Local favourite Rasmus Højgaard made a good start in his title defence attempt at the Danish Golf Championship firing an eagle at the par-5 1st hole, five birdies and a bogey to close with a 6-under 65 and a two-shot lead.
“I’m very pleased with it. It wasn’t easy out there but I managed to keep the ball in play for most of the round and rolled some good putts,” said the Dane.
“I really enjoy [playing at home]. I thought the support was quite good for a Thursday morning.
“I’m looking forward to going home, having a nice dinner and sleeping in my own bed tonight.”
New Zealand’s Sam Jones, Germany’s Jannik de Bruyn and France’s Frederic Lacroix are tied in second place at 4-under.
England’s John Parry, Brandon Robinson Thompson and Joe Dean are part of a six-way tie for fifth place at 3-under.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HØJGAARD, Rasmus | -6 | 65 |
| 2 | JONES, Sam | -4 | 67 |
| | DE BRUYN, Jannik | -4 | 67 |
| | LACROIX, Frederic | -4 | 67 |
| 5 | PARRY, John | -3 | 68 |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | -3 | 68 |
| | SADDIER, Adrien | -3 | 68 |
| | ROBINSON THOMPSON, Brandon | -3 | 68 |
| | DEAN, Joe | -3 | 68 |
| | BLOMSTRAND, Christofer | -3 | 68 |
| AIKEN, Thomas | -3 | 68 | |
| | BROHOLT LIND, Søren | -3 | 68 |
| | HORSEY, David | -3 | 68 |
| 14 | WILSON, Andrew | -2 | 69 |
| | WILLIAMS, Robin | -2 | 69 |
| | GIRRBACH, Joel | -2 | 69 |
| | GUERRIER, Julien | -2 | 69 |
| | MADSEN, Morten Ørum | -2 | 69 |
| | SIMONSEN, Martin | -2 | 69 |
| | WALTERS, Justin | -2 | 69 |
| | PENGE, Marco | -2 | 69 |
| | EGE, Mats | -2 | 69 |
| | FIGUEIREDO, Pedro | -2 | 69 |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar | -2 | 69 |
| 25 | PAVAN, Andrea | -1 | 70 |
| KANG, Sung | -1 | 70 | |
| | PEPPERELL, Eddie | -1 | 70 |
| | BJERREGAARD, Lucas | -1 | 70 |
| | SENEKAL, JJ | -1 | 70 |
| | CHEN, Guxin | -1 | 70 |
| | MANSELL, Richard | -1 | 70 |
| | WIESBERGER, Bernd | -1 | 70 |
| | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | -1 | 70 |
| | BEKKER, Oliver | -1 | 70 |
| | PAUL, Yannik | -1 | 70 |
| | NEMECZ, Lukas | -1 | 70 |
| | KAWAMURA, Masahiro | -1 | 70 |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | -1 | 70 |
| | HUMPHREY, Theo | -1 | 70 |
| | AXELSEN, John | -1 | 70 |
| | WINTHER, Jeff | -1 | 70 |
| | JOHNSTON, Andrew | -1 | 70 |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | -1 | 70 |
| | CLEMENTS, Todd | -1 | 70 |
| | RAVETTO, David | -1 | 70 |
| | FORREST, Grant | -1 | 70 |
| 47 | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | Par | 71 |
| | MICHELUZZI, David | Par | 71 |
| | BESARD, Matthis | Par | 71 |
| | BLIXT, Jonas | Par | 71 |
| THYSTED, Jens Kristian | Par | 71 | |
| | BERRY, Joshua | Par | 71 |
| | NORGAARD, Niklas | Par | 71 |
| | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | Par | 71 |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | Par | 71 |
| | BJØRN, Thomas | Par | 71 |
| | BROWN, Hamish | Par | 71 |
| | RUSCH, Benjamin | Par | 71 |
| | WILSON, Oliver | Par | 71 |
| | HANNA, Chase | Par | 71 |
| | REITAN, Kristoffer | Par | 71 |
| | BROWN, Daniel | Par | 71 |
| | BROBERG, Kristoffer | Par | 71 |
| | LAW, David | Par | 71 |
| | LAUNER BAEK, Peter | Par | 71 |
| | NEERGAARD-PETERSEN, Rasmus | Par | 71 |
| | GAVINS, Daniel | Par | 71 |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | Par | 71 |
| 69 | ROTTLUFF, Maximilian | +1 | 72 |
| | PARATORE, Renato | +1 | 72 |
| | HUTSBY, Sam | +1 | 72 |
| | SCALISE, Lorenzo | +1 | 72 |
| | OLESEN, Jacob Skov (AM) | +1 | 72 |
| | BRING, Christoffer | +1 | 72 |
| | NICHOLAS, James | +1 | 72 |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | +1 | 72 |
| | ELVIRA, Manuel | +1 | 72 |
| | SCHWAB, Matthias | +1 | 72 |
| | LONG, Hurly | +1 | 72 |
| | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | +1 | 72 |
| | STONE, Brandon | +1 | 72 |
| | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | +1 | 72 |
| | BARRON, Haydn | +1 | 72 |
| | CANTERO, Ivan | +1 | 72 |
| | HURLEY, Gary | +1 | 72 |
| | PORTEOUS, Garrick | +1 | 72 |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | +1 | 72 |
| | WU, Ashun | +1 | 72 |
| | DANTORP, Jens | +1 | 72 |
| | ENOCH, Rhys | +1 | 72 |
| 91 | DAVIDSON, Jack | +2 | 73 |
| | TARRIO, Santiago | +2 | 73 |
| | ARNAUS, Adri | +2 | 73 |
| | SIEM, Marcel | +2 | 73 |
| | KRISTENSEN, Nicolai | +2 | 73 |
| | MOOLMAN, Pieter | +2 | 73 |
| | WARREN, Marc | +2 | 73 |
| | YOUNG, Daniel | +2 | 73 |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | +2 | 73 |
| | SHINKWIN, Callum | +2 | 73 |
| BALDWIN, Matthew | +2 | 73 | |
| | SHADBOLT, Tom | +2 | 73 |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | +2 | 73 |
| | FAHRBRING, Jens | +2 | 73 |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | +2 | 73 |
| | HØJGAARD, Nicolai | +2 | 73 |
| | CAMPILLO, Jorge | +2 | 73 |
| 108 | RUTHERFORD, Jamie | +3 | 74 |
| | GALLETTI, Nicolo | +3 | 74 |
| | KOFSTAD, Espen | +3 | 74 |
| | DONALDSON, Jamie | +3 | 74 |
| | WARING, Paul | +3 | 74 |
| | FORSSTRÖM, Simon | +3 | 74 |
| | GØTH-RASMUSSEN, Jonathan | +3 | 74 |
| | MANLEY, Stuart | +3 | 74 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | +3 | 74 |
| | JARVIS, Casey | +3 | 74 |
| | GALLACHER, Stephen | +3 | 74 |
| | KATICH, Philipp | +3 | 74 |
| | FRIEDRICHSEN, Sebastian | +3 | 74 |
| | GUMBERG, Jordan | +3 | 74 |
| | GERMISHUYS, Deon | +3 | 74 |
| | MCKIBBIN, Tom | +3 | 74 |
| | OLESEN, Thorbjørn | +3 | 74 |
| | LEWIS, Tom | +3 | 74 |
| | JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh | +3 | 74 |
| | KJELDSEN, Søren | +3 | 74 |
| | FISHER, Ross | +3 | 74 |
| | COCKERILL, Aaron | +3 | 74 |
| 130 | STRYDOM, Ockie | +4 | 75 |
| | BAIRSTOW, Sam | +4 | 75 |
| | GARCIA, Sebastian | +4 | 75 |
| | HUNDEBØLL, Oliver | +4 | 75 |
| | TREE, Toby | +4 | 75 |
| | RUUSKA, Lauri | +4 | 75 |
| | ENEFER, Will | +4 | 75 |
| 137 | FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin | +5 | 76 |
| | ANDERSEN, Jeppe Kristian | +5 | 76 |
| | ELVIRA, Nacho | +5 | 76 |
| | CHOUHAN, Om Prakash | +5 | 76 |
| | MARTIN, Andrew | +5 | 76 |
| | JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz | +5 | 76 |
| | WATNEY, Nick | +5 | 76 |
| | FRITTELLI, Dylan | +5 | 76 |
| | HARDING, Justin | +5 | 76 |
| | BACHEM, Nick | +5 | 76 |
| 147 | QUIROS, Manuel | +6 | 77 |
| | SCHOTT, Freddy | +6 | 77 |
| | MOSTERT, Dylan | +6 | 77 |
| | MORRISON, James | +6 | 77 |
| | COUSSAUD, Ugo | +6 | 77 |
| | VACARISAS, Lucas | +6 | 77 |
| 153 | BOYD, Gary | +7 | 78 |
| 154 | PRINSLOO, Jaco | +8 | 79 |
| 155 | CELLI, Filippo | +9 | 80 |
| 156 | MOSCATEL, Joel | +10 | 81 |
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