Dutch Open R2

Dutch Open 2021 R2
September 16-19
Bernardus Golf, Cromvoirt, Netherlands
€1,000,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg fired his lowest European Tour round in nearly six years to take a one shot lead into the weekend at the Dutch Open.

He played nine birdies and made a single bogey at the par-4 16th for a 64 to move to 12-under.

Dutch Open 2021 R2

“I played really well today. I started off with three straight birdies and then I hit a good shot on 13, that tough par three there, but I missed a short one then birdied 14. It was ups and downs out there, I hit some bad shots and some really good shots but my putter is smoking hot, so I am playing some decent golf.

“I like to shape the ball both ways and I like to putt around these greens, it’s a lot of feels and breaks, but I am hitting the ball really close so that has been key. Right now it is shootable when you hit into the green, it isn’t that firm, but when you hit into the wind it is pretty soft so you can attack the pins but I don’t know if the wind is going to pick up and dry the greens out, so we will see over the weekend.”

Dutch Open 2021 R2

Broberg won three events in the span of four weeks on the 2012 European Challenge Tour and won the BMW Masters on the European Tour in 2015.

He lost his card in 2017, regained it at the Qualifying School but suffered hip and knee injuries that prevented him from playing more than eleven events in the next three years.

Dutch Open 2021 R2

So far this year he missed six of his first eight cuts but has managed to make four of his last five.

“I am taking it one shot at a time. I have been struggling all year with injuries, so it is nice to be playing good again. It’s just golf, so taking it one shot at a time.

“I was home for a month so saw an optician for my right eye and they saw something, so I have a contact lens on that eye so now I can see the putts on the line. I am rolling it pretty good so happy with it.”

Denmark’s Marcus Helligkilde, playing in his second European Tour event, shares second place with Belgium’s Thomas Detry after both shot 66s.

“It was good,” said Helligkilde. “I like this course a lot because if you can hit it far from the tee you can carry some bunkers 270 metres out, so I have been fortunate to do that, so it has been nice

“We had no wind for the first seven holes, absolutely nothing, so it was really easy out there in the morning.

“I do as I always do. I just try and have fun, stay in the process and do what I can control. I know I am going to be nervous because I am always nervous, but I am just going to have fun and enjoy the game of golf.”

Overnight leader Niall Kearney of Ireland shot a 69 to slip back into a tie for fourth place at 10-under alongside Germany’s Maximilian Kieffer who shot a bogey-free 68.

Dutch Open 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Kristoffer Broberg	-12	68	64	132
T2	Thomas Detry	-11	67	66	133
T2	Marcus Helligkilde	-11	67	66	133
T4	Niall Kearney	-10	65	69	134
T4	Maximilian Kieffer	-10	66	68	134
T6	Alejandro Cañizares	-9	68	67	135
T6	Ondrej Lieser	-9	68	67	135
T6	Richard Mansell	-9	71	64	135
T9	Justin Harding	-8	68	68	136
T9	Shubhankar Sharma	-8	70	66	136
T9	Martin Simonsen	-8	66	70	136
T12	David Drysdale	-7	72	65	137
T12	Sven Maurits	-7	68	69	137
T12	Graeme McDowell	-7	71	66	137
T12	Matthias Schmid	-7	68	69	137
T12	Marcel Siem	-7	68	69	137
T12	Johannes Veerman	-7	70	67	137
T18	Aaron Cockerill	-6	67	71	138
T18	Julien Guerrier	-6	71	67	138
T18	David Horsey	-6	68	70	138
T18	Sam Horsfield	-6	67	71	138
T18	Romain Langasque	-6	69	69	138
T18	Benjamin Poke	-6	72	66	138
T18	Adrien Saddier	-6	70	68	138
T18	Ajeetesh Sandhu	-6	69	69	138
T18	Ricardo Santos	-6	67	71	138
T18	Ben Stow	-6	71	67	138
T18	Chris Wood	-6	69	69	138
T18	Darius van Driel	-6	72	66	138
T30	Philip Bootsma (a)	-5	69	70	139
T30	Louis De Jager	-5	69	70	139
T30	Jean Baptiste Gonnet	-5	69	70	139
T30	Joachim B. Hansen	-5	71	68	139
T30	Peter Hanson	-5	70	69	139
T30	Berry Henson	-5	69	70	139
T30	Daan Huizing	-5	71	68	139
T30	Jazz Janewattananond	-5	71	68	139
T30	Euan Walker (a)	-5	67	72	139
T39	Maverick Antcliff	-4	73	67	140
T39	Rowin Caron	-4	71	69	140
T39	Rhys Enoch	-4	67	73	140
T39	Ryan Fox	-4	72	68	140
T39	Branden Grace	-4	72	68	140
T39	Wilco Nienaber	-4	68	72	140
T39	Thomas Pieters	-4	69	71	140
T39	Robin Roussel	-4	70	70	140
T39	Rory Sabbatini	-4	70	70	140
T39	Jack Senior	-4	73	67	140
T39	Santiago Tarrio	-4	67	73	140
T39	Mike Toorop	-4	70	70	140
T39	Jordan Wrisdale	-4	70	70	140
T52	Steven Brown	-3	70	71	141
T52	George Coetzee	-3	69	72	141
T52	Emilio Cuartero Blanco	-3	73	68	141
T52	Ben Evans	-3	67	74	141
T52	Ricardo Gouveia	-3	70	71	141
T52	Anton Karlsson	-3	69	72	141
T52	David Law	-3	72	69	141
T52	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	-3	72	69	141
T52	Clement Sordet	-3	70	71	141
T52	Brandon Stone	-3	68	73	141
T52	James Sugrue (a)	-3	74	67	141
T52	Nicolai Von Dellingshausen	-3	70	71	141
T52	Lars van Meijel	-3	73	68	141
T52	Nordin van Tilburg (a)	-3	71	70	141
T66	SSP Chawrasia	-2	75	67	142
T66	Bryce Easton	-2	75	67	142
T66	Jens Fahrbring	-2	70	72	142
T66	Oliver Farr	-2	71	71	142
T66	Angus Flanagan	-2	71	71	142
T66	Matt Ford	-2	70	72	142
T66	Chase Hanna	-2	70	72	142
T66	Rikard Karlberg	-2	72	70	142
T66	Koen Kouwenaar	-2	73	69	142
T66	Max Schmitt	-2	69	73	142
T66	Cormac Sharvin	-2	73	69	142
T66	Lee Slattery	-2	71	71	142
T78	Matthew Baldwin	-1	74	69	143
T78	Dean Burmester	-1	69	74	143
T78	Ashley Chesters	-1	73	70	143
T78	Dave Coupland	-1	72	71	143
T78	Oliver Fisher	-1	73	70	143
T78	Jacques Kruyswijk	-1	71	72	143
T78	Freddy Schott	-1	70	73	143
T78	Joel Sjoholm	-1	72	71	143
T78	Suradit Yongcharoenchai	-1	72	71	143
T78	Daniel van Tonder	-1	73	70	143
T88	Pedro Figueiredo	E	73	71	144
T88	Craig Howie	E	72	72	144
T88	Andrew Johnston	E	70	74	144
T88	Joost Luiten	E	72	72	144
T88	Jake McLeod	E	70	74	144
T88	Renato Paratore	E	72	72	144
T88	Paul Peterson	E	68	76	144
T88	Daniel Young (a)	E	71	73	144
T96	Josh Geary	+1	71	74	145
T96	Alexander Knappe	+1	71	74	145
T96	Joakim Lagergren	+1	73	72	145
T96	Zander Lombard	+1	74	71	145
T96	Robin Petersson (a)	+1	77	68	145
T96	Garrick Porteous	+1	72	73	145
T96	Toby Tree	+1	72	73	145
T103	Lucas Bjerregaard	+2	73	73	146
T103	Jorge Campillo	+2	76	70	146
T103	Niklas Lemke	+2	73	73	146
T103	Gavin Moynihan	+2	72	74	146
T103	Elvis Smylie	+2	77	69	146
T103	Gary Stal	+2	70	76	146
T109	Dario Antonisse	+3	72	75	147
T109	Alfredo Garcia-Heredia	+3	72	75	147
T109	Janne Kaske	+3	75	72	147
T109	Stan Kraai (a)	+3	76	71	147
T113	Wouter De Vries	+4	76	72	148
T113	Paul Dunne	+4	76	72	148
T113	Philip Eriksson	+4	76	72	148
T113	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	+4	78	70	148
T113	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	+4	73	75	148
T113	Raphael Jacquelin	+4	76	72	148
T113	Deyen Lawson	+4	74	74	148
T113	Damien Perrier	+4	75	73	148
T113	Davey Porsius	+4	74	74	148
T113	Kristoffer Reitan	+4	73	75	148
T113	Steven Tiley	+4	70	78	148
T124	Pep Angles	+5	75	74	149
T124	Wil Besseling	+5	74	75	149
T124	Ralph Miller	+5	72	77	149
T124	Haydn Porteous	+5	79	70	149
T128	Max Albertus (a)	+6	77	73	150
T128	Eduardo De la Riva	+6	75	75	150
T128	Romain Wattel	+6	74	76	150
T128	Lars van Der Vight	+6	76	74	150
T132	Tom Gandy	+7	74	77	151
T132	Tyler Koivisto	+7	75	76	151
T132	Carlos Pigem	+7	75	76	151
T132	Jesper Sandborg	+7	75	76	151
T136	Lorenzo Gagli	+10	73	81	154
T136	Liam Johnston	+10	78	76	154
T136	Aron Zemmer	+10	77	77	154
T139	Gavin Kyle Green	+11	85	70	155
T139	Kiet van Der Weele	+11	78	77	155
141	Felix van Dijk	+12	76	80	156
142	Maarten Lafeber	+13	75	82	157
143	Lars Keunen (a)	+14	79	79	158
RETD	Joel Stalter	+3	71		71