March 05-08
Education City Golf Club, Doha, Qatar
$1,750,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Eddie Pepperell believes the manner of his disqualification from the Qatar Masters was "a fair distance away from common sense" as his hopes of qualifying for the Masters took a major blow.
Pepperell recovered from a slow start to card an opening level-par 71 at Education City Golf Club in Doha, only to be disqualified for signing for a lower score than he had taken on the 17th.
The 2018 champion's overall score was correct, but a second disqualification in his last six European Tour events left Pepperell struggling to secure a place in the year's first major at Augusta National.
Pepperell began the week ranked 63rd in the world and needs to be inside the top 50 after the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play on March 30.
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The 29-year-old, who was disqualified from November's Turkish Airlines Open after running out of balls in the third round, wrote on Twitter: "My DQ today wasn't due to me running out of balls, or hitting anyone, instead, I signed for a wrong score.
"My total, 71, was correct and I indeed signed for that. However, my partner had me down for a 5 on one hole where I made a 6, and a 4 on another, where I made 3.
"I picked him up on it and I changed the card to reflect the fact I actually made a 6 on hole 11 as opposed to a 5, and a 3 on hole 16 as opposed to a 4.
"I then however mistakenly changed the 17th hole, not the 16th hole on my scorecard, and handed it in. Therefore this meant I was disqualified.
"Quite disappointing as I actually took the time to change the original error, only to make a costlier one myself. I asked the referee if this had any bearing on my disqualification but it didn't.
"The rules are the rules and I 100% accept that, but I can't help feeling that this particular way of disqualification is a fair distance away from common sense, and that's also disappointing.
"I enjoyed the course however and hopefully next time I'll do a better job."
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Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard also enjoyed the new venue following a switch from Doha Golf Club, the 18-year-old carding nine birdies and two bogeys in an opening 64 to lead by one shot from Holland's Joost Luiten.
Hojgaard, whose twin brother Rasmus won the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in December, reached the turn in one under par and birdied six holes in a row from the 10th. Another birdie on the 17th was followed by a bogey on the last.
"It was a good day," Hojgaard told Sky Sports. "Started out slow, I was playing really bad on the first four, five, six holes and was still actually two under at that point but I was all over the place and my putter was just on fire today."
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Nicolai Hoejgaard | DEN |
-7 |
64 |
2 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
-6 |
65 |
T3 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
-5 |
66 |
T3 |
Carlos Pigem | ESP |
-5 |
66 |
T3 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
-5 |
66 |
T3 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-5 |
66 |
T3 |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
-5 |
66 |
T3 |
Thomas Pieters | BEL |
-5 |
66 |
T9 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
-4 |
67 |
T9 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
-4 |
67 |
T9 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
-4 |
67 |
T9 |
Kyong-Jun Moon | CHN |
-4 |
67 |
T9 |
Marcus Armitage | ENG |
-4 |
67 |
T9 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-4 |
67 |
T9 |
Shiv Chawrasia | IND |
-4 |
67 |
T16 |
Benjamin Poke | DNK |
-3 |
68 |
T16 |
David Coupland | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
T16 |
Gregory Havret | FRA |
-3 |
68 |
T16 |
Marcel Siem | GER |
-3 |
68 |
T16 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
-3 |
68 |
T16 |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
-3 |
68 |
T16 |
Robert MacIntyre | SCO |
-3 |
68 |
T16 |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
T16 |
Sebastian Heisele | GER |
-3 |
68 |
T16 |
Wilco Nienaber | RSA |
-3 |
68 |
T16 |
Yassine Touhami | MOR |
-3 |
68 |
T27 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Antoine Rozner | FRA |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
David Horsey | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Jack Senior | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
-2 |
69 |
T27 |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
-2 |
69 |
T41 |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Alexander Levy | FRA |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
David Law | SCO |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Jake McLeod | AUS |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Justin Harding | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Lars van Meijel | NED |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Matthew Jordan | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Maverick Antcliff | AUS |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Rasmus Hoejgaard | DEN |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Sami Vaelimaeki | FIN |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Taehee Lee | KOR |
-1 |
70 |
T41 |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
T64 |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Brandon Stone | RSA |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Cormac Sharvin | NIR |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Graeme Storm | ENG |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Johannes Veerman | USA |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Peter Hanson | SWE |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Toby Tree | ENG |
Par |
71 |
T64 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
Par |
71 |
T81 |
Aaron Cockerill | CAN |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Brandon Robinson-Thompson | ENG |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Connor Syme | SCO |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Haotong Li | CHN |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Hennie Du Plessis | RSA |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Julien Guerrier | FRA |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Laurie Canter | ENG |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Min-Woo Lee | AUS |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
1 |
72 |
T81 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
1 |
72 |
T101 |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Darius van Driel | NED |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Garrick Porteous | ENG |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
James Morrison | ENG |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Jamie Donaldson | WAL |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Matthiam Keyser | RSA |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Ricardo Santos | POR |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
2 |
73 |
T101 |
Shergo Al Kurdi | JOR |
2 |
73 |
T116 |
Adrian Meronk | POL |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Jonathan Caldwell | NIR |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Kristoffer Broberg | SWE |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Oliver Farr | WAL |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Rikard Karlberg | SWE |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Robin Sciot-Siegrist | FRA |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Sebastian Garcia | ESP |
3 |
74 |
T116 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
3 |
74 |
T130 |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Dale Whitnell | ENG |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | FRA |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
4 |
75 |
T130 |
Robin Roussel | FRA |
4 |
75 |
T135 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
5 |
76 |
T135 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
5 |
76 |
T135 |
Paul Lawrie | SCO |
5 |
76 |
138 |
Michael Young | IRL |
7 |
78 |
139 |
Saleh Al Kaabi | QAT |
8 |
79 |
T140 |
Ali Al-Shahrani | QAT |
9 |
80 |
T140 |
Calum Hill | SCO |
9 |
80 |
142 |
David Howell | ENG |
10 |
81 |
DSQ |
Eddie Pepperell | ENG |
Par |
71 |
RET |
Paul Waring | ENG |
Par |
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