November 19-22
T-Golf & Country Club, Calviร , Mallorca
โฌ350,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
Alexander Knappe battled to a one over par round of 72 on day three of the Challenge Tour Grand Final and will take a one stroke lead into the final round at T-Golf & Country Club.
Blustery conditions meant scoring was higher than the first two days, but Knappe stuck to his task and will go into the final round on ten under par, one stroke clear of Denmarkโs Niklas Norgaard Mรธller, who is second on nine under par, while Czech Republicโs Ondrej Lieser shares third place with Swedenโs Robin Petersson and Christofer Blomstrand on eight under par.
The 31-year-old could win the Road to Mallorca Rankings by wrapping up victory tomorrow and has put himself in pole position to do so, despite not holing as many putts as he would have liked.
Keeping it steady... @AlexKnappe leads by two, despite currently sitting level par for his round. #RoadtoMallorca #GrandFinal pic.twitter.com/PeDudyREzR
โ Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) November 21, 2020
โI would have liked to shoot at least level par, but the wind picked up and it was a lot tougher than yesterday, so Iโm quite happy with it. It didnโt really go my way today; putts didnโt drop and yesterday many putts dropped, so it equals out.
โThe pins were tricky, you always had to draw it against the wind or fade it against the wind, and that made it tricky. The wind got up to a three-club wind at the end and it was not playing easy.
โI just need to stick to my strategy. I can play a good round tomorrow and Iโm just looking to get it going a little bit better than today, then Iโll be in good shape.โ
Denmarkโs Mรธller carded his third sub-70 round of the week to secure solo second place going into the final day and he is well-placed to go in search of his maiden Challenge Tour title.
โToday was a tough day,โ Mรธller said. โThe wind picked up after the fifth so from then on, it was quite a grind. It turned from being a birdie game to a par game. I had some pretty crucial par saves out there, had to make a five-footer on the last for par, so overall Iโm quite happy with my day.
What. A. Shot.
โ Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) November 21, 2020
Niklas Norgaard Mรธller with a wonder of a shot from the trees 🙌#RoadtoMallorca #GrandFinal pic.twitter.com/ugv5BsXqyN
โIโve been playing well the last three days, so Iโm just going to try and do the same. Iโm not going into attack mode too much, but Iโll just try to play my game and try and make some putts and some birdies. You canโt guard yourself against a very good round tomorrow from somebody else so Iโm just going to try and play as well as I can.โ
Norwayโs Kristian Krogh Johannessen sits in sixth place on seven under par, while Welshman David Boote, Englandโs Harry Ellis, Spanish duo Scott Fernandez and Santiago Tarrio and Swedenโs Bjรถrn Hellgren share seventh place on six under par, four strokes off the lead.
The lowest round of the day was shared by Petersson, fellow Swede Anton Karlsson and Lieser, the latter of whom was the only bogey-free player in the field on day three, as the trio all post five under par rounds of 66.
Playing partners doing it right 🕺
โ Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) November 21, 2020
Ondrej Lieser and Robin Petersson both card five under rounds of 66 to move into a tie for third place.#RoadtoMallorca #GrandFinal
A thrilling final day is in store at T-Golf and Country Club with everything still to play for and the action will get under way at 8.30am local time. Leader Knappe, Mรธller and Petersson will comprise the final group and begin their quest for the title at 11.05am.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
1 |
KNAPPE, Alexander | -10 |
68 |
63 |
72 |
2 |
MØLLER, Niklas Norgaard | -9 |
67 |
68 |
69 |
3 |
LIESER, Ondrej | -8 |
70 |
69 |
66 |
โ |
BLOMSTRAND, Christofer | -8 |
68 |
68 |
69 |
โ |
PETERSSON, Robin | -8 |
73 |
66 |
66 |
6 |
JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh | -7 |
71 |
65 |
70 |
7 |
BOOTE, David | -6 |
69 |
68 |
70 |
โ |
HELLGREN, Björn | -6 |
66 |
67 |
74 |
โ |
FERNANDEZ, Scott | -6 |
70 |
69 |
68 |
โ |
TARRIO, Santiago | -6 |
66 |
70 |
71 |
7 |
ELLIS, Harry | -6 |
72 |
67 |
68 |
12 |
ZEMMER, Aron | -5 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
โ |
FORD, Matt | -5 |
68 |
67 |
73 |
โ |
DANTORP, Jens | -5 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
15 |
DI NITTO, Enrico | -4 |
67 |
68 |
74 |
โ |
GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | -4 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
โ |
HOWIE, Craig | -4 |
70 |
71 |
68 |
18 |
MANSELL, Richard | -3 |
66 |
67 |
77 |
โ |
KOIVISTO, Tyler | -3 |
67 |
69 |
74 |
โ |
BALDWIN, Matthew | -3 |
67 |
72 |
71 |
โ |
GREGORY, Scott | -3 |
71 |
67 |
72 |
โ |
KRISTJANSSON, Gudmundur | -3 |
72 |
68 |
70 |
23 |
LENGDEN, Oscar | -2 |
71 |
66 |
74 |
โ |
PIGEM, Carlos | -2 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
25 |
SCHNEIDER, Marcel | -1 |
70 |
70 |
72 |
25 |
WILSON, Andrew | -1 |
69 |
73 |
70 |
โ |
BRUN, Julien | -1 |
73 |
69 |
70 |
โ |
LONG, Hurly | -1 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
29 |
FAHRBRING, Jens | PAR |
69 |
71 |
73 |
โ |
STUREHED, Henric | PAR |
72 |
71 |
70 |
โ |
KARLSSON, Anton | PAR |
76 |
71 |
66 |
32 |
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | 1 |
69 |
72 |
73 |
โ |
SIMONSEN, Martin | 1 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
โ |
ANGLES, Pep | 1 |
73 |
71 |
70 |
โ |
MIVIS, Christopher | 1 |
72 |
72 |
70 |
36 |
LINDELL, Oliver | 2 |
70 |
72 |
73 |
37 |
PERRIER, Damien | 3 |
72 |
73 |
71 |
โ |
CLEMENTS, Todd | 3 |
76 |
72 |
68 |
โ |
NEMECZ, Lukas | 3 |
77 |
70 |
69 |
40 |
PLANT, Alfie | 4 |
72 |
73 |
72 |
โ |
WRISDALE, Jordan | 4 |
73 |
71 |
73 |
โ |
THOMSON, Jonathan | 4 |
72 |
76 |
69 |
43 |
ORIOL, Pedro | 6 |
73 |
69 |
77 |
44 |
JOHN, Allen | 7 |
71 |
75 |
74 |
45 |
GOUVEIA, Ricardo | 10 |
74 |
76 |
73 |