June 27-30
Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain
€3,000,000
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Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
Christiaan Bezuidenhout will take a five shot lead over local hero Jon Rahm into the final round of the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation as he looks for his first European Tour victory.
“I take a lot from that. Definitely wasn't my best ball striking day today. I made some great saves on the turn through seven to nine. Got all three up and down there, which kept the momentum going.
“Going into Sunday with a five shot lead is definitely nice. I'll just keep playing my game and see how I finish up tomorrow.
“Rahm is a great player, he's top 15 in the world and he's a legend in Spain so it will be quite an experience tomorrow. I haven't played with him yet so I'm looking forward to the challenge and we'll see how we go tomorrow.”
World Number 11 Rahm recorded his best round as a professional at Real Club Valderrama with a 67 to sit at five under par alongside Japan's Hideto Tanihara, but the duo could not keep pace with Bezuidenhout, whose round of 69 took him to ten under par.
“The biggest difference today was how I played off the tee, I can't recall missing many fairways," said Rahm. "I always had a chance and on that front nine, I putted for birdie pretty much on every hole.
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“I'm confident, there's a lot of shots to make up and I'm also aware that every time you play here in the afternoon the wind is going to pick up, the greens are going to get a little firmer every single day. If I can get off to a good start and play as solid a nine holes as I did today, I give myself a chance on the back nine."
The South African arrived in Spain off the back of claiming third place at last week's BMW International Open. He came in to Saturday with a four shot lead, but with three birdies and just one bogey he managed to stretch that advantage on one of the toughest layouts on the Race to Dubai.
Tanihara carded a round of 68 to join Rahm in a tie for second place, two shots ahead of Belgian duo Nicolas Colsaerts and Thomas Detry. Tournament host Garcia and 2018 Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjørn are then in a group of nine players eight shots off the lead at two under par.
“I'll do the same thing tomorrow, there's not much more I can do. I don't know how to explain that I shot 73 the way I hit the ball, it just doesn't make sense," said Garcia.
"That's the way golf goes sometimes; the only thing I can do is play as well as I've been playing every single day, and hopefully everything that's been going wrong goes right. If not, we'll try to finish as high as possible. It's disappointing because I feel I hit so many good shots and got nothing out of them, but that's how it goes.”
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
1 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
-10 |
66 |
68 |
69 |
203 |
T2 |
Jon Rahm | ESP |
-5 |
69 |
72 |
67 |
208 |
T2 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
-5 |
70 |
70 |
68 |
208 |
T4 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
-3 |
74 |
68 |
68 |
210 |
T4 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
-3 |
73 |
67 |
70 |
210 |
T6 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
-2 |
71 |
73 |
67 |
211 |
T6 |
Eduardo De La Riva | ESP |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
69 |
211 |
T6 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
69 |
211 |
T6 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
-2 |
69 |
73 |
69 |
211 |
T6 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
-2 |
68 |
72 |
71 |
211 |
T6 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
-2 |
67 |
73 |
71 |
211 |
T6 |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
-2 |
68 |
71 |
72 |
211 |
T6 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-2 |
68 |
70 |
73 |
211 |
T6 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
-2 |
66 |
72 |
73 |
211 |
T15 |
Daniel Gavins | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
74 |
68 |
212 |
T15 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-1 |
73 |
71 |
68 |
212 |
T15 |
Bernd Ritthammer | GER |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
69 |
212 |
T15 |
David Horsey | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
73 |
70 |
212 |
T15 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
212 |
T15 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
-1 |
68 |
72 |
72 |
212 |
T15 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
-1 |
70 |
69 |
73 |
212 |
T22 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
Par |
71 |
73 |
69 |
213 |
T22 |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
Par |
72 |
72 |
69 |
213 |
T22 |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
Par |
66 |
77 |
70 |
213 |
T22 |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
Par |
73 |
69 |
71 |
213 |
T22 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
Par |
69 |
71 |
73 |
213 |
T22 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
Par |
66 |
74 |
73 |
213 |
T22 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
Par |
68 |
71 |
74 |
213 |
T22 |
Victor Perez | FRA |
Par |
65 |
74 |
74 |
213 |
T30 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
1 |
72 |
72 |
70 |
214 |
T30 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
1 |
70 |
74 |
70 |
214 |
T30 |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
1 |
68 |
75 |
71 |
214 |
T30 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
1 |
72 |
71 |
71 |
214 |
T30 |
Andres Romero | ARG |
1 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
214 |
T30 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
1 |
71 |
70 |
73 |
214 |
T30 |
Samuel Del Val | ESP |
1 |
71 |
70 |
73 |
214 |
T30 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
1 |
67 |
71 |
76 |
214 |
T30 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
1 |
70 |
68 |
76 |
214 |
T39 |
Kristoffer Reitan | NOR |
2 |
73 |
71 |
71 |
215 |
T39 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
2 |
68 |
75 |
72 |
215 |
T39 |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
2 |
73 |
70 |
72 |
215 |
T39 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
2 |
73 |
70 |
72 |
215 |
T39 |
Julian Suri | USA |
2 |
67 |
73 |
75 |
215 |
T44 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
3 |
71 |
73 |
72 |
216 |
T44 |
Stuart Manley | WAL |
3 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
216 |
T44 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
3 |
73 |
71 |
72 |
216 |
T44 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
3 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
216 |
T44 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
3 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
216 |
T44 |
Paul Peterson | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
73 |
216 |
T44 |
Min-Woo Lee | AUS |
3 |
75 |
67 |
74 |
216 |
T44 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
3 |
67 |
73 |
76 |
216 |
T44 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
3 |
70 |
70 |
76 |
216 |
T53 |
Andrew Johnston | ENG |
4 |
70 |
73 |
74 |
217 |
T53 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
4 |
71 |
71 |
75 |
217 |
T53 |
David Lipsky | USA |
4 |
70 |
72 |
75 |
217 |
T53 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
4 |
69 |
71 |
77 |
217 |
T53 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
4 |
70 |
69 |
78 |
217 |
T58 |
Richard Sterne | RSA |
5 |
72 |
71 |
75 |
218 |
T58 |
David Law | SCO |
5 |
70 |
72 |
76 |
218 |
T58 |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
5 |
72 |
70 |
76 |
218 |
T61 |
Christofer Blomstrand | SWE |
6 |
75 |
69 |
75 |
219 |
T61 |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
6 |
71 |
73 |
75 |
219 |
T61 |
Anton Karlsson | SWE |
6 |
66 |
76 |
77 |
219 |
T64 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
7 |
71 |
73 |
76 |
220 |
T64 |
Shiv Kapur | IND |
7 |
74 |
70 |
76 |
220 |
T64 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
7 |
73 |
70 |
77 |
220 |
T67 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
8 |
70 |
74 |
77 |
221 |
T67 |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
8 |
69 |
73 |
79 |
221 |
T67 |
Espen Kofstad | NOR |
8 |
70 |
70 |
81 |
221 |
70 |
Hyo-Won Park | KOR |
9 |
73 |
71 |
78 |
222 |
71 |
Filippo Bergamaschi | ITA |
11 |
69 |
74 |
81 |
224 |
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 |