European Tour

Dubai Duty Free Irish Open 2018

July 05-08

Ballyliffin Golf Club, County Donegal

$7,000,000

July 05-08

Ballyliffin Golf Club, County Donegal

$7,000,000

Round 2

Trio share halfway lead at beautiful Ballyliffin

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

July 06, 2018

Erik Van Rooyen of South Africa carded the best round of the week to take a share of the halfway lead at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation – the fourth Rolex Series of the season - alongside first round leader Ryan Fox of New Zealand and Frenchman Matthieu Pavon.

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“The 18th was just the cherry on the cake today,`` said Van Rooyen. ``I hit it beautifully, tee to green all day, and obviously I holed a few nice putts including one long one on my back nine. I’m playing very nicely.``

Ballyliffin Golf Club, which has received rapturous praise as it hosts the historic national Open for the first time this week, proved a fair but challenging test once again for the stars of the European Tour.

Van Rooyen came closest to mastering the stunning Donegal links on day two, carding eight birdies for a seven under 65 which concluded with a superb birdie at the final hole, where he nearly found the hole with his approach and tapped in for an easy three.

“It was a fantastic first nine, straight out of the blocks, birdie on one and holes a nice bunker shot on six which was great after a poor shot after the tee. I kept it going, calm on the back nine and then nice to finish with two birdies. I’m a happy man.

“It’s exciting to lead at a Rolex Series event and leading here too. I haven’t played too much links golf, only the Dunhill Links and now this so I’m fairly new to it but I love it. It’s going to be a great weekend.”

The 28 year old enters the weekend on an eight under par total along with Pavon and Fox, all three chasing their maiden European Tour titles. Joakim Lagergren, who two months ago lifted the Rocco Forte Sicilian Open title and has won on Northern Irish soil on the Challenge Tour, was a shot back on seven under.

“I started not that great,`` said Pavon. ``I hit some really bad shots, like on 18, I was lucky to be on the 17th fairway but it's pretty far left. But the putter was pretty warm and it keep me in touch with the scorecard and then I started playing well on the back nine, like the six or seven last holes were very good.``

“It’s really exciting to be in this position because I love the crowd, the atmosphere of those Irish people and Scottish people. Like last year, the guys are so great out there, and keep pushing on every holes and I will enjoy that for two more days.”

The 2016 Masters Champion Danny Willett was among those two shots back on six under, while 23-time European Tour winner Lee Westwood was on his own on five under. Shane Lowry, meanwhile, enters the weekend six shots off the pace, Rory McIlroy carded a one over 73 for a one under total and Graeme McDowell and Paul Dunne will also both be around for the weekend, on level par and one over respectively.

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	Total
T1	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	-8	71	65	136
T1	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	-8	68	68	136
T1	Ryan Fox	NZL	-8	67	69	136
4	Joakim Lagergren	SWE	-7	69	68	137
T5	Danny Willett	ENG	-6	68	70	138
T5	Sam Horsfield	ENG	-6	69	69	138
T5	Zander Lombard	RSA	-6	70	68	138
8	Lee Westwood	ENG	-5	68	71	139
T9	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-4	72	68	140
T9	Peter Uihlein	USA	-4	70	70	140
T9	Russell Knox	SCO	-4	71	69	140
T12	Ashley Chesters	ENG	-3	68	73	141
T12	Chris Wood	ENG	-3	70	71	141
T12	Dean Burmester	RSA	-3	71	70	141
T12	Jorge Campillo	ESP	-3	70	71	141
T12	Matthew Nixon	ENG	-3	72	69	141
T12	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	-3	71	70	141
T12	Thorbjorn Olesen	DEN	-3	72	69	141
T12	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	-3	69	72	141
T20	Alexander Bjoerk	SWE	-2	69	73	142
T20	George Coetzee	RSA	-2	71	71	142
T20	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	-2	71	71	142
T20	Mikko Ilonen	FIN	-2	70	72	142
T20	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	-2	72	70	142
T20	Oliver Fisher	ENG	-2	74	68	142
T20	Paul Waring	ENG	-2	71	71	142
T20	Renato Paratore	ITA	-2	75	67	142
T20	Shane Lowry	IRL	-2	72	70	142
T20	Simon Thornton	IRL	-2	72	70	142
T30	Aaron Rai	ENG	-1	72	71	143
T30	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	-1	69	74	143
T30	David Horsey	ENG	-1	74	69	143
T30	Dylan Frittelli	RSA	-1	69	74	143
T30	Felipe Aguilar	CHI	-1	72	71	143
T30	Nacho Elvira	ESP	-1	69	74	143
T30	James Morrison	ENG	-1	73	70	143
T30	Jens Dantorp	SWE	-1	72	71	143
T30	Jin-Ho Choi	KOR	-1	69	74	143
T30	Jon Rahm	ESP	-1	74	69	143
T30	Julian Suri	USA	-1	76	67	143
T30	Matthew Southgate	ENG	-1	72	71	143
T30	Richard Sterne	RSA	-1	75	68	143
T30	Rory McIlroy	NIR	-1	70	73	143
T30	Scott Jamieson	SCO	-1	69	74	143
T30	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	-1	70	73	143
T30	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	-1	73	70	143
T30	Wade Ormsby	AUS	-1	70	73	143
T48	Adrien Saddier	SCO	Par	68	76	144
T48	Brandon Stone	RSA	Par	74	70	144
T48	Darren Fichardt	RSA	Par	72	72	144
T48	Graeme McDowell	NIR	Par	71	73	144
T48	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	Par	71	73	144
T48	Haydn Porteous	RSA	Par	73	71	144
T48	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	Par	74	70	144
T48	Marc Warren	SCO	Par	70	74	144
T48	Matteo Manassero	ITA	Par	72	72	144
T48	Peter Hanson	SWE	Par	71	73	144
T48	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	Par	73	71	144
T48	Richie Ramsay	SCO	Par	70	74	144
T48	Romain Wattel	FRA	Par	72	72	144
T48	Thomas Aiken	RSA	Par	71	73	144
T48	Thomas Bjorn	DEN	Par	73	71	144
T63	Adam Bland	AUS	1	76	69	145
T63	Andres Romero	ARG	1	70	75	145
T63	Andrew Dodt	AUS	1	74	71	145
T63	Andy Sullivan	ENG	1	73	72	145
T63	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	1	72	73	145
T63	Bradley Dredge	WAL	1	72	73	145
T63	Charlie Ford	ENG	1	73	72	145
T63	Daniel Brooks	ENG	1	74	71	145
T63	David Drysdale	SCO	1	76	69	145
T63	Julien Guerrier	FRA	1	76	69	145
T63	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	1	74	71	145
T63	Paul Dunne	IRL	1	73	72	145
T63	Robert Rock	ENG	1	68	77	145
T63	Thomas Pieters	BEL	1	73	72	145
CUT	Callum Shinkwin	ENG	2	75	71	146
CUT	Chris Paisley	ENG	2	72	74	146
CUT	Eddie Pepperell	ENG	2	76	70	146
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	2	76	70	146
CUT	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	2	73	73	146
CUT	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	2	73	73	146
CUT	Hideto Tanihara	JPN	2	71	75	146
CUT	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	FRA	2	75	71	146
CUT	Mikko Korhonen	FIN	2	74	72	146
CUT	Padraig Harrington	IRL	2	68	78	146
CUT	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	2	72	74	146
CUT	Richard Bland	ENG	2	74	72	146
CUT	Ruaidhri McGee	IRL	2	72	74	146
CUT	Steven Brown	ENG	2	74	72	146
CUT	Andrea Pavan	ITA	3	74	73	147
CUT	Cormac Sharvin	NIR	3	73	74	147
CUT	Gavin Green	MAS	3	73	74	147
CUT	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	3	72	75	147
CUT	Jeff Winther	SWE	3	73	74	147
CUT	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	THA	3	73	74	147
CUT	Lee Slattery	ENG	3	73	74	147
CUT	Marcus Kinhult	SWE	3	77	70	147
CUT	Mark Foster	ENG	3	77	70	147
CUT	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	3	72	75	147
CUT	Matthias Schwab	AUT	3	71	76	147
CUT	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	3	75	72	147
CUT	Nino Bertasio	ITA	3	80	67	147
CUT	Paul McGinley	IRL	3	73	74	147
CUT	Rafael Cabrera Bello	ESP	3	76	71	147
CUT	Rak Cho	KOR	3	74	73	147
CUT	Ryan Evans	ENG	3	70	77	147
CUT	Scott Hend	AUS	3	78	69	147
CUT	Austin Connelly	CAN	4	75	73	148
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	4	74	74	148
CUT	Colm Moriarty	IRL	4	73	75	148
CUT	David Howell	ENG	4	73	75	148
CUT	Jordan Smith	ENG	4	73	75	148
CUT	Lucas Bjerregaard	DNK	4	75	73	148
CUT	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	4	73	75	148
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	4	74	74	148
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	5	75	74	149
CUT	Bradley Neil	SCO	5	79	70	149
CUT	Brett Rumford	AUS	5	78	71	149
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	5	77	72	149
CUT	Connor Syme	SCO	5	72	77	149
CUT	David Lipsky	USA	5	73	76	149
CUT	Gregory Havret	FRA	5	76	73	149
CUT	Haotong Li	CHN	5	73	76	149
CUT	Nico Geyger	CHI	5	75	74	149
CUT	Oliver Farr	WAL	5	77	72	149
CUT	Sebastien Gros	FRA	5	75	74	149
CUT	Thomas Detry	BEL	5	74	75	149
CUT	Daniel Im	USA	6	80	70	150
CUT	Jason Scrivener	AUS	6	73	77	150
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	6	72	78	150
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	6	73	77	150
CUT	Sam Brazel	AUS	6	77	73	150
CUT	Cian McNamara	IRL	7	76	75	151
CUT	Darren Clarke	NIR	7	75	76	151
CUT	Alexander Levy	FRA	8	80	72	152
CUT	Carlos Pigem	ESP	8	75	77	152
CUT	Laurie Canter	ENG	8	75	77	152
CUT	Matthew Fitzpatrick	ENG	8	77	75	152
CUT	Neil O'Briain	IRL	8	78	74	152
CUT	Matt Wallace	ENG	9	80	73	153
CUT	Robert Karlsson	SWE	9	76	77	153
CUT	Scott Fernandez	ESP	10	75	79	154
CUT	Justin Walters	RSA	11	75	80	155
CUT	Lasse Jensen	DNK	11	79	76	155
CUT	Pedro Oriol	ESP	11	78	77	155
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	11	77	78	155
CUT	Soo-Min Lee	KOR	12	78	78	156
CUT	Stephen Gallacher	SCO	12	78	78	156
CUT	Jason Norris	AUS	14	82	76	158
CUT	Chase Koepka	USA	15	78	81	159
DSQ	Ashun Wu	CHI	Par	73	73	146
DSQ	Trevor Immelman	RSA	Par	71	74	145
RET	Chris Hanson	ENG	Par	-	-	0
RET	Marcus Fraser	AUS	Par	76	-	76
RET	Henric Sturehed	SWE	Par	80	-	80

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	Total
T1	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	-8	136
T1	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	-8	136
T1	Ryan Fox	NZL	-8	136
4	Joakim Lagergren	SWE	-7	137
T5	Danny Willett	ENG	-6	138
T5	Sam Horsfield	ENG	-6	138
T5	Zander Lombard	RSA	-6	138
8	Lee Westwood	ENG	-5	139
T9	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-4	140
T9	Peter Uihlein	USA	-4	140
T9	Russell Knox	SCO	-4	140
T12	Ashley Chesters	ENG	-3	141
T12	Chris Wood	ENG	-3	141
T12	Dean Burmester	RSA	-3	141
T12	Jorge Campillo	ESP	-3	141
T12	Matthew Nixon	ENG	-3	141
T12	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	-3	141
T12	Thorbjorn Olesen	DEN	-3	141
T12	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	-3	141
T20	Alexander Bjoerk	SWE	-2	142
T20	George Coetzee	RSA	-2	142
T20	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	-2	142
T20	Mikko Ilonen	FIN	-2	142
T20	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	-2	142
T20	Oliver Fisher	ENG	-2	142
T20	Paul Waring	ENG	-2	142
T20	Renato Paratore	ITA	-2	142
T20	Shane Lowry	IRL	-2	142
T20	Simon Thornton	IRL	-2	142
T30	Aaron Rai	ENG	-1	143
T30	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	-1	143
T30	David Horsey	ENG	-1	143
T30	Dylan Frittelli	RSA	-1	143
T30	Felipe Aguilar	CHI	-1	143
T30	Nacho Elvira	ESP	-1	143
T30	James Morrison	ENG	-1	143
T30	Jens Dantorp	SWE	-1	143
T30	Jin-Ho Choi	KOR	-1	143
T30	Jon Rahm	ESP	-1	143
T30	Julian Suri	USA	-1	143
T30	Matthew Southgate	ENG	-1	143
T30	Richard Sterne	RSA	-1	143
T30	Rory McIlroy	NIR	-1	143
T30	Scott Jamieson	SCO	-1	143
T30	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	-1	143
T30	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	-1	143
T30	Wade Ormsby	AUS	-1	143
T48	Adrien Saddier	SCO	Par	144
T48	Brandon Stone	RSA	Par	144
T48	Darren Fichardt	RSA	Par	144
T48	Graeme McDowell	NIR	Par	144
T48	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	Par	144
T48	Haydn Porteous	RSA	Par	144
T48	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	Par	144
T48	Marc Warren	SCO	Par	144
T48	Matteo Manassero	ITA	Par	144
T48	Peter Hanson	SWE	Par	144
T48	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	Par	144
T48	Richie Ramsay	SCO	Par	144
T48	Romain Wattel	FRA	Par	144
T48	Thomas Aiken	RSA	Par	144
T48	Thomas Bjorn	DEN	Par	144
T63	Adam Bland	AUS	1	145
T63	Andres Romero	ARG	1	145
T63	Andrew Dodt	AUS	1	145
T63	Andy Sullivan	ENG	1	145
T63	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	1	145
T63	Bradley Dredge	WAL	1	145
T63	Charlie Ford	ENG	1	145
T63	Daniel Brooks	ENG	1	145
T63	David Drysdale	SCO	1	145
T63	Julien Guerrier	FRA	1	145
T63	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	1	145
T63	Paul Dunne	IRL	1	145
T63	Robert Rock	ENG	1	145
T63	Thomas Pieters	BEL	1	145
CUT	Callum Shinkwin	ENG	2	146
CUT	Chris Paisley	ENG	2	146
CUT	Eddie Pepperell	ENG	2	146
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	2	146
CUT	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	2	146
CUT	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	2	146
CUT	Hideto Tanihara	JPN	2	146
CUT	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	FRA	2	146
CUT	Mikko Korhonen	FIN	2	146
CUT	Padraig Harrington	IRL	2	146
CUT	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	2	146
CUT	Richard Bland	ENG	2	146
CUT	Ruaidhri McGee	IRL	2	146
CUT	Steven Brown	ENG	2	146
CUT	Andrea Pavan	ITA	3	147
CUT	Cormac Sharvin	NIR	3	147
CUT	Gavin Green	MAS	3	147
CUT	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	3	147
CUT	Jeff Winther	SWE	3	147
CUT	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	THA	3	147
CUT	Lee Slattery	ENG	3	147
CUT	Marcus Kinhult	SWE	3	147
CUT	Mark Foster	ENG	3	147
CUT	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	3	147
CUT	Matthias Schwab	AUT	3	147
CUT	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	3	147
CUT	Nino Bertasio	ITA	3	147
CUT	Paul McGinley	IRL	3	147
CUT	Rafael Cabrera Bello	ESP	3	147
CUT	Rak Cho	KOR	3	147
CUT	Ryan Evans	ENG	3	147
CUT	Scott Hend	AUS	3	147
CUT	Austin Connelly	CAN	4	148
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	4	148
CUT	Colm Moriarty	IRL	4	148
CUT	David Howell	ENG	4	148
CUT	Jordan Smith	ENG	4	148
CUT	Lucas Bjerregaard	DNK	4	148
CUT	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	4	148
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	4	148
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	5	149
CUT	Bradley Neil	SCO	5	149
CUT	Brett Rumford	AUS	5	149
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	5	149
CUT	Connor Syme	SCO	5	149
CUT	David Lipsky	USA	5	149
CUT	Gregory Havret	FRA	5	149
CUT	Haotong Li	CHN	5	149
CUT	Nico Geyger	CHI	5	149
CUT	Oliver Farr	WAL	5	149
CUT	Sebastien Gros	FRA	5	149
CUT	Thomas Detry	BEL	5	149
CUT	Daniel Im	USA	6	150
CUT	Jason Scrivener	AUS	6	150
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	6	150
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	6	150
CUT	Sam Brazel	AUS	6	150
CUT	Cian McNamara	IRL	7	151
CUT	Darren Clarke	NIR	7	151
CUT	Alexander Levy	FRA	8	152
CUT	Carlos Pigem	ESP	8	152
CUT	Laurie Canter	ENG	8	152
CUT	Matthew Fitzpatrick	ENG	8	152
CUT	Neil O'Briain	IRL	8	152
CUT	Matt Wallace	ENG	9	153
CUT	Robert Karlsson	SWE	9	153
CUT	Scott Fernandez	ESP	10	154
CUT	Justin Walters	RSA	11	155
CUT	Lasse Jensen	DNK	11	155
CUT	Pedro Oriol	ESP	11	155
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	11	155
CUT	Soo-Min Lee	KOR	12	156
CUT	Stephen Gallacher	SCO	12	156
CUT	Jason Norris	AUS	14	158
CUT	Chase Koepka	USA	15	159
DSQ	Ashun Wu	CHI	Par	146
DSQ	Trevor Immelman	RSA	Par	145
RET	Chris Hanson	ENG	Par	0
RET	Marcus Fraser	AUS	Par	76
RET	Henric Sturehed	SWE	Par	80

Dubai Duty Free Irish Open - Round 2

Dubai Duty Free Irish Open 2018

July 05-08

Ballyliffin Golf Club, County Donegal

$7,000,000

July 05-08

Ballyliffin Golf Club, County Donegal

$7,000,000

Round 2

Trio share halfway lead at beautiful Ballyliffin

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

July 06, 2018

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Dubai Duty Free Irish Open - Round 2

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$7,000,000

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Round 2

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