July 04-07
Penati Golf Resort, Senica, Slovakia
€200,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Darius van Driel fired an opening round of 64, eight under par, to take the lead after the opening round of the D+D REAL Slovakia Challenge.
The Dutchman opened with six consecutive birdies at Penati Golf Resort to finish the day two shots clear of his closest challengers, Spaniard Samuel Del Val and England’s Jack Senior.
It is the latest impressive performance for Van Driel, who finished in second place at the Belgian Knockout last month, a career-best performance on the European Tour.
‘’Six birdies in a row is always a nice way to start! I hit it close on all the opening six holes, so it wasn’t too hard to tap them in, but you have still got to make the putts,’’ he said.
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‘’I was eight under par through 11 holes and I was thinking to myself that there’s a couple more birdie opportunities out there, but as soon as you do that you lose your momentum.
‘’I have been playing on the European Tour for the past three weeks and compared to Valderrama the course feels pretty wide. Nonetheless, it’s a course where you get rewarded for hitting straight shots and I was able to do that today, so overall really happy with my performance.’’
Meanwhile, Senior continued the good form that saw him seal his spot in The Open Championship field by progressing through Final Qualifying at St Annes Old Links on Tuesday, firing an opening round of 66, six under par, to lie two shots off the lead in Slovakia.
It was a quick turn around for the Englishman, who played 36-holes in Final Qualifying on Tuesday, before catching a plane to Slovakia only 24 hours before his opening round. Despite a delayed flight preventing the 2015 Scottish Hydro Challenge champion from playing the course prior to teeing it up on Thursday, he played flawless golf on day one, carding two birdies and two eagles on his way to a bogey-free opening round.
A group of eight players sit three shots behind Van Driel in tied fourth on five under par, which includes 2019 Hauts de France Pas de Calais Golf Open champion Robin Roussel.
Van Driel will begin his second round tomorrow at 1:40pm local time, with Senior getting his round underway at 7:40am and Del Val set for 2:10pm.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
VAN DRIEL Darius | NED |
-8 |
64 |
2 |
DEL VAL Samuel | ESP |
-6 |
66 |
2 |
SENIOR Jack | ENG |
-6 |
66 |
4 |
CANTERO GUTIERREZ Ivan | ESP |
-5 |
67 |
4 |
FERNANDEZ Scott | ESP |
-5 |
67 |
4 |
LAPORTA Francesco | ITA |
-5 |
67 |
4 |
MICHAEL Anthony | RSA |
-5 |
67 |
4 |
NEIL Bradley | SCO |
-5 |
67 |
4 |
PERRIER Damien | FRA |
-5 |
67 |
4 |
RIU Victor | FRA |
-5 |
67 |
4 |
ROUSSEL Robin | FRA |
-5 |
67 |
12 |
BOOTE David | WAL |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
CARLSSON Magnus A | SWE |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
EASTON Bryce | RSA |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
ENOCH Rhys | WAL |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
FARR Oliver | WAL |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
GEARY Josh | NZL |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
HOWIE Craig | SCO |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
HUIZING Daan | NED |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
NEMECZ Lukas | AUT |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
QUESNE Julien | FRA |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
SJÖHOLM Joel | SWE |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
VAN MEIJEL Lars | NED |
-4 |
68 |
12 |
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN Nicolai | GER |
-4 |
68 |
25 |
DAYDOU Alexandre | FRA |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
DE SOUSA Raphaël | SUI |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
DEL MORAL Carlos | ESP |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
ELLIS Harry | ENG |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Sebastian | ESP |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
GRENVILLE-WOOD Joshua | ENG |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
IM Daniel | USA |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
KAKKO Roope | FIN |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
KIM Minkyu | KOR |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
KOEPKA Chase | USA |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
MATUS Stanislav | CZE |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
PIAGET Sandro | MON |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
STARK Oscar | SWE |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
THOMSON Jonathan | ENG |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
VIRTO Borja | ESP |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
WIDEGREN Pontus | SWE |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
WIEGELE Martin | AUT |
-3 |
69 |
25 |
WRISDALE Jordan | ENG |
-3 |
69 |
43 |
AGUILAR Felipe | CHI |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
BALDWIN Matthew | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
BESSELING Wil | NED |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
BLAND Richard | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
BRAEUNIG Christian | GER |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
BRUN Julien | FRA |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
COCKERILL Aaron | CAN |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
ERIKSSON Martin | SWE |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
GAVINS Daniel | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
GIRRBACH Joel | SUI |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
HELLIGKILDE Marcus | DEN |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
HØJGAARD Nicolai | DEN |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
HØJGAARD Rasmus | DEN |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
MACH (AM) Pavol | SVK |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
PIGEM Carlos | ESP |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
RITTHAMMER Bernd | GER |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
ROZNER Antoine | FRA |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
SANTOS Ricardo | POR |
-2 |
70 |
43 |
STUREHED Henric | SWE |
-2 |
70 |
62 |
AHOKAS Antti | FIN |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
CANTER Laurie | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
CARLSSON Johan | SWE |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
CARON Rowin | NED |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
CHO Rak hyun | KOR |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
CUARTERO BLANCO Emilio | ESP |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
DOHERTY Jack | SCO |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
GLOET Christian | DEN |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
GRADECKI Mateusz | POL |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
KÖLBING Jonas | GER |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
KUNZENBACHER Julian | GER |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
MCCARTHY Nick | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
MRUZEK Filip | CZE |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
SIMONSEN Martin | DEN |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
TREE Toby | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
VECCHI FOSSA Jacopo | ITA |
-1 |
71 |
62 |
WHITNELL Dale | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
79 |
CAFOUREK Jan | CZE |
0 |
72 |
79 |
CARLOTA Joao | POR |
0 |
72 |
79 |
FRITSCH Florian | GER |
0 |
72 |
79 |
HAVRET Grégory | FRA |
0 |
72 |
79 |
HOLMES Evan | CAN |
0 |
72 |
79 |
JOANNES Hugues | BEL |
0 |
72 |
79 |
LAMPERT Moritz | GER |
0 |
72 |
79 |
MERONK Adrian | POL |
0 |
72 |
79 |
PAPADATOS Dimitrios | AUS |
0 |
72 |
79 |
ROBB Chris | SCO |
0 |
72 |
79 |
ROSS Craig | SCO |
0 |
72 |
79 |
SARACINO Andrea | ITA |
0 |
72 |
79 |
SCALISE Lorenzo | ITA |
0 |
72 |
79 |
SIEM Marcel | GER |
0 |
72 |
79 |
TINNING Nicolai | DEN |
0 |
72 |
94 |
COUPLAND Dave | ENG |
1 |
73 |
94 |
DUBOIS Edouard | FRA |
1 |
73 |
94 |
GALIANO AGUILAR Mario | ESP |
1 |
73 |
94 |
GLENNEMO Jacob | SWE |
1 |
73 |
94 |
MADDY Paul | ENG |
1 |
73 |
94 |
MEJOW Philipp | GER |
1 |
73 |
94 |
SAXTON Reinier | NED |
1 |
73 |
94 |
STOW Ben | ENG |
1 |
73 |
94 |
TARRIO BEN Santiago | ESP |
1 |
73 |
94 |
ZUSTAK (AM) Lukas | SVK |
1 |
73 |
104 |
ANGLES Pep | ESP |
2 |
74 |
104 |
BERNA MANZANARES Daniel | ESP |
2 |
74 |
104 |
BRIXI (AM) Gordan | CZE |
2 |
74 |
104 |
CEA Michele | ITA |
2 |
74 |
104 |
ECCLES Ben | AUS |
2 |
74 |
104 |
GANE Chris | ENG |
2 |
74 |
104 |
JOHANSSON Niclas | SWE |
2 |
74 |
104 |
KRISTJANSSON Gudmundur | ISL |
2 |
74 |
104 |
LIMA José-Filipe | POR |
2 |
74 |
104 |
MIVIS Christopher | BEL |
2 |
74 |
104 |
MURRAY Tom | ENG |
2 |
74 |
104 |
PORTEOUS Garrick | ENG |
2 |
74 |
104 |
PUCHMELTER Adam | SVK |
2 |
74 |
104 |
SPOONER Billy | ENG |
2 |
74 |
104 |
TILEY Steven | ENG |
2 |
74 |
119 |
ALBERTUS Max | NED |
3 |
75 |
119 |
BREZOVSKY Michal | SVK |
3 |
75 |
119 |
CASALEGNO Carlo | ITA |
3 |
75 |
119 |
GEYGER Nico | CHI |
3 |
75 |
119 |
GROS Sébastien | FRA |
3 |
75 |
119 |
KEYSER Mathiam | RSA |
3 |
75 |
119 |
LINDELL Oliver | FIN |
3 |
75 |
119 |
MOHR Marcus | ENG |
3 |
75 |
119 |
OLSEN Aksel | NOR |
3 |
75 |
119 |
VALASEK Peter | SVK |
3 |
75 |
119 |
YOUNG Mark | ENG |
3 |
75 |
130 |
COHEN-BOYER Louis | FRA |
4 |
76 |
130 |
DANEK Stepan | CZE |
4 |
76 |
130 |
GAL Petr | CZE |
4 |
76 |
130 |
LEITMANNSTETTER Aaron | GER |
4 |
76 |
130 |
ROBINSON Liam | ENG |
4 |
76 |
130 |
WITTMANN Sebastian | AUT |
4 |
76 |
130 |
ZUNIC Jordan | AUS |
4 |
76 |
137 |
ACIKALIN (AM) Leon | TUR |
5 |
77 |
137 |
CLEMENTS Todd | ENG |
5 |
77 |
137 |
SUCHAN Daniel | CZE |
5 |
77 |
140 |
KORINEK Ales | CZE |
6 |
78 |
140 |
MRUZEK Peter | CZE |
6 |
78 |
142 |
BECK Tomas | CZE |
7 |
79 |
142 |
FORD Charlie | ENG |
7 |
79 |
142 |
GALLIANO Luca | SUI |
7 |
79 |
142 |
MUNRO Jack | AUS |
7 |
79 |
142 |
RENOLDS Lindsay | CAN |
7 |
79 |
147 |
DECOTTIGNIES-LAFON Mathieu | FRA |
8 |
80 |
147 |
HULDAHL Jeppe Pape | DEN |
8 |
80 |
147 |
MURRAY Michael | USA |
8 |
80 |
147 |
YAMAC (AM) Taner | TUR |
8 |
80 |
147 |
ZACH (AM) Šimon | CZE |
8 |
80 |
152 |
SIWY (AM) David | CZE |
10 |
82 |
153 |
LUCANSKY (AM) Branislav | SVK |
11 |
83 |
154 |
FRIESZ Jan | SVK |
14 |
86 |
155 |
VIDA (AM) Sebastian | SVK |
18 |
90 |
156 |
BLOMSTRAND Christofer | SWE |
0 |
0 |