Betfred British Masters R3

British Masters 2021 R3
May 12-15
The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England
£1,850,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes

Eddie Pepperell birdied the 18th to take a one shot lead at the Betfred British Masters hosted by Danny Willett. He signed for a 68 to move to 10-under.

British Masters 2021 R3

“It was pretty quick, downhill, left to right (the birdie putt on the last). I had a great feel from long range today and I trusted that. It was one of those putts. I holed a great one on 14. I’ve been using a device for my putting called a Capto, which has been really about acceleration in the stroke. I use it a lot from 40 ft, so what I’ve did well today, and indeed this week, has been about trusting the feel I get from it. I’m hoping to see it carry over a bit to mid range, but long putts have been fantastic.”

Pepperell won the event in 2018 and went on to a career best 14th on the Race to Dubai. Since then he has fallen outside the top 50 and has found his golf difficult at times.

British Masters 2021 R3

“I think (confidence returns) quite quickly, although I’ve been awful to be honest so I don’t feel that confident. I’ve still got things going on in the swing that I can feel aren’t where they once were and can cause me aggro, so the game still feels difficult. I remember the game feeling easier when I was playing better a few years ago. That’s what I’m trying to get back to, and I’m confident I will. I’m having to put some really strong feels to hit good golf shots. Obviously there are times when that is easer to achieve than others. There were times out there today I didn’t get it and times when I did.”

“I feel good, I feel really calm. Quite enjoying generally hitting better shots, having a good time on the course. I’m very much still in the process. I recall 2018 was a lot like that for me and I think that was part of the reason why I had some success. Every round was very process driven, and I know it can sound cliched sometimes, but just being in your own mind on every shot, trying to accomplish what you are trying to accomplish – whether it is a shot or a putt – that goes a long way and that will be the key for me tomorrow. I do feel calm and we’ll see what comes out. I’m quietly excited but we’ll see.”

British Masters 2021 R3

One shot behind Pepperell is a group of six players including Edoardo Molinari who started the day six shots off the lead and carded the lowest round of the week with a 64.

“I think I finally made some putts today,” said Molinari. “I have been hitting the ball like this for a few weeks, even a few months to be honest, but I couldn’t make a putt. But today, on the front nine I putted really well and on the back nine the putter went cold again, but to go a few under on the back nine is obviously a good score.”

British Masters 2021 R3

“On Tuesday I just had a putting lesson off Andy Paisley, which is Chris Paisley’s brother, and I didn’t put great the first two days but I had better feelings overall, and today was definitely better. I know what I need to work on but sometimes when you see a new guy he says the same things differently and it is definitely a better week on the greens. Still not great but the way I am hitting the ball, if I can manage to not lose strokes on the green,I think I will be up there.”

“There are a lot of pins on the edges onthe front. Obviously eight and 18 have been moved back, eight makes for a massive difference, for example I cannot carry the bunkers so I hit three wood, four wood this morning. 18 I think is a little bit easier from the back tee because you can hit driver and you know that even if you miss it right, it is never going to go in the bunker, at least guys my length. So I think 18 all in all is easier, it is a fun pinas well, but with no wind today there will be a few good scores in the afternoon.”

British Masters 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Eddie Pepperell	-10	70	68	68	206
T2	Dean Burmester	-9	69	73	65	207
T2	Calum Hill	-9	67	70	70	207
T2	Robert MacIntyre	-9	71	66	70	207
T2	Adrian Meronk	-9	70	72	65	207
T2	Guido Migliozzi	-9	68	72	67	207
T2	Edoardo Molinari	-9	71	72	64	207
T8	Dave Coupland	-8	71	69	68	208
T8	Justin Harding	-8	69	69	70	208
T8	Matthias Schwab	-8	66	75	67	208
T8	Andy Sullivan	-8	69	71	68	208
T12	Richard Bland	-7	68	69	72	209
T12	Mikko Korhonen	-7	70	71	68	209
T12	Jordan Smith	-7	71	69	69	209
T12	Danny Willett	-7	69	72	68	209
T12	Chris Wood	-7	69	72	68	209
T17	Louis De Jager	-6	68	72	70	210
T17	Julien Guerrier	-6	72	66	72	210
T17	Andrew Johnston	-6	71	71	68	210
T17	Clement Sordet	-6	68	74	68	210
T17	Ashun Wu	-6	73	71	66	210
T22	Aaron Cockerill	-5	70	73	68	211
T22	Sam Horsfield	-5	72	70	69	211
T22	Raphael Jacquelin	-5	75	67	69	211
T22	Min Woo Lee	-5	75	67	69	211
T22	Tapio Pulkkanen	-5	72	70	69	211
T27	Adri Arnaus	-4	69	72	71	212
T27	Alexander Björk	-4	73	72	67	212
T27	Laurie Canter	-4	70	71	71	212
T27	Josh Geary	-4	70	72	70	212
T27	Søren Kjeldsen	-4	71	72	69	212
T27	Matthieu Pavon	-4	68	71	73	212
T27	Matthew Southgate	-4	72	73	67	212
T27	Dale Whitnell	-4	70	74	68	212
T27	Bernd Wiesberger	-4	68	72	72	212
T36	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	-3	71	73	69	213
T36	Jazz Janewattananond	-3	73	69	71	213
T36	Richard Mansell (a)	-3	69	71	73	213
T36	James Morrison	-3	68	73	72	213
T36	Renato Paratore	-3	73	70	70	213
T36	Richie Ramsay	-3	70	71	72	213
T36	Ricardo Santos	-3	73	70	70	213
T43	Alejandro Cañizares	-2	71	74	69	214
T43	Paul Dunne	-2	72	69	73	214
T43	Ross Fisher	-2	69	74	71	214
T43	Alexander Levy	-2	71	71	72	214
T43	Adrian Otaegui	-2	73	71	70	214
T43	Sebastian Soderberg	-2	73	72	69	214
T43	Julian Suri	-2	68	74	72	214
T43	Sami Valimaki	-2	71	73	70	214
T43	Darius van Driel	-2	74	70	70	214
52	Shubhankar Sharma	-1	73	71	71	215
T53	Ashley Chesters	E	73	69	74	216
T53	Thomas Detry	E	73	72	71	216
T53	Thorbjørn Olesen	E	71	73	72	216
T53	Garrick Porteous	E	70	74	72	216
T53	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	E	72	73	71	216
T53	Lee Slattery	E	72	68	76	216
T59	Gavin Kyle Green	1	75	70	72	217
T59	Chris Paisley	1	70	74	73	217
T59	Cormac Sharvin	1	73	71	73	217
T59	Johannes Veerman	1	71	74	72	217
T59	Oliver Wilson	1	73	72	72	217
64	Thomas Bjørn	2	72	71	75	218
T65	Jamie Donaldson	3	74	71	74	219
T65	Jean Baptiste Gonnet	3	71	73	75	219
T65	Joachim B. Hansen	3	71	71	77	219
T65	Joel Stalter	3	69	72	78	219
T65	Steven Tiley	3	74	71	74	219
T70	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	4	71	74	75	220
T70	Jack Senior	4	72	73	75	220
T70	Jeff Winther	4	72	70	78	220
73	Ignacio Elvira Mijares	6	73	72	77	222
74	Jonathan Caldwell	9	76	69	80	225
CUT	Maverick Antcliff	2	73	73		146
CUT	Lucas Bjerregaard	2	74	72		146
CUT	Jorge Campillo	2	76	70		146
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	2	76	70		146
CUT	Pedro Figueiredo	2	74	72		146
CUT	Gregory Havret	2	77	69		146
CUT	Sebastian Heisele	2	72	74		146
CUT	Maximilian Kieffer	2	74	72		146
CUT	Pablo Larrazabal	2	71	75		146
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	2	74	72		146
CUT	Bernd Ritthammer	2	73	73		146
CUT	Ajeetesh Sandhu	2	74	72		146
CUT	Max Schmitt	2	68	78		146
CUT	Nicolai Von Dellingshausen	2	73	73		146
CUT	Justin Walters	2	74	72		146
CUT	Oliver Farr	3	74	73		147
CUT	Tom Gandy	3	73	74		147
CUT	David Law	3	72	75		147
CUT	Jake McLeod	3	73	74		147
CUT	Wade Ormsby	3	74	73		147
CUT	Robert Rock	3	73	74		147
CUT	Connor Syme	3	75	72		147
CUT	David Dixon	4	72	76		148
CUT	Stephen Gallacher	4	76	72		148
CUT	Rasmus Højgaard	4	74	74		148
CUT	Sihwan Kim	4	72	76		148
CUT	Romain Langasque	4	75	73		148
CUT	Haotong Li	4	76	72		148
CUT	Andrea Pavan	4	69	79		148
CUT	Carlos Pigem	4	71	77		148
CUT	Callum Shinkwin	4	74	74		148
CUT	Toby Tree	4	71	77		148
CUT	Fabrizio Zanotti	4	78	70		148
CUT	Lars van Meijel	4	77	71		148
CUT	Marcus Armitage	5	76	73		149
CUT	Sean Crocker	5	72	77		149
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	5	75	74		149
CUT	Benjamin Hebert	5	76	73		149
CUT	David Howell	5	74	75		149
CUT	Matthew Jordan	5	74	75		149
CUT	Masahiro Kawamura	5	72	77		149
CUT	Jason Levermore	5	74	75		149
CUT	Pedro Oriol	5	71	78		149
CUT	Steven Brown	6	71	79		150
CUT	Bradley Dredge	6	75	75		150
CUT	David Horsey	6	77	73		150
CUT	Janne Kaske	6	73	77		150
CUT	Martin Kaymer	6	74	76		150
CUT	Niall Kearney	6	73	77		150
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	6	77	73		150
CUT	Zander Lombard	6	76	74		150
CUT	Richard McEvoy	6	75	75		150
CUT	Jason Scrivener	6	79	71		150
CUT	Michael Bullen	7	74	77		151
CUT	Yi Keun Chang	7	72	79		151
CUT	SSP Chawrasia	7	75	76		151
CUT	Ben Evans	7	77	74		151
CUT	Scott Hend	7	78	73		151
CUT	Rikard Karlberg	7	72	79		151
CUT	Francesco Laporta	7	76	75		151
CUT	Marc Warren	7	74	77		151
CUT	Kristoffer Broberg	8	76	76		152
CUT	Alejandro Del Rey (a)	8	76	76		152
CUT	Matt Ford	8	76	76		152
CUT	Ross McGowan	8	75	77		152
CUT	Benjamin Poke	8	74	78		152
CUT	Suradit Yongcharoenchai	8	76	76		152
CUT	Gaganjeet Bhullar	9	77	76		153
CUT	Colm Moriarty	9	78	75		153
CUT	Robin Roussel	9	73	80		153
CUT	Pep Angles	10	76	78		154
CUT	Wil Besseling	10	77	77		154
CUT	Marcel Schneider	10	79	75		154
CUT	Grant Forrest	11	78	77		155
CUT	Adrien Saddier	11	77	78		155
CUT	Rhys Enoch	13	74	83		157
CUT	David Drysdale	14	76	82		158
CUT	Scott Jamieson	14	80	78		158
CUT	Graeme Storm	18	82	80		162
RETD	Oliver Fisher
RETD	Haydn Porteous	73
W/D	Paul Waring	73