Spain’s Alejandro Del Rey fired a bogey-free, 7-under 65 to take a share of the lead at the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship.
Del Rey, who won his first DP World Tour title one year ago at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship, has not missed a cut yet since the start of the 2026 season.
“It was nice, a quick start. I took advantage of the morning, that it was a little bit calmer with the wind. I’m very happy with the round,” said Del Rey.
“I really enjoy this first Swing [of the year] here in the desert. I’ve always enjoyed it. I’ve had my highs and my lows, but I’ve always felt very comfortable out here and the course, I feel like it suits me well. I really enjoy my time here in January especially.”
Germany’s Freddy Schott shares the lead having made an eagle at the par-5 9th, eight birdies including five consecutively from the 12th, one bogey and a double bogey at the par-4 1st.
“It was really good, especially the start. It started off well and finished well, so I’m very pleased,” said Schott.
England’s Laurie Canter made one bogey for a 66 and a share of third place at 6-under alongside Germany’s Nicolai von Dellingshausen who made two bogeys and an eagle at the 9th and Sweden’s Niklas Lemke who made two bogeys.
Also tied in third place are New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier who eagled the par-5 3rd and made one bogey as well as India’s Shubhankar Sharma who made one bogey.
Play was suspended at 5.25pm local time due to darkness. Players yet to complete Round 1 will restart at 07:15 local time.
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| Pos. | Player | Thru | To Par | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEL REY, Alejandro | F | -7 | 65 |
| | SCHOTT, Freddy | F | -7 | 65 |
| 3 | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | F | -6 | 66 |
| | CANTER, Laurie | F | -6 | 66 |
| | LEMKE, Niklas | F | -6 | 66 |
| | HILLIER, Daniel | F | -6 | 66 |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar | F | -6 | 66 |
| 8 | COUSSAUD, Ugo | F | -5 | 67 |
| | LINDELL, Oliver | F | -5 | 67 |
| | DE LEO, Gregorio | 16 | -5 | - |
| LINDBERG, Mikael | F | -5 | 67 | |
| | HILL, Calum | F | -5 | 67 |
| | JOHNSTON, Andrew | F | -5 | 67 |
| 14 | CAMPILLO, Jorge | F | -4 | 68 |
| | SCHMIDT, Ben | F | -4 | 68 |
| | STONE, Brandon | F | -4 | 68 |
| | MORRISON, James | F | -4 | 68 |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | F | -4 | 68 |
| | DU PLESSIS, Hennie | F | -4 | 68 |
| 20 | CROCKER, Sean | F | -3 | 69 |
| | PAVAN, Andrea | F | -3 | 69 |
| | ROBINSON THOMPSON, Brandon | F | -3 | 69 |
| | JONSSON, Tobias | F | -3 | 69 |
| | NORRIS, Shaun | F | -3 | 69 |
| | ELVIRA, Nacho | F | -3 | 69 |
| GUERRIER, Julien | F | -3 | 69 | |
| | RAMSAY, Richie | F | -3 | 69 |
| | YOUNG, Daniel | F | -3 | 69 |
| | COUVRA, Martin | F | -3 | 69 |
| | FITZPATRICK, Alex | F | -3 | 69 |
| 31 | BALDWIN, Matthew | F | -2 | 70 |
| | KANEKO, Kota | F | -2 | 70 |
| | SANDHU, Yuvraj | F | -2 | 70 |
| | LACROIX, Frederic | F | -2 | 70 |
| | BERRY, Joshua | F | -2 | 70 |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | F | -2 | 70 |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | F | -2 | 70 |
| | OLESEN, Jacob Skov | F | -2 | 70 |
| | RAVETTO, David | F | -2 | 70 |
| | SCHAPER, Jayden | F | -2 | 70 |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | F | -2 | 70 |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | F | -2 | 70 |
| | GARCIA, Sergio | F | -2 | 70 |
| | DETRY, Thomas | F | -2 | 70 |
| | BAIRSTOW, Sam | F | -2 | 70 |
| | MCKINNEY, Connor | 16 | -2 | - |
| | TOWNSEND, Hugo | F | -2 | 70 |
| | HOLLICK, Michael | F | -2 | 70 |
| | DANTORP, Jens | F | -2 | 70 |
| | LAW, David | F | -2 | 70 |
| GIRRBACH, Joel | F | -2 | 70 | |
| | LEE, Junghwan | F | -2 | 70 |
| | AYORA, Angel | F | -2 | 70 |
| | MANASSERO, Matteo | F | -2 | 70 |
| | STERNE, Richard | F | -2 | 70 |
| | CHACARRA, Eugenio | F | -2 | 70 |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | F | -2 | 70 |
| 58 | CLEMENTS, Todd | F | -1 | 71 |
| | FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin | F | -1 | 71 |
| | ELVIRA, Manuel | F | -1 | 71 |
| | FICHARDT, Darren | F | -1 | 71 |
| | STRYDOM, Ockie | F | -1 | 71 |
| | GUMBERG, Jordan | F | -1 | 71 |
| | DEAN, Joe | F | -1 | 71 |
| | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | F | -1 | 71 |
| | SÖDERBERG, Sebastian | F | -1 | 71 |
| | WINTHER, Jeff | 16 | -1 | - |
| | HOSHINO, Rikuya | F | -1 | 71 |
| | MORY, Félix | F | -1 | 71 |
| | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | F | -1 | 71 |
| | JARVIS, Casey | F | -1 | 71 |
| | JORDAN, Matthew | F | -1 | 71 |
| | RITCHIE, JC | F | -1 | 71 |
| | FORREST, Grant | F | -1 | 71 |
| | REED, Patrick | F | -1 | 71 |
| | BERGSTROM, Albin | F | -1 | 71 |
| | LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo | F | -1 | 71 |
| | HARRINGTON, Padraig | F | -1 | 71 |
| | LUITEN, Joost | F | -1 | 71 |
| | CANTERO, Ivan | F | -1 | 71 |
| | NAIDOO, Dylan | F | -1 | 71 |
| 82 | BRYANT, Davis | F | Par | 72 |
| | DEBOVE, Quentin | F | Par | 72 |
| | LEVY, Alexander | F | Par | 72 |
| | VEERMAN, Johannes | F | Par | 72 |
| | DING, Wenyi | F | Par | 72 |
| | OK, Taehoon | F | Par | 72 |
| | FRITTELLI, Dylan | F | Par | 72 |
| | KIMSEY, Nathan | 16 | Par | - |
| | WU, Ashun | 16 | Par | - |
| | KINHULT, Marcus | 16 | Par | - |
| | PARATORE, Renato | F | Par | 72 |
| | BROOMHEAD, Jonathan | F | Par | 72 |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | F | Par | 72 |
| | HALVORSEN, Andreas | F | Par | 72 |
| | BLOMME, Adam | F | Par | 72 |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | F | Par | 72 |
| | NORGAARD, Niklas | F | Par | 72 |
| 99 | FERGUSON, Ewen | F | +1 | 73 |
| | QUAYLE, Anthony | F | +1 | 73 |
| ADAM, Cameron | F | +1 | 73 | |
| | PALMER, Ryan | F | +1 | 73 |
| | HIDALGO, Angel | F | +1 | 73 |
| | SENIOR, Jack | F | +1 | 73 |
| | CELLI, Filippo | F | +1 | 73 |
| | JAMIESON, Scott | F | +1 | 73 |
| | GUILLAMOUNDEGUY, Oihan | F | +1 | 73 |
| 108 | SLOMAN, Tom | F | +2 | 74 |
| | RODRIGUES, Daniel | 16 | +2 | - |
| | MAZZOLI, Stefano | 17 | +2 | - |
| | VAN DRIEL, Darius | F | +2 | 74 |
| | WALKER, Euan | F | +2 | 74 |
| | KOBORI, Kazuma | F | +2 | 74 |
| | JOHNSTON, Ryggs | F | +2 | 74 |
| | VAILLANT, Tom | F | +2 | 74 |
| | LOMBARD, Zander | F | +2 | 74 |
| | SIEM, Marcel | F | +2 | 74 |
| | LAGERGREN, Joakim | F | +2 | 74 |
| 119 | FIRDAUS, Zubair (AM) | F | +3 | 75 |
| | REPETTO TAYLOR, Rocco | F | +3 | 75 |
| | STEINLECHNER, Maximilian | F | +3 | 75 |
| | VIDAL, Quim | F | +3 | 75 |
| | WIESBERGER, Bernd | F | +3 | 75 |
| | ZHOU, Yanhan | F | +3 | 75 |
| | ROZNER, Antoine | F | +3 | 75 |
| | MICHELUZZI, David | F | +3 | 75 |
| | KO, Jeong weon | F | +3 | 75 |
| 128 | CHARMASSON, Clement | F | +4 | 76 |
| 129 | VAN TONDER, Daniel | F | +5 | 77 |
| | KATSURAGAWA, Yuto | F | +5 | 77 |
| | GARCIA, Sebastian | F | +5 | 77 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | F | +5 | 77 |
| 133 | GAVINS, Daniel | F | +6 | 78 |
| 134 | ALKOWARI, Ali (AM) | F | +7 | 79 |
| | ALZAYED, Ahmed (AM) | 16 | +7 | - |
| | FISHER, Ross | F | +7 | 79 |
| 137 | PEAKE, Ryan | 16 | +9 | - |
| 138 | ALMARAISI, Khalifa (AM) | F | +16 | 88 |
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