September 03-06
Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain
โฌ1,250,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
John Catlin will take a two stroke lead into the weekend at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucรญa Masters after another bruising day at Real Club Valderrama.
The American started the day in a four-way tie for the lead and is the only player to have carded two rounds in the red as the field again contended with strong winds at the notoriously tough 1997 Ryder Cup venue.
The 29-year-old, who has won four times on the Asian Tour, began his round with birdies on the first and third holes, but was one over par for the day after his third bogey of the round came at the tenth hole.
Players under par after 36 holes:
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✳️ Catlin (-3)
✳️ Donaldson (-1)
✳️ Syme (-1)
✳️ Larrazรกbal (-1)
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He recovered strongly with gains on the 16th and 17th, and a crucial up-and-down on the 18th to sign for a one under par round of 70 and a three under par total.
โI was hanging on in the middle of the round. I got off to a hot start again but then I started making bogeys, which you can do out here pretty easily if you miss a fairway here and a green there. I made a really good bogey on nine, that could have been a double pretty quickly. I hung in there all day and was able to hole putts there on 16, 17 and 18. I hit a great shot on 18, I just misjudged the wind a little bit. It's nice to get two good ones in over the first two days.
โWinning is never easy. It doesn't matter what Tour you're on, you have to go out there, make birdies and hole putts. Being able to look myself in the mirror and know I've done this before and can do it again is hugely helpful. It helped me out there today, even though I haven't won a European Tour event, I know I'm fully capable of doing that.โ
Catlin is two strokes ahead of Scotsman Connor Syme, who shared the 18-hole lead, 2014 Ryder Cup player Jamie Donaldson and five-time European Tour winner Pablo Larrazรกbal.
โPretty pleased to be honest, it wasn't easy again โ the wind was probably a little less than yesterday but still equally as difficult," said Syme. "I probably wasn't as sharp around the greens, got a couple of bad breaks but that's just going to happen to you to be honest. Happy with the way I grinded, and I holed a few nice putts there at the end to salvage a pretty good score again today.
โ(I'm) trying to focus for as little time as possible, switch off in between shots so that when you're over the ball you're putting everything into working it out. Because it's such a grind, it's pretty hilly and it's a tough walk as well as being a difficult golf course so trying to keep as much energy as possible for when you're playing your shots is key, so it's tough but I'm happy with the score.โ
4 under par through 13 holes and now leading...
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Wilco Nienaber moved up to fifth place after a one under par round of 70, which included two birdies and an eagle.
Spaniard Alejandro Caรฑizares, who is attached to Real Club Valderrama, the Italian pair of Lorenzo Gagli and Guido Migliozzi, and Denmark's Sรธren Kjeldsen, who won the 2008 Volvo Masters at this golf course, share sixth on one over par.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
John Catlin | -3 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T2 |
Jamie Donaldson | -1 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
T2 |
Pablo Larrazabal | -1 |
71 |
70 |
141 |
T2 |
Connor Syme | -1 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
5 |
Wilco Nienaber | E |
72 |
70 |
142 |
T6 |
Alejandro Cañizares | 1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
T6 |
Lorenzo Gagli | 1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
T6 |
Søren Kjeldsen | 1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
T6 |
Guido Migliozzi | 1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
T10 |
Martin Kaymer | 2 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T10 |
Ross McGowan | 2 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
T10 |
Jake McLeod | 2 |
71 |
73 |
144 |
T13 |
Thomas Detry | 3 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
T13 |
Alvaro Quiros | 3 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
T13 |
Antoine Rozner | 3 |
76 |
69 |
145 |
T13 |
Jeff Winther | 3 |
77 |
68 |
145 |
T17 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | 4 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
T17 |
Justin Harding | 4 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
T17 |
Masahiro Kawamura | 4 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
T17 |
Damien Perrier | 4 |
76 |
70 |
146 |
T17 |
Robin Roussel | 4 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
T17 |
Max Schmitt | 4 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
T17 |
Johannes Veerman | 4 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
T17 |
Sami Välimäki | 4 |
77 |
69 |
146 |
T17 |
Bernd Wiesberger | 4 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
T26 |
Pep Angles | 5 |
70 |
77 |
147 |
T26 |
Wil Besseling | 5 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
T26 |
Alexander Björk | 5 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
T26 |
Steven Brown | 5 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
T26 |
Jorge Campillo | 5 |
69 |
78 |
147 |
T26 |
Ignacio Elvira Mijares | 5 |
77 |
70 |
147 |
T26 |
Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez | 5 |
76 |
71 |
147 |
T26 |
David Horsey | 5 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
T26 |
Maximilian Kieffer | 5 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
T26 |
Pedro Oriol | 5 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
T26 |
Ben Stow | 5 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
T37 |
Thomas Bjørn | 6 |
72 |
76 |
148 |
T37 |
Jonathan Caldwell | 6 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
T37 |
Dave Coupland | 6 |
72 |
76 |
148 |
T37 |
Ben Evans | 6 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
T37 |
Julien Guerrier | 6 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
T37 |
Joachim B. Hansen | 6 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
T37 |
Gregory Havret | 6 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
T37 |
Raphael Jacquelin | 6 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
T37 |
Jbe Kruger | 6 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
T37 |
Joost Luiten | 6 |
79 |
69 |
148 |
T37 |
Adrian Otaegui | 6 |
77 |
71 |
148 |
T37 |
Carlos Pigem | 6 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
T37 |
Ricardo Santos | 6 |
78 |
70 |
148 |
T37 |
Romain Wattel | 6 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
T37 |
Ashun Wu | 6 |
77 |
71 |
148 |
T52 |
Bryce Easton | 7 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
T52 |
Ewen Ferguson | 7 |
73 |
76 |
149 |
T52 |
Alfredo Garcia-Heredia | 7 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
T52 |
Joakim Lagergren | 7 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
T52 |
Francesco Laporta | 7 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
T52 |
Robert MacIntyre | 7 |
80 |
69 |
149 |
T52 |
Edoardo Molinari | 7 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
T52 |
Thorbjørn Olesen | 7 |
72 |
77 |
149 |
T52 |
Robin Sciot-Siegrist | 7 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
T52 |
Matthew Southgate | 7 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
T52 |
Toby Tree | 7 |
72 |
77 |
149 |
T52 |
Lee Westwood | 7 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
T64 |
Richard Bland | 8 |
78 |
72 |
150 |
T64 |
Grant Forrest | 8 |
78 |
72 |
150 |
T64 |
Jean Baptiste Gonnet | 8 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
T64 |
Craig Howie | 8 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
T64 |
Rasmus Højgaard | 8 |
71 |
79 |
150 |
T64 |
Matthew Jordan | 8 |
81 |
69 |
150 |
T64 |
Rikard Karlberg | 8 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
T64 |
Romain Langasque | 8 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
T64 |
Alexander Levy | 8 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
T64 |
Wade Ormsby | 8 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
T64 |
Victor Perez | 8 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
T64 |
Adrien Saddier | 8 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
T64 |
Marcel Schneider | 8 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
T64 |
Paul Waring | 8 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
T78 |
Eduardo De la Riva | 9 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
T78 |
Pedro Figueiredo | 9 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
T78 |
Ricardo Gouveia | 9 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
T78 |
Oscar Lengden | 9 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
T78 |
Renato Paratore | 9 |
77 |
74 |
151 |
T78 |
Jason Scrivener | 9 |
79 |
72 |
151 |
T78 |
Cormac Sharvin | 9 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
T78 |
Sebastian Soderberg | 9 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
T78 |
Andy Sullivan | 9 |
73 |
78 |
151 |
T78 |
Darius van Driel | 9 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
T88 |
Benjamin Hebert | 10 |
74 |
78 |
152 |
T88 |
Sihwan Kim | 10 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
T88 |
Kalle Samooja | 10 |
73 |
79 |
152 |
T88 |
Joel Sjoholm | 10 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
T88 |
Joël Stalter | 10 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
T93 |
Maverick Antcliff | 11 |
80 |
73 |
153 |
T93 |
José María Olazábal | 11 |
74 |
79 |
153 |
T93 |
Andrea Pavan | 11 |
73 |
80 |
153 |
T93 |
Brandon Stone | 11 |
74 |
79 |
153 |
T97 |
Rhys Enoch | 12 |
79 |
75 |
154 |
T97 |
Calum Hill | 12 |
77 |
77 |
154 |
T97 |
Alvaro Mueller-Baumgart | 12 |
77 |
77 |
154 |
T97 |
Matthieu Pavon | 12 |
74 |
80 |
154 |
T97 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | 12 |
75 |
79 |
154 |
T97 |
Scott Vincent | 12 |
75 |
79 |
154 |
T97 |
Justin Walters | 12 |
77 |
77 |
154 |
T104 |
Nino Bertasio | 14 |
79 |
77 |
156 |
T104 |
Emilio Cuartero Blanco | 14 |
80 |
76 |
156 |
T104 |
Marcus Kinhult | 14 |
80 |
76 |
156 |
T104 |
Garrick Porteous | 14 |
79 |
77 |
156 |
T104 |
Lorenzo Scalise | 14 |
78 |
78 |
156 |
T109 |
Gavin Moynihan | 15 |
79 |
78 |
157 |
T109 |
Zach Murray | 15 |
77 |
80 |
157 |
T109 |
Eduard Rousaud | 15 |
83 |
74 |
157 |
T109 |
Shubhankar Sharma | 15 |
81 |
76 |
157 |
T113 |
Marcus Armitage | 16 |
79 |
79 |
158 |
T113 |
Alejandro Del Rey (a) | 16 |
80 |
78 |
158 |
T113 |
Tom Gandy | 16 |
78 |
80 |
158 |
T113 |
Peter Hanson | 16 |
81 |
77 |
158 |
T117 |
Kristoffer Broberg | 17 |
81 |
78 |
159 |
T117 |
Samuel Del Val | 17 |
79 |
80 |
159 |
T119 |
Adrian Meronk | 18 |
78 |
82 |
160 |
T119 |
Borja Virto | 18 |
76 |
84 |
160 |
T121 |
Anton Karlsson | 19 |
85 |
76 |
161 |
T121 |
Andres Romero | 19 |
82 |
79 |
161 |
T121 |
Lars van Meijel | 19 |
85 |
76 |
161 |
T124 |
David Howell | 20 |
78 |
84 |
162 |
T124 |
Niklas Lemke | 20 |
85 |
77 |
162 |
126 |
Ivan Cantero Gutierrez | 21 |
86 |
77 |
163 |
127 |
Michael Campbell | 25 |
82 |
85 |
167 |
WD |
Zander Lombard | E |
|||
WD |
Jordan Smith | 11 |
66 |
66 |
|
WD |
Haotong Li | 5 |
16 |
16 |
|
WD |
Kristoffer Reitan | 7 |
46 |
46 |
|
WD |
Sean Crocker | 7 |
42 |
42 |