March 05-08
Education City Golf Club, Doha, Qatar
$1,750,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
Scotland's David Drysdale surged into contention to claim his first European Tour title at the 498th attempt with a brilliant third round in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
Drysdale fired seven birdies in a bogey-free 64 at Education City Golf Club to reach 13 under par and trail Spain's Jorge Campillo by a single shot.
Denmark's Jeff Winther is alongside Drysdale following a 65, with fellow Dane Benjamin Poke on 12 under and Sweden's Alexander Bjork and Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal another stroke adrift.
Drysdale, who has finished runner-up three times during 19 seasons on the European Tour, had missed the cut in his last two starts and has a best finish of 36th from six events in the current campaign.
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"It's not been fantastic lately and it's been a case of getting the head down, trying to grind out things to try and see some improvement," the 44-year-old admitted.
"But I had a good couple of days with my coach, Jamie Gough (brother of former Rangers and Scotland defender Richard), on Tuesday and Wednesday and I felt really good on Thursday shooting that four under.
"I played very solid from tee to green. It's not been quite as good since then and today was good for maybe 12 of the 18 holes. But, overall, it is going in the right direction."
Campillo also endured a long wait for his maiden title, ending his drought in the Hassan Trophy last year at the 229th time of asking.
The 33-year-old briefly held a three-shot lead when he chipped in on the 10th for his fifth birdie in six holes, but played the remaining eight holes in one over par to return a 67.
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"It was tough, especially the last four holes into the wind," said Campillo, who had missed the cut in three of his last four events and was 67th in a 72-man field in the WGC-Mexico Championship.
"I'm in a good position for tomorrow but still 18 holes to go. I wasn't playing good so leading after three days with what I've been through the last few weeks is nice.
"If I hadn't won a tournament I would be a little bit more nervous going into tomorrow but since I won one time it's a bit more familiar. I'll still be nervous but hopefully I can play as good as today and win."
England's Andy Sullivan began the third round in a tie for the lead with Campillo, but double-bogeyed the 18th in a disappointing 72 to fall five shots off the pace.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
1 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-14 |
66 |
66 |
67 |
199 |
T2 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
-13 |
67 |
69 |
64 |
200 |
T2 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
-13 |
66 |
69 |
65 |
200 |
4 |
Benjamin Poke | DNK |
-12 |
68 |
67 |
66 |
201 |
T5 |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
-11 |
70 |
63 |
69 |
202 |
T5 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
-11 |
72 |
67 |
63 |
202 |
T7 |
Jack Senior | ENG |
-10 |
69 |
66 |
68 |
203 |
T7 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
-10 |
70 |
67 |
66 |
203 |
T9 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
-9 |
66 |
66 |
72 |
204 |
T9 |
Marcus Armitage | ENG |
-9 |
67 |
71 |
66 |
204 |
T9 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-9 |
67 |
68 |
69 |
204 |
T9 |
Shiv Chawrasia | IND |
-9 |
67 |
69 |
68 |
204 |
T9 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
-9 |
72 |
66 |
66 |
204 |
14 |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
-8 |
66 |
70 |
69 |
205 |
T15 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
-7 |
69 |
70 |
67 |
206 |
T15 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
-7 |
69 |
70 |
67 |
206 |
T15 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
-7 |
68 |
65 |
73 |
206 |
T15 |
Matthew Jordan | ENG |
-7 |
70 |
67 |
69 |
206 |
T15 |
Sami Vaelimaeki | FIN |
-7 |
70 |
71 |
65 |
206 |
T15 |
Thomas Pieters | BEL |
-7 |
66 |
70 |
70 |
206 |
T21 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
69 |
207 |
T21 |
Justin Harding | RSA |
-6 |
70 |
67 |
70 |
207 |
T21 |
Lars van Meijel | NED |
-6 |
70 |
66 |
71 |
207 |
T21 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
-6 |
70 |
70 |
67 |
207 |
T21 |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
-6 |
68 |
69 |
70 |
207 |
T21 |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
-6 |
69 |
64 |
74 |
207 |
T21 |
Wilco Nienaber | RSA |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
69 |
207 |
T28 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
-5 |
71 |
69 |
68 |
208 |
T28 |
Antoine Rozner | FRA |
-5 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
208 |
T28 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
-5 |
67 |
68 |
73 |
208 |
T28 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
-5 |
69 |
67 |
72 |
208 |
T28 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
-5 |
69 |
68 |
71 |
208 |
T28 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
-5 |
65 |
68 |
75 |
208 |
T28 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
208 |
T28 |
Nicolai Hoejgaard | DEN |
-5 |
64 |
71 |
73 |
208 |
T28 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
-5 |
72 |
69 |
67 |
208 |
T28 |
Robert MacIntyre | SCO |
-5 |
68 |
72 |
68 |
208 |
T28 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
-5 |
72 |
68 |
68 |
208 |
T39 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
-4 |
67 |
70 |
72 |
209 |
T39 |
Carlos Pigem | ESP |
-4 |
66 |
71 |
72 |
209 |
T39 |
James Morrison | ENG |
-4 |
73 |
68 |
68 |
209 |
T39 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
-4 |
70 |
71 |
68 |
209 |
T39 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
-4 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
209 |
T39 |
Oliver Farr | WAL |
-4 |
74 |
64 |
71 |
209 |
T39 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
-4 |
69 |
64 |
76 |
209 |
T39 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
-4 |
70 |
71 |
68 |
209 |
T39 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
-4 |
72 |
69 |
68 |
209 |
T39 |
Sebastian Heisele | GER |
-4 |
68 |
72 |
69 |
209 |
T39 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
-4 |
72 |
69 |
68 |
209 |
T39 |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
-4 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
209 |
T51 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
-3 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
210 |
T51 |
Laurie Canter | ENG |
-3 |
72 |
69 |
69 |
210 |
T51 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
-3 |
76 |
65 |
69 |
210 |
T51 |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
73 |
69 |
210 |
T51 |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
-3 |
72 |
69 |
69 |
210 |
T51 |
Yassine Touhami | MOR |
-3 |
68 |
71 |
71 |
210 |
T57 |
Brandon Stone | RSA |
-2 |
71 |
68 |
72 |
211 |
T57 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
-2 |
70 |
71 |
70 |
211 |
T57 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
-2 |
70 |
69 |
72 |
211 |
T57 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
71 |
211 |
T57 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
-2 |
71 |
70 |
70 |
211 |
T62 |
Brandon Robinson-Thompson | ENG |
-1 |
72 |
68 |
72 |
212 |
T62 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
-1 |
72 |
66 |
74 |
212 |
T62 |
David Horsey | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
69 |
74 |
212 |
T62 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
-1 |
73 |
68 |
71 |
212 |
T62 |
Kyong-Jun Moon | CHN |
-1 |
67 |
70 |
75 |
212 |
T62 |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
-1 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
212 |
T62 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
-1 |
74 |
66 |
72 |
212 |
T62 |
Toby Tree | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
69 |
72 |
212 |
T70 |
Cormac Sharvin | NIR |
Par |
71 |
69 |
73 |
213 |
T70 |
David Coupland | ENG |
Par |
68 |
68 |
77 |
213 |
T70 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
Par |
71 |
70 |
72 |
213 |
T70 |
Taehee Lee | KOR |
Par |
70 |
70 |
73 |
213 |
T74 |
Hennie Du Plessis | RSA |
1 |
72 |
69 |
73 |
214 |
T74 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
1 |
69 |
71 |
74 |
214 |
76 |
Julien Guerrier | FRA |
3 |
72 |
69 |
75 |
216 |
77 |
Gregory Havret | FRA |
5 |
68 |
71 |
79 |
218 |
CUT |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
Par |
71 |
71 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Alexander Levy | FRA |
Par |
70 |
72 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Connor Syme | SCO |
Par |
72 |
70 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Jake McLeod | AUS |
Par |
70 |
72 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Johannes Veerman | USA |
Par |
71 |
71 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Marcel Siem | GER |
Par |
68 |
74 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Maverick Antcliff | AUS |
Par |
70 |
72 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
Par |
71 |
71 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Peter Hanson | SWE |
Par |
71 |
71 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Rasmus Hoejgaard | DEN |
Par |
70 |
72 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
Par |
74 |
68 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
Par |
71 |
71 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
1 |
72 |
71 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Adrian Meronk | POL |
1 |
74 |
69 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
David Law | SCO |
1 |
70 |
73 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
1 |
74 |
69 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Jonathan Caldwell | NIR |
1 |
74 |
69 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
1 |
73 |
70 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
1 |
69 |
74 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Min-Woo Lee | AUS |
1 |
72 |
71 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
1 |
72 |
71 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Aaron Cockerill | CAN |
2 |
72 |
72 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
2 |
74 |
70 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Garrick Porteous | ENG |
2 |
73 |
71 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
2 |
71 |
73 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
2 |
73 |
71 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
2 |
72 |
72 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
2 |
69 |
75 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
2 |
72 |
72 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
3 |
75 |
70 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
3 |
71 |
74 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
3 |
74 |
71 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Graeme Storm | ENG |
3 |
71 |
74 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
3 |
70 |
75 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Justin Walters | RSA |
3 |
71 |
74 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Matthiam Keyser | RSA |
3 |
73 |
72 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Rikard Karlberg | SWE |
3 |
74 |
71 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Darius van Driel | NED |
4 |
73 |
73 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Jamie Donaldson | WAL |
4 |
73 |
73 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Ricardo Santos | POR |
4 |
73 |
73 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Robin Roussel | FRA |
4 |
75 |
71 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
5 |
74 |
73 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
5 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
5 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Paul Lawrie | SCO |
5 |
76 |
71 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Robin Sciot-Siegrist | FRA |
5 |
74 |
73 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Sebastian Garcia | ESP |
5 |
74 |
73 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Shergo Al Kurdi | JOR |
5 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Dale Whitnell | ENG |
7 |
75 |
74 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
7 |
73 |
76 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
7 |
73 |
76 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
7 |
71 |
78 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
7 |
71 |
78 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Calum Hill | SCO |
8 |
80 |
70 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
8 |
74 |
76 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
8 |
75 |
75 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Haotong Li | CHN |
9 |
72 |
79 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | FRA |
10 |
75 |
77 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Saleh Al Kaabi | QAT |
10 |
79 |
73 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Michael Young | IRL |
12 |
78 |
76 |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Ali Al-Shahrani | QAT |
24 |
80 |
86 |
- |
166 |
DSQ |
Eddie Pepperell | ENG |
Par |
71 |
- |
- |
71 |
DSQ |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
Par |
76 |
74 |
- |
150 |
RET |
David Howell | ENG |
Par |
81 |
- |
- |
81 |
RET |
Kristoffer Broberg | SWE |
Par |
74 |
- |
- |
74 |
RET |
Paul Waring | ENG |
Par |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
RET |
Scott Hend | AUS |
Par |
73 |
- |
- |
73 |