Dutch Open R1

Dutch Open 2021 R1
September 16-19
Bernardus Golf, Cromvoirt, Netherlands
€1,000,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Irishman Niall Kearney closed his round with three birdies in the final four holes to take the opening lead at Bernardus Golf. He produced a totak of seven birdies in a bogey-free round for a 65 taking a one shot lead.

Dutch Open 2021 R1

“I found it really enjoyable, it’s got a real links feel to it. I play links golf at home, so I felt right at home, and I have been at home the past three weeks, so I feel rested somewhat and really enjoyed it.

“I had a chip in mid-way through the back nine, that was a big help and finished well, a couple under the last three holes so nice to finish that way and holed that one from 30 feet on 18.”

Dutch Open 2021 R1

Kearney, who does not have full privileges on the European Tour, has recorded two top-10s this year, coming T4 at the Canary Islands Championship in May,carding a 61, and T8 at the Hero Open in August.

“This year has been positive for me. I have had a lot of good finishes and put myself in the right spaces and I have grown in confidence from it. I am starting to feel a bit more comfortable which is great.”

Dutch Open 2021 R1

Germany’s Maximilian Kieffer fired eight birdies and two bogeys to share second place with a bogey-free Martin Simonsen of Denmark at 6-under.

Dutch Open 2021 R1

“I played very well except for one hole,” said Kieffer. “I wasn’t really fighting for par and hit great shots all day, even on 18 when I made bogey, I made some putts, so everything worked well today.

“I like the course a lot. If you play bad shots you will get in trouble but if you hit good shots you get plenty of chances, and that is how a course should play. If the wind picks up it is definitely going to be a bit trickier but it is great, especially the back nine, it’s nice for the eye as well.”

Nine players are tied in fourth place at 5-under.

Dutch Open 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Niall Kearney	-7	65
T2	Maximilian Kieffer	-6	66
T2	Martin Simonsen	-6	66
T4	Aaron Cockerill	-5	67
T4	Thomas Detry	-5	67
T4	Rhys Enoch	-5	67
T4	Ben Evans	-5	67
T4	Marcus Helligkilde	-5	67
T4	Sam Horsfield	-5	67
T4	Ricardo Santos	-5	67
T4	Santiago Tarrio	-5	67
T4	Euan Walker (a)	-5	67
T13	Kristoffer Broberg	-4	68
T13	Alejandro Cañizares	-4	68
T13	Justin Harding	-4	68
T13	David Horsey	-4	68
T13	Ondrej Lieser	-4	68
T13	Sven Maurits	-4	68
T13	Wilco Nienaber	-4	68
T13	Paul Peterson	-4	68
T13	Matthias Schmid	-4	68
T13	Marcel Siem	-4	68
T13	Brandon Stone	-4	68
T24	Philip Bootsma (a)	-3	69
T24	Dean Burmester	-3	69
T24	George Coetzee	-3	69
T24	Louis De Jager	-3	69
T24	Jean Baptiste Gonnet	-3	69
T24	Berry Henson	-3	69
T24	Anton Karlsson	-3	69
T24	Romain Langasque	-3	69
T24	Thomas Pieters	-3	69
T24	Ajeetesh Sandhu	-3	69
T24	Max Schmitt	-3	69
T24	Chris Wood	-3	69
T36	Steven Brown	-2	70
T36	Jens Fahrbring	-2	70
T36	Matt Ford	-2	70
T36	Ricardo Gouveia	-2	70
T36	Chase Hanna	-2	70
T36	Peter Hanson	-2	70
T36	Andrew Johnston	-2	70
T36	Jake McLeod	-2	70
T36	Robin Roussel	-2	70
T36	Rory Sabbatini	-2	70
T36	Adrien Saddier	-2	70
T36	Freddy Schott	-2	70
T36	Shubhankar Sharma	-2	70
T36	Clement Sordet	-2	70
T36	Gary Stal	-2	70
T36	Steven Tiley	-2	70
T36	Mike Toorop	-2	70
T36	Johannes Veerman	-2	70
T36	Nicolai Von Dellingshausen	-2	70
T36	Jordan Wrisdale	-2	70
T56	Rowin Caron	-1	71
T56	Oliver Farr	-1	71
T56	Angus Flanagan	-1	71
T56	Josh Geary	-1	71
T56	Julien Guerrier	-1	71
T56	Joachim B. Hansen	-1	71
T56	Daan Huizing	-1	71
T56	Jazz Janewattananond	-1	71
T56	Alexander Knappe	-1	71
T56	Jacques Kruyswijk	-1	71
T56	Richard Mansell	-1	71
T56	Graeme McDowell	-1	71
T56	Lee Slattery	-1	71
T56	Joel Stalter	-1	71
T56	Ben Stow	-1	71
T56	Daniel Young (a)	-1	71
T56	Nordin van Tilburg (a)	-1	71
T73	Dario Antonisse	E	72
T73	Dave Coupland	E	72
T73	David Drysdale	E	72
T73	Ryan Fox	E	72
T73	Alfredo Garcia-Heredia	E	72
T73	Branden Grace	E	72
T73	Craig Howie	E	72
T73	Rikard Karlberg	E	72
T73	David Law	E	72
T73	Joost Luiten	E	72
T73	Ralph Miller	E	72
T73	Gavin Moynihan	E	72
T73	Renato Paratore	E	72
T73	Benjamin Poke	E	72
T73	Garrick Porteous	E	72
T73	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	E	72
T73	Joel Sjoholm	E	72
T73	Toby Tree	E	72
T73	Suradit Yongcharoenchai	E	72
T73	Darius van Driel	E	72
T93	Maverick Antcliff	+1	73
T93	Lucas Bjerregaard	+1	73
T93	Ashley Chesters	+1	73
T93	Emilio Cuartero Blanco	+1	73
T93	Pedro Figueiredo	+1	73
T93	Oliver Fisher	+1	73
T93	Lorenzo Gagli	+1	73
T93	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	+1	73
T93	Koen Kouwenaar	+1	73
T93	Joakim Lagergren	+1	73
T93	Niklas Lemke	+1	73
T93	Kristoffer Reitan	+1	73
T93	Jack Senior	+1	73
T93	Cormac Sharvin	+1	73
T93	Lars van Meijel	+1	73
T93	Daniel van Tonder	+1	73
T109	Matthew Baldwin	+2	74
T109	Wil Besseling	+2	74
T109	Tom Gandy	+2	74
T109	Deyen Lawson	+2	74
T109	Zander Lombard	+2	74
T109	Davey Porsius	+2	74
T109	James Sugrue (a)	+2	74
T109	Romain Wattel	+2	74
T117	Pep Angles	+3	75
T117	SSP Chawrasia	+3	75
T117	Eduardo De la Riva	+3	75
T117	Bryce Easton	+3	75
T117	Janne Kaske	+3	75
T117	Tyler Koivisto	+3	75
T117	Maarten Lafeber	+3	75
T117	Damien Perrier	+3	75
T117	Carlos Pigem	+3	75
T117	Jesper Sandborg	+3	75
T127	Jorge Campillo	+4	76
T127	Wouter De Vries	+4	76
T127	Paul Dunne	+4	76
T127	Philip Eriksson	+4	76
T127	Raphael Jacquelin	+4	76
T127	Stan Kraai (a)	+4	76
T127	Lars van Der Vight	+4	76
T127	Felix van Dijk	+4	76
T135	Max Albertus (a)	+5	77
T135	Robin Petersson (a)	+5	77
T135	Elvis Smylie	+5	77
T135	Aron Zemmer	+5	77
T139	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	+6	78
T139	Liam Johnston	+6	78
T139	Kiet van Der Weele	+6	78
T142	Lars Keunen (a)	+7	79
T142	Haydn Porteous	+7	79
144	Gavin Kyle Green	+13	85