European Tour
Andalucia Valderrama Masters 2018
October 18-21
Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain
€2,000,000
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October 18-21
Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain
€2,000,000
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Round 2 Pt2
Sergio surges ahead in Spain
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October 20, 2018
Defending champion Sergio Garcia opened up a four-shot lead to take command going into the final round of the weather-shortened Andalucía Valderrama Masters hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation.
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“The conditions were pretty favourable; I did see a four or five under if you play well, but it was one of those days when I struck the ball really, really well. Every time I had to get up and down I did and I was very consistent throughout the whole day, which obviously makes a big difference."“I love how this course plays; it's not a long golf course but you have to be very accurate. Unfortunately a lot of the courses we play nowadays it's just grab your driver, hit it as hard as you can and that's it. The beautiful thing about this golf course is that you have to think your way around; you pretty much play every club in your bag."
Garcia shot a bogey-free round of 64 to get to ten under par at the end of round two as he seeks his third win at this event, with first-round leader Ashley Chesters of England his nearest challenger at six under par.
A series of weather delays on the first two days prevented Garcia – who also won the 2011 edition of the Andalucía Valderrama Masters - from playing at all on Friday. After more inclement weather disrupted the early starters again on day three, it already been announced that the event would be reduced to 54 holes before he began his second round on Saturday afternoon.
“Obviously, we would have loved the tournament to go 72 holes but unfortunately we can't control the weather and it's been a little bit rough for us this week. We tried to make the best decision possible and tomorrow we have to play hard.”
Garcia made a fast start when he got out onto the course, chipping in from just off the second green to pick up his first shot of the day as he went on to fire seven birdies to match his lowest-ever score at Real Club Valderrama.
Spanish pair Alvaro Quiros and Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño and Scot Marc Warren are six shots off the lead, and two behind Chesters, at four under par. Fernández-Castaño and Warren came into the week sitting at 125th and 144th respectively in the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex and require a strong finish to retain their playing privileges.
“My goal this week was to finish in the top 15," said Fernández-Castaño, " that would probably keep my playing rights for next year. I think I gave myself a very good chance of doing that, going into the last round. Even maybe a chance of winning the tournament."
“I'm a member here, but you very rarely play this course in these soft conditions. I was hoping for Valderrama playing at it's best, and by that I mean when it's firm, fast, windy. We had none of that this week."
“I've won the Italian Open and the Singapore Open, they were both 54 holes, so I do have good memories of playing 54 holes. But I have to give the European Tour staff a lot of credit this week, because I think they did a great job, especially yesterday when they stopped play before we restarted this morning.”
Ireland's Shane Lowry and Englishman Lee Westwood are one shot further back on three under par, with French pair Grégory Bourdy and Raphael Jacquelin amongst a group of eight players at two under par.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
-10 |
68 |
64 |
132 |
2 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
-6 |
66 |
70 |
136 |
T3 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
-4 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T3 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | ESP |
-4 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T3 |
Marc Warren | SCO |
-4 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
T6 |
Lee Westwood | ENG |
-3 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
T6 |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
-3 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T8 |
Gregory Bourdy | FRA |
-2 |
67 |
73 |
140 |
T8 |
Jason Norris | AUS |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T8 |
Matthew Nixon | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T8 |
Mikael Lundberg | SWE |
-2 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T8 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T8 |
Oliver Farr | WAL |
-2 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T8 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
-2 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
T8 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
-2 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T16 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
-1 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T16 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
-1 |
68 |
73 |
141 |
T16 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-1 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T16 |
Ryan Evans | ENG |
-1 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T16 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
-1 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T21 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
Par |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T21 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
Par |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T21 |
Paul Peterson | USA |
Par |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T21 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
Par |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T25 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T25 |
Andrew Johnston | ENG |
1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T25 |
David Horsey | ENG |
1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T25 |
David Lipsky | USA |
1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T25 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T25 |
Lasse Jensen | DNK |
1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T25 |
Laurie Canter | ENG |
1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T25 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T25 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T25 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T25 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T25 |
Richard Bland | ENG |
1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T25 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T25 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
T39 |
Callum Shinkwin | ENG |
2 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T39 |
Christopher Mivis | BEL |
2 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T39 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
2 |
69 |
75 |
144 |
T39 |
Gavin Moynihan | IRL |
2 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T39 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
2 |
69 |
75 |
144 |
T39 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
2 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T39 |
Matthew Baldwin | ENG |
2 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T39 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
2 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T39 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
2 |
71 |
73 |
144 |
T39 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
2 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T49 |
Anders Hansen | DEN |
3 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
T49 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
3 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
T49 |
Bradley Neil | SCO |
3 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
T49 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
3 |
77 |
68 |
145 |
T49 |
Connor Syme | SCO |
3 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
T49 |
Eduardo De La Riva | ESP |
3 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
T49 |
Frederik Dreier | DEN |
3 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
T49 |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
3 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
T49 |
Julien Guerrier | FRA |
3 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
T49 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
3 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
T49 |
Pep Angles | ESP |
3 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
T49 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
3 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
T49 |
Soo-Min Lee | KOR |
3 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
T49 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
3 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
T63 |
Andrew Dodt | AUS |
4 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
T63 |
Bernd Ritthammer | GER |
4 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
T63 |
Chase Koepka | USA |
4 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
T63 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
4 |
76 |
70 |
146 |
T63 |
Gary Stal | FRA |
4 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
T63 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
4 |
76 |
70 |
146 |
T63 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
4 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
T63 |
Jonathan Thomson | ENG |
4 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
T63 |
Marcus Fraser | AUS |
4 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
T63 |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
4 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
T63 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
4 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
T63 |
Samuel Del Val | ESP |
4 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
T63 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
4 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
T63 |
Thomas Aiken | RSA |
4 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
T63 |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
4 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
CUT |
Adam Bland | AUS |
5 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Angel Hidalgo | ESP |
5 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Birgir Hafthorsson | ISL |
5 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Carlos Pigem | ESP |
5 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Felipe Aguilar | CHI |
5 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Gregory Havret | FRA |
5 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Henric Sturehed | SWE |
5 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
5 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
CUT |
Josh Geary | NZL |
5 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Justin Walters | RSA |
5 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
5 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
5 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Marcel Siem | GER |
5 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
CUT |
Max Albertus | NED |
5 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Pedro Oriol | ESP |
5 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
CUT |
Phachara Khongwatmai | THA |
5 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Pontus Widegren | SWE |
5 |
69 |
78 |
147 |
CUT |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
5 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
5 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Alexander Knappe | GER |
6 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
CUT |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
6 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
CUT |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
6 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
CUT |
Matteo Manassero | ITA |
6 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
CUT |
Rak Cho | KOR |
6 |
70 |
78 |
148 |
CUT |
Sebastian Heisele | GER |
6 |
71 |
77 |
148 |
CUT |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
7 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
CUT |
Austin Connelly | CAN |
7 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
CUT |
Scott Fernandez | ESP |
7 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
CUT |
Chris Hanson | ENG |
8 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
CUT |
Jose Maria Olazabal | ESP |
8 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
CUT |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
8 |
79 |
71 |
150 |
CUT |
James Morrison | ENG |
9 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
CUT |
Peter Hanson | SWE |
9 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
CUT |
Santiago Tarrio | ESP |
9 |
79 |
72 |
151 |
CUT |
Florian Fritsch | GER |
10 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
CUT |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
10 |
73 |
79 |
152 |
CUT |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
10 |
78 |
74 |
152 |
CUT |
Pelle Edberg | SWE |
10 |
80 |
72 |
152 |
CUT |
Charlie Ford | ENG |
11 |
76 |
77 |
153 |
CUT |
Christofer Blomstrand | SWE |
11 |
73 |
80 |
153 |
CUT |
Sebastian Garcia | ESP |
11 |
73 |
80 |
153 |
CUT |
Daniel Brooks | ENG |
12 |
76 |
78 |
154 |
CUT |
Daniel Im | USA |
12 |
74 |
80 |
154 |
CUT |
Duncan Stewart | SCO |
12 |
79 |
75 |
154 |
CUT |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
12 |
75 |
79 |
154 |
CUT |
Sebastien Gros | FRA |
14 |
80 |
76 |
156 |
DSQ |
David Howell | ENG |
Par |
78 |
- |
78 |
RET |
Brett Rumford | AUS |
Par |
- |
- |
0 |
RET |
Richard Sterne | RSA |
Par |
72 |
- |
72 |
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
-10 |
64 |
132 |
2 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
-6 |
70 |
136 |
T3 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
-4 |
70 |
138 |
T3 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | ESP |
-4 |
68 |
138 |
T3 |
Marc Warren | SCO |
-4 |
69 |
138 |
T6 |
Lee Westwood | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
139 |
T6 |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
-3 |
70 |
139 |
T8 |
Gregory Bourdy | FRA |
-2 |
73 |
140 |
T8 |
Jason Norris | AUS |
-2 |
71 |
140 |
T8 |
Matthew Nixon | ENG |
-2 |
71 |
140 |
T8 |
Mikael Lundberg | SWE |
-2 |
69 |
140 |
T8 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
-2 |
71 |
140 |
T8 |
Oliver Farr | WAL |
-2 |
72 |
140 |
T8 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
140 |
T8 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
-2 |
70 |
140 |
T16 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
-1 |
69 |
141 |
T16 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
-1 |
73 |
141 |
T16 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-1 |
72 |
141 |
T16 |
Ryan Evans | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
141 |
T16 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
-1 |
69 |
141 |
T21 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
Par |
71 |
142 |
T21 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
Par |
71 |
142 |
T21 |
Paul Peterson | USA |
Par |
72 |
142 |
T21 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
Par |
72 |
142 |
T25 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
1 |
72 |
143 |
T25 |
Andrew Johnston | ENG |
1 |
70 |
143 |
T25 |
David Horsey | ENG |
1 |
70 |
143 |
T25 |
David Lipsky | USA |
1 |
70 |
143 |
T25 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
1 |
73 |
143 |
T25 |
Lasse Jensen | DNK |
1 |
72 |
143 |
T25 |
Laurie Canter | ENG |
1 |
72 |
143 |
T25 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
1 |
72 |
143 |
T25 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
1 |
71 |
143 |
T25 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
1 |
73 |
143 |
T25 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
1 |
71 |
143 |
T25 |
Richard Bland | ENG |
1 |
73 |
143 |
T25 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
1 |
71 |
143 |
T25 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
1 |
74 |
143 |
T39 |
Callum Shinkwin | ENG |
2 |
72 |
144 |
T39 |
Christopher Mivis | BEL |
2 |
72 |
144 |
T39 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
2 |
75 |
144 |
T39 |
Gavin Moynihan | IRL |
2 |
71 |
144 |
T39 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
2 |
75 |
144 |
T39 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
2 |
71 |
144 |
T39 |
Matthew Baldwin | ENG |
2 |
72 |
144 |
T39 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
2 |
72 |
144 |
T39 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
2 |
73 |
144 |
T39 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
2 |
71 |
144 |
T49 |
Anders Hansen | DEN |
3 |
72 |
145 |
T49 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
3 |
71 |
145 |
T49 |
Bradley Neil | SCO |
3 |
72 |
145 |
T49 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
3 |
68 |
145 |
T49 |
Connor Syme | SCO |
3 |
72 |
145 |
T49 |
Eduardo De La Riva | ESP |
3 |
73 |
145 |
T49 |
Frederik Dreier | DEN |
3 |
71 |
145 |
T49 |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
3 |
73 |
145 |
T49 |
Julien Guerrier | FRA |
3 |
70 |
145 |
T49 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
3 |
74 |
145 |
T49 |
Pep Angles | ESP |
3 |
74 |
145 |
T49 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
3 |
70 |
145 |
T49 |
Soo-Min Lee | KOR |
3 |
70 |
145 |
T49 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
3 |
71 |
145 |
T63 |
Andrew Dodt | AUS |
4 |
71 |
146 |
T63 |
Bernd Ritthammer | GER |
4 |
75 |
146 |
T63 |
Chase Koepka | USA |
4 |
74 |
146 |
T63 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
4 |
70 |
146 |
T63 |
Gary Stal | FRA |
4 |
73 |
146 |
T63 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
4 |
70 |
146 |
T63 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
4 |
72 |
146 |
T63 |
Jonathan Thomson | ENG |
4 |
72 |
146 |
T63 |
Marcus Fraser | AUS |
4 |
75 |
146 |
T63 |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
4 |
74 |
146 |
T63 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
4 |
75 |
146 |
T63 |
Samuel Del Val | ESP |
4 |
74 |
146 |
T63 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
4 |
73 |
146 |
T63 |
Thomas Aiken | RSA |
4 |
72 |
146 |
T63 |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
4 |
71 |
146 |
CUT |
Adam Bland | AUS |
5 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Angel Hidalgo | ESP |
5 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Birgir Hafthorsson | ISL |
5 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Carlos Pigem | ESP |
5 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Felipe Aguilar | CHI |
5 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Gregory Havret | FRA |
5 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Henric Sturehed | SWE |
5 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
5 |
76 |
147 |
CUT |
Josh Geary | NZL |
5 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Justin Walters | RSA |
5 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
5 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
5 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Marcel Siem | GER |
5 |
73 |
147 |
CUT |
Max Albertus | NED |
5 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Pedro Oriol | ESP |
5 |
76 |
147 |
CUT |
Phachara Khongwatmai | THA |
5 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Pontus Widegren | SWE |
5 |
78 |
147 |
CUT |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
5 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
5 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Alexander Knappe | GER |
6 |
74 |
148 |
CUT |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
6 |
74 |
148 |
CUT |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
6 |
72 |
148 |
CUT |
Matteo Manassero | ITA |
6 |
72 |
148 |
CUT |
Rak Cho | KOR |
6 |
78 |
148 |
CUT |
Sebastian Heisele | GER |
6 |
77 |
148 |
CUT |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
7 |
74 |
149 |
CUT |
Austin Connelly | CAN |
7 |
76 |
149 |
CUT |
Scott Fernandez | ESP |
7 |
72 |
149 |
CUT |
Chris Hanson | ENG |
8 |
75 |
150 |
CUT |
Jose Maria Olazabal | ESP |
8 |
74 |
150 |
CUT |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
8 |
71 |
150 |
CUT |
James Morrison | ENG |
9 |
77 |
151 |
CUT |
Peter Hanson | SWE |
9 |
78 |
151 |
CUT |
Santiago Tarrio | ESP |
9 |
72 |
151 |
CUT |
Florian Fritsch | GER |
10 |
77 |
152 |
CUT |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
10 |
79 |
152 |
CUT |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
10 |
74 |
152 |
CUT |
Pelle Edberg | SWE |
10 |
72 |
152 |
CUT |
Charlie Ford | ENG |
11 |
77 |
153 |
CUT |
Christofer Blomstrand | SWE |
11 |
80 |
153 |
CUT |
Sebastian Garcia | ESP |
11 |
80 |
153 |
CUT |
Daniel Brooks | ENG |
12 |
78 |
154 |
CUT |
Daniel Im | USA |
12 |
80 |
154 |
CUT |
Duncan Stewart | SCO |
12 |
75 |
154 |
CUT |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
12 |
79 |
154 |
CUT |
Sebastien Gros | FRA |
14 |
76 |
156 |
DSQ |
David Howell | ENG |
Par |
- |
78 |
RET |
Brett Rumford | AUS |
Par |
- |
0 |
RET |
Richard Sterne | RSA |
Par |
- |
72 |