Rasmus Højgaard fired two birdies and one bogey to close with a 70 and retain a one-shot lead at 13-under at the Danish Golf Championship.
“The wind was tricky out there, it was gusty, it was changing directions. So yeah, the patience got tested a lot today,” said the Dane.
“It was great, I really enjoyed it, hopefully I can bring some tears out there tomorrow. If I want to go out and play well tomorrow, I have to be able to handle the situation well. I’m looking forward to it. I know it’s not going to be totally enjoyable, but I’m looking forward to it.”
First-round leader Marco Penge of England made three birdies and one bogey for a 69 and lies in second place at 12-under.
Fellow Englishman Ben Schmidt fired eight birdies, including four consecutively from the 3rd, as well as one bogey for a 64 and moved into third place at 9-under.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HØJGAARD, Rasmus | -13 | 66 | 64 | 70 |
| 2 | PENGE, Marco | -12 | 64 | 68 | 69 |
| 3 | SCHMIDT, Ben | -9 | 69 | 71 | 64 |
| 4 | VEERMAN, Johannes | -8 | 69 | 70 | 66 |
| | LINDBERG, Mikael | -8 | 69 | 68 | 68 |
| | DE LEO, Gregorio | -8 | 68 | 69 | 68 |
| | NORGAARD, Niklas | -8 | 69 | 67 | 69 |
| 8 | BJERREGAARD, Lucas | -7 | 67 | 72 | 67 |
| | EGE, Mats | -7 | 67 | 71 | 68 |
| 10 | REITAN, Kristoffer | -6 | 74 | 66 | 67 |
| SMYLIE, Elvis | -6 | 68 | 71 | 68 | |
| | WOOD, Chris | -6 | 70 | 69 | 68 |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | -6 | 70 | 67 | 70 |
| 14 | VÄLIMÄKI, Sami | -5 | 72 | 69 | 67 |
| | LINDELL, Oliver | -5 | 69 | 70 | 69 |
| | LEMKE, Niklas | -5 | 68 | 70 | 70 |
| | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | -5 | 67 | 70 | 71 |
| 18 | NEERGAARD-PETERSEN, Rasmus | -4 | 69 | 72 | 68 |
| | DING, Wenyi | -4 | 70 | 69 | 70 |
| | KO, Jeong weon | -4 | 73 | 67 | 69 |
| | HØJGAARD, Nicolai | -4 | 68 | 71 | 70 |
| 22 | LACROIX, Frederic | -3 | 69 | 71 | 70 |
| | GUERRIER, Julien | -3 | 70 | 69 | 71 |
| | CHACARRA, Eugenio | -3 | 69 | 71 | 70 |
| | GREEN, Gavin | -3 | 69 | 69 | 72 |
| SADDIER, Adrien | -3 | 70 | 66 | 74 | |
| | COCKERILL, Aaron | -3 | 66 | 69 | 75 |
| 28 | AHLAWAT, Veer | -2 | 73 | 68 | 70 |
| | MOLINARI, Francesco | -2 | 66 | 75 | 70 |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | -2 | 69 | 71 | 71 |
| | ÅKESSON, Björn | -2 | 69 | 71 | 71 |
| | SHINKWIN, Callum | -2 | 73 | 67 | 71 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | -2 | 68 | 72 | 71 |
| | WINTHER, Jeff | -2 | 71 | 68 | 72 |
| | GARCIA, Sebastian | -2 | 72 | 66 | 73 |
| | OLESEN, Thorbjørn | -2 | 70 | 68 | 73 |
| 37 | COLSAERTS, Nicolas | -1 | 70 | 71 | 71 |
| | WALLACE, Matt | -1 | 71 | 70 | 71 |
| | GØTH-RASMUSSEN, Jonathan | -1 | 72 | 69 | 71 |
| | LUITEN, Joost | -1 | 73 | 68 | 71 |
| | PAUL, Jeremy | -1 | 66 | 73 | 73 |
| | STEINLECHNER, Maximilian | -1 | 67 | 69 | 76 |
| 43 | AIKEN, Thomas | PAR | 69 | 72 | 72 |
| | SVENSSON, Jesper | PAR | 69 | 72 | 72 |
| | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | PAR | 72 | 69 | 72 |
| | WU, Brandon | PAR | 74 | 67 | 72 |
| | STERNE, Richard | PAR | 69 | 71 | 73 |
| | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | PAR | 70 | 70 | 73 |
| | ANDERSEN, Jeppe Kristian | PAR | 67 | 70 | 76 |
| 50 | WILLIAMS, Robin | 1 | 73 | 68 | 73 |
| JOHNSTON, Ryggs | 1 | 70 | 71 | 73 | |
| 52 | KENNEDY, Frank | 2 | 70 | 70 | 75 |
| | PURCELL, Conor | 2 | 70 | 69 | 76 |
| 54 | JAMIESON, Scott | 3 | 70 | 71 | 75 |
| | WARREN, Marc | 3 | 66 | 74 | 76 |
| | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | 3 | 72 | 69 | 75 |
| | SCHOTT, Freddy | 3 | 71 | 69 | 76 |
| | KIEFFER, Maximilian | 3 | 70 | 70 | 76 |
| 59 | KNAPPE, Alexander | 4 | 70 | 71 | 76 |
| | ROTTLUFF, Maximilian | 4 | 67 | 72 | 78 |
| | SENIOR, Jack | 4 | 67 | 71 | 79 |
| 62 | YOUNG, Daniel | 5 | 68 | 73 | 77 |
| 63 | KIM, MK | 6 | 72 | 69 | 78 |
| | WIEBE, Gunner | 6 | 67 | 74 | 78 |
| 65 | LOMBARD, Zander | 7 | 70 | 71 | 79 |
| | BALDWIN, Matthew | 7 | 72 | 69 | 79 |
| CUT | |||||
| 67 | HALVORSEN, Andreas | PAR | 68 | 74 | - |
| | BLOMSTRAND, Christofer | PAR | 72 | 70 | - |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | PAR | 73 | 69 | - |
| | JARVIS, Casey | PAR | 68 | 74 | - |
| | DE BRUYN, Jannik | PAR | 72 | 70 | - |
| | HUTSBY, Sam | PAR | 69 | 73 | - |
| | HORSEY, David | PAR | 71 | 71 | - |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | PAR | 71 | 71 | - |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | PAR | 71 | 71 | - |
| | WALTERS, Justin | PAR | 73 | 69 | - |
| | SORDET, Clément | PAR | 75 | 67 | - |
| | MORRISON, James | PAR | 72 | 70 | - |
| | NEMECZ, Lukas | PAR | 72 | 70 | - |
| | GERMISHUYS, Deon | PAR | 70 | 72 | - |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar | PAR | 71 | 71 | - |
| | MILLER, Michael | PAR | 71 | 71 | - |
| | RAMSAY, Richie | PAR | 69 | 73 | - |
| | DANTORP, Jens | PAR | 73 | 69 | - |
| 85 | AMAT, Bastien | 1 | 69 | 74 | - |
| | KINHULT, Marcus | 1 | 71 | 72 | - |
| | LEWIS, Tom | 1 | 70 | 73 | - |
| | BJØRN, Thomas | 1 | 72 | 71 | - |
| | MORGAN, Gabriel | 1 | 69 | 74 | - |
| | VAN VELZEN, Ryan | 1 | 69 | 74 | - |
| | CATLIN, John | 1 | 72 | 71 | - |
| | SHAUN, Corey | 1 | 71 | 72 | - |
| | PULKKANEN, Tapio | 1 | 70 | 73 | - |
| | FERGUSON, Ewen | 1 | 73 | 70 | - |
| | DEAN, Joe | 1 | 74 | 69 | - |
| 96 | TETAK, Tadeas | 2 | 71 | 73 | - |
| | LAGERGREN, Joakim | 2 | 72 | 72 | - |
| | ERENO, Pablo | 2 | 71 | 73 | - |
| | KOBORI, Kazuma | 2 | 70 | 74 | - |
| | BEKKER, Oliver | 2 | 70 | 74 | - |
| SEKNE, Herman Wibe | 2 | 71 | 73 | - | |
| | ALBERTSE, Louis | 2 | 70 | 74 | - |
| | COLETTA, Brett | 2 | 71 | 73 | - |
| | IWATA, Hiroshi | 2 | 73 | 71 | - |
| | PINEAU, Pierre | 2 | 77 | 67 | - |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | 2 | 70 | 74 | - |
| | MJAASETH, Michael (AM) | 2 | 70 | 74 | - |
| 108 | AXELSEN, John | 3 | 71 | 74 | - |
| | NAIDOO, Dylan | 3 | 71 | 74 | - |
| | SIMONSEN, Martin | 3 | 73 | 72 | - |
| | SÖDERBERG, Sebastian | 3 | 78 | 67 | - |
| | FISHER, Ross | 3 | 71 | 74 | - |
| 113 | SETTEMSDAL, Alexander | 4 | 72 | 74 | - |
| | FORSSTRÖM, Simon | 4 | 73 | 73 | - |
| | PAVAN, Andrea | 4 | 73 | 73 | - |
| | MERRITT, Troy | 4 | 72 | 74 | - |
| | SCHWAB, Matthias | 4 | 72 | 74 | - |
| | TARREN, Callum | 4 | 71 | 75 | - |
| | LIST, Danny | 4 | 72 | 74 | - |
| | FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin | 4 | 75 | 71 | - |
| | FAHRBRING, Jens | 4 | 78 | 68 | - |
| | WILSON, Oliver | 4 | 71 | 75 | - |
| 123 | BROHOLT LIND, Søren | 5 | 73 | 74 | - |
| | BRYANT, Davis | 5 | 71 | 76 | - |
| | OLESEN, Jacob Skov | 5 | 72 | 75 | - |
| | ERICKSON, Dan | 5 | 70 | 77 | - |
| | GIRRBACH, Joel | 5 | 71 | 76 | - |
| | BEKIRIAN, Jean | 5 | 75 | 72 | - |
| | HUIZING, Daan | 5 | 77 | 70 | - |
| | BONETA, Albert | 5 | 75 | 72 | - |
| | MOSCATEL, Joel | 5 | 70 | 77 | - |
| 132 | BRESSUM, Kristian Hjort (AM) | 6 | 74 | 74 | - |
| | GALE, Daniel | 6 | 73 | 75 | - |
| | PETERSSON, Robin | 6 | 70 | 78 | - |
| | KANG, Sung | 6 | 70 | 78 | - |
| | MCELROY, Dermot | 6 | 74 | 74 | - |
| | HARDING, Justin | 6 | 76 | 72 | - |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | 6 | 74 | 74 | - |
| | BESSELING, Wil | 6 | 75 | 73 | - |
| | GUMBERG, Jordan | 6 | 71 | 77 | - |
| 141 | MICHELUZZI, David | 7 | 78 | 71 | - |
| | BREHM, Ryan | 7 | 77 | 72 | - |
| | LEVY, Alexander | 7 | 71 | 78 | - |
| 144 | JACOBSEN, Christian | 8 | 72 | 78 | - |
| | BJORLOW, Victor | 8 | 75 | 75 | - |
| 146 | JIN, Zihao | 9 | 77 | 74 | - |
| | TRAINER, Martin | 9 | 70 | 81 | - |
| | HEBERT, Benjamin | 9 | 73 | 78 | - |
| 149 | BROWN, Hamish | 11 | 74 | 79 | - |
| | HUR, Inhoi | 11 | 79 | 74 | - |
| 151 | KRISTENSEN, Nicolai | 12 | 76 | 78 | - |
| 152 | SCHIETEKAT, Neil | 17 | 82 | 77 | - |
| | BARNES, Erik | 17 | 78 | 81 | - |
| 154 | TARRIO, Santiago | 19 | 74 | 87 | - |
| RETD | ZALLI, Ilirian | 13 | 74 | - | - |
| RETD | PAUL, Yannik | 7 | 77 | - | - |
