September 26-29
St Andrews Old Course, Kingsbarns Golf Links & Carnoustie Golf Links
$5,000,000
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Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
Matthew Jordan carded a stunning 64, which included a hole-out eagle two followed by five successive birdies, at St Andrews Old Course to take the halfway lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
โAfter that start, I wanted to keep momentum, because I knew I would have chances. Just try and go as low as possible because the scoring is so good. You can't make a few birdies and think, oh, I've done my job.
โI was just free-wheeling it really. I wasn't thinking too much which is probably a good thing. A 59 did cross my mind once. I had my friends here and they were quick to tell me that they wanted the same on the back nine."
The promising Englishman has been plying his trade primarily on the European Challenge Tour this year, where he has already claimed a maiden professional victory and currently sits second in the Road to Mallorca Rankings, but he continues to impress in his dalliances with the European Tour.
โI've done quite well recently. I had one more invite so I just asked my managers, and tried to sort it out because I really wanted to play it and I absolutely love this place. Just trying to make the most of it.โ
7-under thru 8 holes 🔥@matthew_jordan7 had this for a front nine 28 at the Old Course, St Andrews...#DunhillLinks pic.twitter.com/qbL6T0pxv8
โ The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) September 27, 2019
The 23-year-old led the opening round of the Betfred British Masters in May, eventually finishing in a share of 15th place at Hillside Golf Club, and he is out in front once again on British soil after a round which caught fire when he holed out with his approach at the par four third hole.
Five birdies in a row from the fourth led to a front nine 29 and stirred hope of a potential chase for the magic number of 59. But eight pars and a birdie on the way home were still enough to earn the Liverpudlian a 14 under total and a one-stroke advantage over his friend, Challenge Tour Number One and leading Scot Calum Hill, as well as Jordan's compatriot Matthew Southgate and Swede Joakim Lagergren.
โIt's always nice to be at home and play in front of family and friends that can come out and watch, and it's even better that I played well and they can enjoy themselves because of that as well," said Hill.
โIt's slightly different this week because everyone is playing a different course at a different time. It's just about playing as well as you can, and going as low as you can over these first two days and then after three rounds, I think you can look at your position a bit better and judge what you need to do for the final day.โ
World Number Four Justin Rose was among the six players in a tie for fifth position on 12 under, alongside two home stars in Russell Knox and Richie Ramsey as well as New Zealand's Ryan Fox, Englishman Jordan Smith and Victor Perez of France.
โIt was an unbelievable front nine," said Rose. "Obviously a great round. Kept me in the tournament and got me in the tournament. Eleven birdies, never going to be disappointed with that.
โ I'm taking credit for the 28. J.T. (Justin Timberlake) was over the back of the par five third green in three, putted up near my coin and gave me a perfect read and I made an eagle putt.โ
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
Matthew Jordan | ENG |
-14 |
66 |
64 |
130 |
T2 |
Calum Hill | SCO |
-13 |
66 |
65 |
131 |
T2 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
-13 |
69 |
62 |
131 |
T2 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
-13 |
65 |
66 |
131 |
T5 |
Victor Perez | FRA |
-12 |
64 |
68 |
132 |
T5 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
-12 |
64 |
68 |
132 |
T5 |
Justin Rose | ENG |
-12 |
68 |
64 |
132 |
T5 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
-12 |
65 |
67 |
132 |
T5 |
Ryan Fox | NZL |
-12 |
64 |
68 |
132 |
T5 |
Russell Knox | SCO |
-12 |
66 |
66 |
132 |
T11 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
-11 |
65 |
68 |
133 |
T11 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
-11 |
68 |
65 |
133 |
T11 |
Kristoffer Reitan | NOR |
-11 |
65 |
68 |
133 |
T11 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
-11 |
65 |
68 |
133 |
T11 |
Tony Finau | USA |
-11 |
67 |
66 |
133 |
T11 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
-11 |
68 |
65 |
133 |
T17 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
-10 |
63 |
71 |
134 |
T17 |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
-10 |
68 |
66 |
134 |
T17 |
Tyrrell Hatton | ENG |
-10 |
66 |
68 |
134 |
T17 |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
-10 |
68 |
66 |
134 |
T21 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
-9 |
71 |
64 |
135 |
T21 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
-9 |
70 |
65 |
135 |
T21 |
Lucas Bjerregaard | DNK |
-9 |
67 |
68 |
135 |
T21 |
Alexander Noren | SWE |
-9 |
69 |
66 |
135 |
T21 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
-9 |
69 |
66 |
135 |
T21 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
-9 |
68 |
67 |
135 |
T21 |
David Horsey | ENG |
-9 |
68 |
67 |
135 |
T21 |
Wil Besseling | NED |
-9 |
68 |
67 |
135 |
T21 |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
-9 |
67 |
68 |
135 |
T21 |
Johannes Veerman | USA |
-9 |
72 |
63 |
135 |
T21 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-9 |
69 |
66 |
135 |
T21 |
Tommy Fleetwood | ENG |
-9 |
66 |
69 |
135 |
T33 |
Kiradech Aphibarnrat | THA |
-8 |
70 |
66 |
136 |
T33 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T33 |
Eddie Pepperell | ENG |
-8 |
70 |
66 |
136 |
T33 |
Rory McIlroy | NIR |
-8 |
70 |
66 |
136 |
T33 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T33 |
Neil Schietekat | RSA |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
T33 |
Luke Donald | ENG |
-8 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T33 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
-8 |
66 |
70 |
136 |
T33 |
Dimitrios Papadatos | AUS |
-8 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
T42 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
-7 |
73 |
64 |
137 |
T42 |
David Lipsky | USA |
-7 |
73 |
64 |
137 |
T42 |
Brandon Wu | USA |
-7 |
71 |
66 |
137 |
T42 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
-7 |
66 |
71 |
137 |
T42 |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T42 |
John Catlin | USA |
-7 |
72 |
65 |
137 |
T42 |
Rikard Karlberg | SWE |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T42 |
Lucas Herbert | AUS |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T42 |
Robert MacIntyre | SCO |
-7 |
71 |
66 |
137 |
T42 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
-7 |
66 |
71 |
137 |
T42 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
-7 |
70 |
67 |
137 |
T42 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
-7 |
67 |
70 |
137 |
T42 |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
-7 |
70 |
67 |
137 |
T42 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T42 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
-7 |
70 |
67 |
137 |
T42 |
Berry Henson | USA |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
T42 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
T42 |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
T60 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
-6 |
66 |
72 |
138 |
T60 |
Harry Hall | ENG |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T60 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T60 |
Rafael Cabrera Bello | ESP |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T60 |
Danny Willett | ENG |
-6 |
72 |
66 |
138 |
T60 |
Julien Guerrier | FRA |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T60 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T60 |
Bryce Easton | RSA |
-6 |
72 |
66 |
138 |
T60 |
Liam Johnston | SCO |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T60 |
Min-Woo Lee | AUS |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T60 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T60 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T60 |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
-6 |
64 |
74 |
138 |
T60 |
Lee Westwood | ENG |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T60 |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
-6 |
71 |
67 |
138 |
T60 |
Alexander Levy | FRA |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T60 |
Matt Wallace | ENG |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T60 |
Euan Walker | SCO |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T60 |
Brandon Stone | RSA |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T79 |
Alex Haindl | RSA |
-5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T79 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
-5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T79 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T79 |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
-5 |
72 |
67 |
139 |
T79 |
Haotong Li | CHN |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T79 |
Louis De Jager | RSA |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
T79 |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
-5 |
74 |
65 |
139 |
T79 |
Trevor Immelman | RSA |
-5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T79 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
-5 |
66 |
73 |
139 |
T79 |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
-5 |
72 |
67 |
139 |
T79 |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
-5 |
73 |
66 |
139 |
T79 |
Andres Romero | ARG |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T79 |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T79 |
Jon Rahm | ESP |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T79 |
Marcus Fraser | AUS |
-5 |
66 |
73 |
139 |
T94 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T94 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T94 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
-4 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T94 |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
-4 |
73 |
67 |
140 |
T94 |
Jarryd Felton | AUS |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T94 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T94 |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
-4 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T94 |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
-4 |
72 |
68 |
140 |
T94 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T94 |
David Law | SCO |
-4 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T94 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
-4 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T94 |
Tom Lewis | ENG |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T94 |
Jamie Donaldson | WAL |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T94 |
Wilco Nienaber | RSA |
-4 |
75 |
65 |
140 |
T94 |
Callum Shinkwin | ENG |
-4 |
72 |
68 |
140 |
T94 |
Terry Pilkadaris | AUS |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T110 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
-3 |
67 |
74 |
141 |
T110 |
James Morrison | ENG |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T110 |
Callan O'Reilly | AUS |
-3 |
68 |
73 |
141 |
T110 |
Yusaku Miyazato | JPN |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T110 |
Daniel Hillier | NZL |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T110 |
David Howell | ENG |
-3 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T110 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
-3 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T110 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
T110 |
Thriston Lawrence | RSA |
-3 |
75 |
66 |
141 |
T110 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
-3 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T110 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
-3 |
73 |
68 |
141 |
T121 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T121 |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T121 |
Jaco Ahlers | RSA |
-2 |
65 |
77 |
142 |
T121 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T121 |
Daniel Nisbet | AUS |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T121 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
-2 |
69 |
73 |
142 |
T121 |
Julian Suri | USA |
-2 |
68 |
74 |
142 |
T121 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T121 |
Thomas Aiken | RSA |
-2 |
73 |
69 |
142 |
T121 |
Ernie Els | RSA |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T121 |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T121 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T133 |
Simon Hawkes | AUS |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T133 |
Bernd Wiesberger | AUT |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T133 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | ESP |
-1 |
68 |
75 |
143 |
T133 |
Keenan Davidse | RSA |
-1 |
75 |
68 |
143 |
T133 |
Harrison Endycott | AUS |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
T133 |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T133 |
Jake McLeod | AUS |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T133 |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T133 |
Thomas Sloman | ENG |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T133 |
JC Ritchie | RSA |
-1 |
75 |
68 |
143 |
T133 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T133 |
Justin Harding | RSA |
-1 |
75 |
68 |
143 |
T133 |
Nicolai Hoejgaard | DEN |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T133 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T133 |
Philip Eriksson | SWE |
-1 |
76 |
67 |
143 |
T133 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T133 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
T133 |
Richard Sterne | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T151 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
Par |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T151 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
Par |
75 |
69 |
144 |
T151 |
Andrew Johnston | ENG |
Par |
70 |
74 |
144 |
T151 |
Branden Grace | RSA |
Par |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T151 |
D. A. Points | USA |
Par |
69 |
75 |
144 |
T151 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
Par |
69 |
75 |
144 |
T157 |
Paul Dunne | IRL |
1 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
T157 |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
T157 |
Chris Wood | ENG |
1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
T157 |
Jake Burnage | ENG |
1 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
T157 |
Jake Roos | RSA |
1 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
162 |
Michael Campbell | NZL |
3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
T163 |
Erik Van Rooyen | RSA |
4 |
77 |
71 |
148 |
T163 |
Michael Palmer | RSA |
4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
T163 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
4 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
T166 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
6 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
T166 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
6 |
72 |
78 |
150 |
RET |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
Par |
75 |
- |
75 |