN, John | -4 | 70 | 68 |
| 11 | PAUL, Yannik | -3 | 71 | 68 |
| | FISHER, Ross | -3 | 73 | 66 |
| | NEMECZ, Lukas | -3 | 70 | 69 |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | -3 | 72 | 67 |
| 15 | HØJGAARD, Rasmus | -2 | 69 | 71 |
| | KJELDSEN, Søren | -2 | 66 | 74 |
| | VAN DRIEL, Darius | -2 | 69 | 71 |
| | MANSELL, Richard | -2 | 73 | 67 |
| 19 | ANTCLIFF, Maverick | -1 | 73 | 68 |
| | WARREN, Marc | -1 | 68 | 73 |
| | WU, Ashun | -1 | 72 | 69 |
| | HORSEY, David | -1 | 66 | 75 |
| | ROZNER, Antoine | -1 | 72 | 69 |
| | ANGLES, Pep | -1 | 66 | 75 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | -1 | 72 | 69 |
| 26 | FITZPATRICK, Alex | Par | 70 | 72 |
| | ELVIRA, Nacho | Par | 72 | 70 |
| | LUITEN, Joost | Par | 68 | 74 |
| | KAWAMURA, Masahiro | Par | 71 | 71 |
| 30 | PARATORE, Renato | +1 | 73 | 70 |
| | KOFSTAD, Espen | +1 | 71 | 72 |
| | FDEZ-CASTAÑO, Gonzalo | +1 | 71 | 72 |
| | NORRMAN, Vincent | +1 | 72 | 71 |
| | KINHULT, Marcus | +1 | 76 | 67 |
| | COLSAERTS, Nicolas | +1 | 70 | 73 |
| | HEBERT, Benjamin | +1 | 69 | 74 |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | +1 | 69 | 74 |
| | LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo | +1 | 68 | 75 |
| | CAMPILLO, Jorge | +1 | 69 | 74 |
| | WINTHER, Jeff | +1 | 74 | 69 |
| | BEKKER, Oliver | +1 | 77 | 66 |
| 42 | LANGASQUE, Romain | +2 | 73 | 71 |
| | SHINKWIN, Callum | +2 | 71 | 73 |
| | VEERMAN, Johannes | +2 | 70 | 74 |
| | BROBERG, Kristoffer | +2 | 73 | 71 |
| | LOMBARD, Zander | +2 | 72 | 72 |
| | OLESEN, Thorbjørn | +2 | 75 | 69 |
| | BJÖRK, Alexander | +2 | 73 | 71 |
| | BESSELING, Wil | +2 | 72 | 72 |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | +2 | 73 | 71 |
| SIEM, Marcel | +2 | 70 | 74 | |
| | DONALDSON, Jamie | +2 | 74 | 70 |
| | SINGH BRAR, Jack | +2 | 72 | 72 |
| | RAMSAY, Richie | +2 | 70 | 74 |
| | MERONK, Adrian | +2 | 75 | 69 |
| | HØJGAARD, Nicolai | +2 | 73 | 71 |
| | DETRY, Thomas | +2 | 75 | 69 |
| 58 | AYORA, Angel (AM) | +3 | 73 | 72 |
| | ORIOL, Pedro | +3 | 73 | 72 |
| | WILSON, Andrew | +3 | 75 | 70 |
| | SYME, Connor | +3 | 73 | 72 |
| | TARRIO, Santiago | +3 | 75 | 70 |
| | GALLACHER, Stephen | +3 | 74 | 71 |
| | VAN ROOYEN, Erik | +3 | 74 | 71 |
| | HANNA, Chase | +3 | 72 | 73 |
| | DE JAGER, Louis | +3 | 68 | 77 |
| CUT | ||||
| 67 | MORRISON, James | +4 | 74 | 72 |
| | SCHMID, Matti | +4 | 71 | 75 |
| | JORDAN, Matthew | +4 | 73 | 73 |
| | SODERBERG, Sebastian | +4 | 73 | 73 |
| | GAVINS, Daniel | +4 | 76 | 70 |
| | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | +4 | 73 | 73 |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | +4 | 74 | 72 |
| | FOX, Ryan | +4 | 74 | 72 |
| | CHESTERS, Ashley | +4 | 71 | 75 |
| 76 | WALTERS, Justin | +5 | 74 | 73 |
| | VAN TONDER, Daniel | +5 | 73 | 74 |
| | WILSON, Oliver | +5 | 73 | 74 |
| | KORHONEN, Mikko | +5 | 74 | 73 |
| | BROWN, Steven | +5 | 70 | 77 |
| | MØLLER, Niklas Nørgaard | +5 | 73 | 74 |
| | LAW, David | +5 | 76 | 71 |
| | SANTOS, Ricardo | +5 | 76 | 71 |
| | BRUN, Julien | +5 | 73 | 74 |
| | HUIZING, Daan | +5 | 73 | 74 |
| 86 | JAMIESON, Scott | +6 | 73 | 75 |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | +6 | 75 | 73 |
| | PULKKANEN, Tapio | +6 | 73 | 75 |
| | VÄLIMÄKI, Sami | +6 | 74 | 74 |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | +6 | 77 | 71 |
| | FICHARDT, Darren | +6 | 74 | 74 |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | +6 | 80 | 68 |
| | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | +6 | 75 | 73 |
| | CALDWELL, Jonathan | +6 | 71 | 77 |
| | FERGUSON, Ewen | +6 | 76 | 72 |
| | FITZPATRICK, Matt | +6 | 74 | 74 |
| | SENIOR, Jack | +6 | 75 | 73 |
| 98 | BJERREGAARD, Lucas | +7 | 75 | 74 |
| | STONE, Brandon | +7 | 77 | 72 |
| | PAVON, Matthieu | +7 | 77 | 72 |
| FORREST, Grant | +7 | 73 | 76 | |
| | KIEFFER, Maximilian | +7 | 78 | 71 |
| | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | +7 | 73 | 76 |
| | MOLINARI, Edoardo | +7 | 72 | 77 |
| | LONG, Hurly | +7 | 77 | 72 |
| | HELLIGKILDE, Marcus | +7 | 73 | 76 |
| 107 | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | +8 | 82 | 68 |
| | SAMOOJA, Kalle | +8 | 74 | 76 |
| | ZANOTTI, Fabrizio | +8 | 74 | 76 |
| | LEON, Hugo | +8 | 73 | 77 |
| 111 | CELLI, Filippo | +9 | 77 | 74 |
| 112 | QUIROS, Alvaro | +10 | 70 | 82 |
| | CAÑIZARES, Alejandro | +10 | 78 | 74 |
| | LACROIX, Frederic | +10 | 80 | 72 |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar | +10 | 78 | 74 |
| | KARLBERG, Rikard | +10 | 78 | 74 |
| | STERNE, Richard | +10 | 76 | 76 |
| 118 | WOOD, Chris | +11 | 79 | 74 |
| | HOWIE, Craig | +11 | 75 | 78 |
| | HEND, Scott | +11 | 74 | 79 |
| 121 | PAVAN, Andrea | +14 | 77 | 79 |
| | HANSEN, Joachim B. | +14 | 81 | 75 |
| 123 | CROCKER, Sean | +15 | 80 | 77 |
| W/D | BERTASIO, Nino | +9 | 80 | |
| RETD | DRYSDALE, David | +9 | 80 | |
| W/D | DUBUISSON, Victor | +5 | 76 |