Cazoo Open R2

Cazoo Open 2021 R2
July 22-25
The Celtic Manor Resort, City of Newport, Wales
€1,250,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Nacho Elvira started his round with a share of the lead at 7-under and closed with a 4-under 67 to move to 11-under and take a two shot lead on a windy Friday at the Cazoo Open supported by Gareth Bale.

Cazoo Open 2021 R2

Elvira, who has yet to win on the European Tour but has won four times on the Challenge Tour, has made just two cuts in his last eleven starts.

“It wasn’t a rainbow, but it was pretty good. More calm than yesterday, I’d say. I didn’t have as many birdies, but I didn’t have as many bad numbers. Overall, it was a great round – especially with the wind picking up a little bit. So I’m very happy with four under.”

Cazoo Open 2021 R2

“It’s definitely playing a lot different than last year. The fairways are firm and the greens are firming up. You have to adjust to how much the ball is releasing on the greens, that’s the most important thing. There were some tough pins today you had to stay away from. It worked out quite well.

“Anywhere close (to the leading groups) is always good. To be 100 per cent honest, I don’t really care where I end up. I’m happy with how I’m trying to turn my game around, especially my mind around. So we ‘ll see what that brings.”

Cazoo Open 2021 R2

Overnight co-leader Vincent Norrman bogeyed the par-3 7th and double bogeyed the par-4 8th but salvaged his round with five birdies on the back nine to close with a 69.

“It was tough on the front nine, a lot of wind. I hit a couple of really good shots, actually, but didn’t really do what I wanted to do. I had some wrong numbers. I made a bogey on seven and then doubled eight, which was pretty bad.

“It was hard. I know I had two shots that I hit perfectly, but they were 15 long, then the guys I played with, it spun up a bit and then came up 20 short. There was a lot of wind.

“I’m very happy with how I turned it around. I birdied 11 – almost made eagle – and had a lot of chances coming in. On the last six or seven holes I had a lot of good opportunities and I took advantage of them.

“If I can step up one more spot, I’ll be happy. I’ve never been in this situation before, so I don ‘t really know what to say, to be honest. If I play my game, I feel like I can finish it off but there’s a lot of golf to be played. We ‘re only halfway.”

Cazoo Open 2021 R2

Masahiro Kawamura played a brilliant 63, the best round of the day, firing seven birdies, an eagle at the par-5-11th and a bogey at the par-4 14th to take third place at 8-under.

“Today was perfect golf. A difficult golf course and difficult conditions – today was perfect. Last year it was more difficult, today it was windy and difficult too.

“Everything was good. Some good iron shots. Yesterday I didn’t make putts, but today I did.

“(On 11), my second shot was a three wood to three metres, and I made the putt. I’m excited and looking forward to tomorrow. It’s my best score on the European Tour. I enjoy playing on the Tour so much. I love travelling and love going to many different countries.”

Cazoo Open 2021 R2

Matt Wallace made three bogeys and four birdies then finished with an eagle at the par-5 18th to close with a 68 and lies in fourth place at 7-under.

“I needed that finish. Sloppy errors on the holes that were playing the easiest – straight downwind. Misjudged the wind on 17, so I left myself a tricky two putt and was spooked by that a bit. But fell on a nice number (on 18) with a really good drive and rolled it in nicely. I’ll take those positives into the weekend.

“It’s tricky out there. I kept saying that to myself, because I felt like I was in position to play some really good golf and give myself chances but couldn’t get it close to the hole or was in the semi-rough, which is harder to control on to the greens. There’s some good pins out there today. If the wind stays like this, it’s fair for everyone.”

Cazoo Open 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Ignacio Elvira Mijares	-11	64	67	131
2	Vincent Norrman (a)	-9	64	69	133
3	Masahiro Kawamura	-8	71	63	134
4	Matt Wallace	-7	67	68	135
T5	Chase Hanna	-6	67	69	136
T5	Mikko Korhonen	-6	66	70	136
T5	Jacques Kruyswijk	-6	68	68	136
8	Justin Harding	-5	68	69	137
T9	David Drysdale	-3	68	71	139
T9	Calum Hill	-3	69	70	139
T9	Sam Horsfield	-3	67	72	139
T9	Brad Kennedy	-3	70	69	139
T9	Sihwan Kim	-3	69	70	139
T9	Wade Ormsby	-3	67	72	139
T9	Romain Wattel	-3	71	68	139
T16	Alejandro Cañizares	-2	71	69	140
T16	Nicolas Colsaerts	-2	67	73	140
T16	Søren Kjeldsen	-2	69	71	140
T16	Callum Shinkwin	-2	68	72	140
T16	Jordan Wrisdale	-2	67	73	140
T21	Wil Besseling	-1	70	71	141
T21	Kristoffer Broberg	-1	71	70	141
T21	John Catlin	-1	68	73	141
T21	Nicolai Højgaard	-1	71	70	141
T21	Hugo León	-1	72	69	141
T21	Richard Mansell	-1	68	73	141
T21	Benjamin Poke	-1	72	69	141
T21	Aaron Rai	-1	68	73	141
T21	Shubhankar Sharma	-1	70	71	141
T21	Lee Slattery	-1	70	71	141
T21	Jordan Smith	-1	69	72	141
T21	Toby Tree	-1	70	71	141
T33	Ashley Chesters *	E	73	69	142
T33	Ben Evans	E	70	72	142
T33	Oliver Farr *	E	73	69	142
T33	Pedro Figueiredo *	E	73	69	142
T33	Oliver Fisher *	E	73	69	142
T33	Jean Baptiste Gonnet *	E	67	75	142
T33	Deyen Lawson *	E	72	70	142
T33	Richard McEvoy	E	74	68	142
T33	James Morrison *	E	66	76	142
T33	Tapio Pulkkanen *	E	69	73	142
T33	Connor Syme *	E	72	70	142
T44	Maverick Antcliff *	+1	69	74	143
T44	Steven Brown *	+1	69	74	143
T44	Bradley Dredge *	+1	72	71	143
T44	Bryce Easton *	+1	68	75	143
T44	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño *	+1	73	70	143
T44	Julien Guerrier *	+1	72	71	143
T44	Scott Hend *	+1	71	72	143
T44	Niall Kearney *	+1	71	72	143
T44	David Law *	+1	70	73	143
T44	Bryden Macpherson *	+1	67	76	143
T44	Richie Ramsay *	+1	70	73	143
T44	Ricardo Santos *	+1	71	72	143
T44	Matthias Schmid (a) *	+1	73	70	143
T44	Marc Warren *	+1	73	70	143
T44	Chris Wood *	+1	71	72	143
T59	Laurie Canter *	+2	76	68	144
T59	Archie Davies (a) *	+2	69	75	144
T59	David Dixon *	+2	74	70	144
T59	Alex Fitzpatrick (a) *	+2	70	74	144
T59	David Howell *	+2	72	72	144
T59	Alexander Levy *	+2	72	72	144
T59	Robert Rock *	+2	67	77	144
T59	Clement Sordet *	+2	73	71	144
T59	Suradit Yongcharoenchai *	+2	74	70	144
T68	Dave Coupland	+3	72	73	145
T68	Josh Geary	+3	71	74	145
T68	Berry Henson	+3	71	74	145
T68	David Horsey	+3	73	72	145
T68	Raphael Jacquelin	+3	68	77	145
T68	Niklas Lemke	+3	75	70	145
T68	Adrian Otaegui	+3	71	74	145
T68	Max Schmitt	+3	72	73	145
T68	Elvis Smylie	+3	74	71	145
T68	Julian Suri	+3	76	69	145
T68	Nicolai Von Dellingshausen	+3	72	73	145
T79	Matthew Baldwin	+4	73	73	146
T79	Jack Davidson	+4	74	72	146
T79	Matt Ford	+4	76	70	146
T79	Matthieu Pavon	+4	74	72	146
T79	Nicholas Poppleton	+4	74	72	146
T84	Rhys Enoch	+5	77	70	147
T84	Lorenzo Gagli	+5	70	77	147
T84	Ross McGowan	+5	71	76	147
T84	Gavin Moynihan	+5	73	74	147
T84	Kristoffer Reitan	+5	75	72	147
T84	Adrien Saddier	+5	71	76	147
T84	Matthew Southgate	+5	74	73	147
T84	Daniel Young (a)	+5	70	77	147
T84	Aron Zemmer	+5	72	75	147
T93	Matthew Jordan	+6	78	70	148
T93	Chan Kim	+6	73	75	148
T93	John Murphy (a)	+6	75	73	148
T93	Paul Peterson	+6	72	76	148
T93	Alvaro Quiros	+6	76	72	148
T93	Jack Senior	+6	73	75	148
T93	James Sugrue (a)	+6	73	75	148
T93	Sean Towndrow	+6	78	70	148
T101	Ross Fisher	+7	75	74	149
T101	Tom Gandy	+7	73	76	149
T101	Liam Johnston	+7	75	74	149
T101	Janne Kaske	+7	76	73	149
T101	Zander Lombard	+7	72	77	149
T101	Carlos Pigem	+7	78	71	149
T101	Bernd Ritthammer	+7	72	77	149
T101	Ajeetesh Sandhu	+7	73	76	149
T101	Cormac Sharvin	+7	75	74	149
T101	Dale Whitnell	+7	72	77	149
T101	Daniel van Tonder	+7	74	75	149
T112	Nino Bertasio	+8	75	75	150
T112	Gaganjeet Bhullar	+8	74	76	150
T112	Grégory Bourdy	+8	77	73	150
T112	Paul Dunne	+8	73	77	150
T112	Damien Perrier	+8	76	74	150
T112	Graeme Storm	+8	73	77	150
T112	Euan Walker (a)	+8	79	71	150
T119	Eric Bae (a)	+9	78	73	151
T119	Haydn Porteous	+9	73	78	151
T119	Lars van Meijel	+9	74	77	151
T122	Sebastian Heisele	+10	72	80	152
T122	Tyler Koivisto	+10	68	84	152
T122	Marcel Schneider	+10	78	74	152
125	Justin Walters	+11	74	79	153
126	Gregory Havret	+12	81	73	154
T127	Andrea Pavan	+13	78	77	155
T127	Oliver Wilson	+13	79	76	155
129	Joe Long (a)	+14	77	79	156
130	James Ashfield	+16	75	83	158
131	Haotong Li	+17	84	75	159
132	Tim Dykes	+18	83	77	160
133	Matt Roberts	+21	82	81	163