June 27-30
Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain
€3,000,000
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Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
Christiaan Bezuidenhout mastered the tougher conditions during round two to take a commanding four shot lead into the weekend at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation.
The fearsome Real Club Valderrama had proved scoreable in round one as Bezuidenhout registered a round of 66 but firmer greens and higher winds made it a different proposition on Friday.
“First of all I just kept it in play really nicely. That's the key thing here, hitting fairways. I was driving it really well. On a course like this you can score well if you hit the fairways but if you don't you can really struggle.
“I prefer the tougher conditions. It's tough for everyone. The wind is getting quite a bit stronger, you just have to face it.
“It's going to be tough - it's tough without wind - so I'm just hoping to do the same, hit fairways and greens, give myself chances and see where I finish up.”
The South African signed for a round of 68 in the morning to get to eight under par, as he chases his first European Tour win following his third place finish at last week's BMW International Open.
The best of Bezuidenhout's second round 68 🎥 #ValderramaMasters pic.twitter.com/ilvLi7VbYL
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) June 28, 2019
With conditions getting even tougher in the afternoon, tournament host Sergio Garcia, fellow home favourites Adri Arnaus and Alvaro Quiros, and Welshman Bradley Dredge emerged as the closest challengers at four under par.
“Being local, it's always nice to play in front of my home crowd, but Valderrama is one of those few courses where you can sometimes do better if you don't know it too well – I am starting to know every single corner for good or for bad," said Quiros.
“This is not a long hitter's golf course. Most of the time we are looking to place the ball off the tee and we are not allowed to hit the driver every single time – that's not an advantage for long hitters. I don't consider myself at disadvantage here, but really my length doesn't help a lot.”
Quiros had carded a 68 in the morning and Garcia battled to an afternoon 72 to keep himself right in the mix to win this event for the third consecutive season. He also has a victory at this event in 2011 and ten other top tens from 14 appearances at Valderrama and he delighted the home fans on the ninth as he chipped in for a birdie to go with two other gains and four bogeys.
“Obviously it was very difficult this afternoon," said Garcia, "the greens were very firm and it got quite windy, more than yesterday afternoon. I just didn't make any putts, but I felt like I played really well under the conditions and the difficulty of the course.
“The way the course is playing you have to pick your spots, there are some good spots where you can be aggressive, but you also have to be a little bit careful.
99% of people when putting on 17 😨@AdriArnaus when putting on 17 💪#ValderramaMasters pic.twitter.com/GzgCiOoSqS
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) June 28, 2019
Arnaus signed for a 70 and Dredge carded a 71 to make it a four way tie in second place, with only Brooks Koepka at the US PGA Championship holding a bigger 36 hole lead than Bezuidenhout so far on the 2019 Race to Dubai.
“It wasn't playing easy, the wind picked up and in the afternoon the greens were firmer. It was kind of a grind for most of the round until I made that eagle putt on 17, which was my highlight," said Arnaus.
“You have to pick whenever you are going to be aggressive, definitely not all the time. I was probably aggressive five times, the rest was just keep it in play, keep it in the middle of the green and try to make some putts. If some dropped that was going to be a bonus. It was just one of those days.”
India's Gaganjeet Bhullar, South African George Coetzee, Scotland's Scott Jamieson, Finn Mikko Korhonen and Frenchman Victor Perez are all one shot further back at three under par, with 12 players in a tie for 11 th place at two under par.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
-8 |
66 |
68 |
134 |
T2 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
-4 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
T2 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
-4 |
66 |
72 |
138 |
T2 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-4 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
T2 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
-4 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
T6 |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
-3 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T6 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
-3 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
T6 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
-3 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
T6 |
Victor Perez | FRA |
-3 |
65 |
74 |
139 |
T6 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-3 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
T11 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
-2 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T11 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
-2 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T11 |
Espen Kofstad | NOR |
-2 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T11 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T11 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
-2 |
67 |
73 |
140 |
T11 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
-2 |
66 |
74 |
140 |
T11 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
-2 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
T11 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
-2 |
68 |
72 |
140 |
T11 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
T11 |
Julian Suri | USA |
-2 |
67 |
73 |
140 |
T11 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
-2 |
67 |
73 |
140 |
T11 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
-2 |
73 |
67 |
140 |
T23 |
Samuel Del Val | ESP |
-1 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T23 |
Jon Rahm | ESP |
-1 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
T23 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
-1 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T26 |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
Par |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T26 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
Par |
74 |
68 |
142 |
T26 |
Andres Romero | ARG |
Par |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T26 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
Par |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T26 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
Par |
69 |
73 |
142 |
T26 |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
Par |
73 |
69 |
142 |
T26 |
Anton Karlsson | SWE |
Par |
66 |
76 |
142 |
T26 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
Par |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T26 |
David Law | SCO |
Par |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T26 |
Min-Woo Lee | AUS |
Par |
75 |
67 |
142 |
T26 |
David Lipsky | USA |
Par |
70 |
72 |
142 |
T26 |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
Par |
69 |
73 |
142 |
T26 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
Par |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T26 |
Eduardo De La Riva | ESP |
Par |
71 |
71 |
142 |
T26 |
David Horsey | ENG |
Par |
69 |
73 |
142 |
T41 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T41 |
Paul Peterson | USA |
1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T41 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T41 |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T41 |
Bernd Ritthammer | GER |
1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T41 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T41 |
Richard Sterne | RSA |
1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T41 |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
1 |
66 |
77 |
143 |
T41 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
1 |
68 |
75 |
143 |
T41 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T41 |
Andrew Johnston | ENG |
1 |
70 |
73 |
143 |
T41 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
1 |
72 |
71 |
143 |
T41 |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
1 |
68 |
75 |
143 |
T41 |
Filippo Bergamaschi | ITA |
1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
T55 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
2 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T55 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
2 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T55 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
2 |
70 |
74 |
144 |
T55 |
Stuart Manley | WAL |
2 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T55 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
2 |
71 |
73 |
144 |
T55 |
Hyo-Won Park | KOR |
2 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T55 |
Daniel Gavins | ENG |
2 |
70 |
74 |
144 |
T55 |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
2 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T55 |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
2 |
71 |
73 |
144 |
T55 |
Christofer Blomstrand | SWE |
2 |
75 |
69 |
144 |
T55 |
Kristoffer Reitan | NOR |
2 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T55 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
2 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T55 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
2 |
71 |
73 |
144 |
T55 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
2 |
71 |
73 |
144 |
T55 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
2 |
70 |
74 |
144 |
T55 |
Shiv Kapur | IND |
2 |
74 |
70 |
144 |
T55 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
2 |
71 |
73 |
144 |
CUT |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
3 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
CUT |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
3 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
CUT |
David Howell | ENG |
3 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
CUT |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | ESP |
3 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
CUT |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
3 |
68 |
77 |
145 |
CUT |
Jake McLeod | AUS |
3 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
CUT |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
3 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
CUT |
Kristian Krogh Johannessen | NOR |
3 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
CUT |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
3 |
69 |
76 |
145 |
CUT |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG |
3 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
CUT |
Matthew Nixon | ENG |
3 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
CUT |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
3 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
CUT |
Max Schmitt | GER |
3 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
CUT |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
3 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
CUT |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
3 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
CUT |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
3 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
CUT |
Adam Bland | AUS |
4 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
CUT |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
4 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
CUT |
Ben Evans | ENG |
4 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
CUT |
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra | ESP |
4 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
CUT |
Javier Colomo | ESP |
4 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
CUT |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
4 |
76 |
70 |
146 |
CUT |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
4 |
68 |
78 |
146 |
CUT |
Johannes Veerman | USA |
4 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
CUT |
John Catlin | USA |
4 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
CUT |
Pep Angles | ESP |
4 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
CUT |
Santiago Tarrio | ESP |
4 |
70 |
76 |
146 |
CUT |
Thomas Aiken | RSA |
4 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
CUT |
Darius van Driel | NED |
5 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Deyen Lawson | AUS |
5 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
CUT |
Marc Warren | SCO |
5 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
CUT |
Nick Cullen | AUS |
5 |
70 |
77 |
147 |
CUT |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
5 |
70 |
77 |
147 |
CUT |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
5 |
68 |
79 |
147 |
CUT |
Rikard Karlberg | SWE |
5 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
CUT |
Robert Rock | ENG |
5 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
CUT |
Scott Hend | AUS |
5 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
CUT |
Shiv Chawrasia | IND |
5 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
CUT |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
5 |
77 |
70 |
147 |
CUT |
Yusaku Miyazato | JPN |
5 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
CUT |
Alfredo Garcia-Heredia | ESP |
6 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
CUT |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
6 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
CUT |
Callum Shinkwin | ENG |
6 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
CUT |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
6 |
71 |
77 |
148 |
CUT |
Dimitrios Papadatos | AUS |
6 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
CUT |
Jose Maria Olazabal | ESP |
6 |
71 |
77 |
148 |
CUT |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
6 |
72 |
76 |
148 |
CUT |
Liam Johnston | SCO |
6 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
CUT |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
6 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
CUT |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
6 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
CUT |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
6 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
CUT |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
6 |
70 |
78 |
148 |
CUT |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
7 |
72 |
77 |
149 |
CUT |
Jack Senior | ENG |
7 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
CUT |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
7 |
71 |
78 |
149 |
CUT |
Pedro Oriol | ESP |
7 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
CUT |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
7 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
CUT |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
7 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
CUT |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
8 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
CUT |
David Drysdale | SCO |
8 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
CUT |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
8 |
78 |
72 |
150 |
CUT |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
8 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
CUT |
Max Orrin | ENG |
8 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
CUT |
Paul Waring | ENG |
8 |
72 |
78 |
150 |
CUT |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
8 |
70 |
80 |
150 |
CUT |
Tom Murray | ENG |
8 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
CUT |
David Borda | ESP |
9 |
71 |
80 |
151 |
CUT |
James Morrison | ENG |
9 |
77 |
74 |
151 |
CUT |
Luis Gagne | CRC |
9 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
CUT |
Paul Dunne | IRL |
9 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
CUT |
Pelle Edberg | SWE |
9 |
79 |
72 |
151 |
CUT |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
9 |
71 |
80 |
151 |
CUT |
Sam Brazel | AUS |
9 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
CUT |
Jamie Donaldson | WAL |
10 |
72 |
80 |
152 |
CUT |
Michael Hoey | NIR |
10 |
74 |
78 |
152 |
CUT |
Joel Girrbach | SWE |
11 |
75 |
78 |
153 |
CUT |
Louis De Jager | RSA |
11 |
75 |
78 |
153 |
CUT |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
12 |
74 |
80 |
154 |
CUT |
Alejandro Del Rey | ESP |
13 |
74 |
81 |
155 |
CUT |
Gavin Moynihan | IRL |
13 |
72 |
83 |
155 |
CUT |
Kurt Kitayama | USA |
13 |
79 |
76 |
155 |
CUT |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
14 |
79 |
77 |
156 |
CUT |
Ivan Cantero | ESP |
15 |
78 |
79 |
157 |
CUT |
Per Laengfors | SWE |
15 |
74 |
83 |
157 |
RET |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
Par |
79 |
- |
79 |