Gran Canaria Lopesan Open R2

Gran Canaria 2021 R2
April 22-25
Meloneras Golf by Lopesan, Gran Canaria, Spain
€1,500,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Gran Canaria 2021 R2

New father Thorbjørn Olesen takes a one shot lead into the weekend at the Gran Canaria Lopesan Open after becoming the first of three players to shoot the course record on a low scoring day at Meloneras Golf by Lopesan.

Gran Canaria 2021 R2

The Dane admitted he was not expecting to make such a hot start after shooting a nine under par round of 71, admitting he was short of practice following the birth of his son, Cooper, earlier this month.

“I feel great. I was definitely not expecting this. It was an amazing experience to have a son a few weeks ago. I didn’t have that much practice coming in here, only last week, so the expectations were pretty low. It was great fun to be out here yesterday and today and shooting such a good number.”

Gran Canaria 2021 R2

“Overall it was good. My putting was really good both days and that always helps. Beside that I was always in play, hit a lot of fairways over the two days. I wasn’t really expecting anything and I was just focusing on every shot and not really thinking about it too much. I think that helped.”

“The thought of 59 didn’t really come to mind, I didn’t even know what the par was to be honest. Yesterday afternoon I was just so much in the present and wasn’t thinking about my score too much. I think that helped.”

Gran Canaria 2021 R2

The 2018 Ryder Cup player carded seven birdies and an eagle to get to 14-under par and lead the way from Dutchman Wil Besseling and Wales’ Rhys Enoch.

“Feeling good. Enjoyed it,” said Besseling. “Two great rounds, sun is out, course is good, played well. Looking forward to the weekend.”

“I pushed my drive (on the 9th, his 18th), hit the cart path and into the water hazard which is no water, only rocks. Decided to play from there. Hit it, it went all the way right, into the rough on the first hole. I had 66 metres, flopped it to six feet and holed the putt.”

Gran Canaria 2021 R2

“The course is wide, there is not too much wind. This course is built for the wind, so if there is no wind, you are going to make birdies and that’s what happened. I think it’s really important to stay patient, see your chances, and when you’re not in position, just play a little more defence. Together with my caddie, we did a great job so far. That’s why we don’t have any bogey’s yet on the card and hopefully it stays like that.”

German Maximilian Kieffer, Frenchman Robin Roussel and Austrian Matthias Schwab are one shot back at 12-under par.

Gran Canaria 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Thorbjørn Olesen *	-14	65	61	126
T2	Wil Besseling *	-13	64	63	127
T2	Rhys Enoch	-13	65	62	127
T4	Maximilian Kieffer *	-12	63	65	128
T4	Robin Roussel	-12	63	65	128
T4	Matthias Schwab *	-12	65	63	128
T7	Maverick Antcliff	-11	66	63	129
T7	Garrick Higgo *	-11	65	64	129
T9	Richard Bland	-10	64	66	130
T9	Victor Dubuisson *	-10	68	62	130
T9	Matt Ford	-10	64	66	130
T9	Joachim B. Hansen	-10	63	67	130
T9	Sam Horsfield	-10	69	61	130
T9	Romain Langasque *	-10	67	63	130
T9	Matthieu Pavon *	-10	66	64	130
T16	Ben Evans *	-9	64	67	131
T16	Nicolai Højgaard	-9	67	64	131
T16	Andrew Johnston	-9	68	63	131
T16	Zander Lombard *	-9	66	65	131
T16	Joost Luiten	-9	63	68	131
T16	Jack Senior	-9	66	65	131
T16	Darius van Driel *	-9	66	65	131
T23	Nino Bertasio	-8	69	63	132
T23	Dean Burmester	-8	65	67	132
T23	Rafa Cabrera Bello	-8	65	67	132
T23	Alejandro Del Rey (a) *	-8	64	68	132
T23	Jamie Donaldson *	-8	65	67	132
T23	Justin Harding *	-8	65	67	132
T23	Scott Jamieson	-8	64	68	132
T23	Sihwan Kim *	-8	67	65	132
T23	Benjamin Poke *	-8	66	66	132
T23	Connor Syme	-8	71	61	132
T33	Marcus Armitage	-7	69	64	133
T33	Alexander Björk *	-7	67	66	133
T33	Jonathan Caldwell *	-7	68	65	133
T33	Aaron Cockerill	-7	71	62	133
T33	Berry Henson	-7	70	63	133
T33	Michael Lorenzo-Vera *	-7	65	68	133
T33	Richie Ramsay	-7	68	65	133
T33	Jordan Smith *	-7	68	65	133
T33	Clement Sordet *	-7	65	68	133
T33	Paul Waring	-7	68	65	133
T33	Jeff Winther	-7	67	66	133
T33	Lars van Meijel *	-7	66	67	133
T45	Ivan Cantero Gutierrez	-6	67	67	134
T45	John Catlin *	-6	67	67	134
T45	Calum Hill *	-6	68	66	134
T45	Niall Kearney *	-6	66	68	134
T45	Søren Kjeldsen *	-6	71	63	134
T45	Francesco Laporta *	-6	66	68	134
T45	Richard Mansell (a) *	-6	68	66	134
T45	Guido Migliozzi *	-6	70	64	134
T45	Antoine Rozner	-6	66	68	134
T45	Marcel Schneider	-6	68	66	134
T45	Justin Walters	-6	69	65	134
T45	Oliver Wilson	-6	65	69	134
T57	Pep Angles *	-5	71	64	135
T57	Adri Arnaus	-5	69	66	135
T57	Lucas Bjerregaard *	-5	71	64	135
T57	Alejandro Cañizares *	-5	70	65	135
T57	Ashley Chesters	-5	70	65	135
T57	Sean Crocker	-5	67	68	135
T57	Louis De Jager *	-5	69	66	135
T57	Oliver Farr	-5	68	67	135
T57	Julien Guerrier	-5	68	67	135
T57	Gregory Havret *	-5	65	70	135
T57	Sebastian Heisele	-5	69	66	135
T57	Adrian Meronk	-5	67	68	135
T57	James Morrison	-5	69	66	135
T57	Garrick Porteous *	-5	68	67	135
T57	Max Schmitt *	-5	66	69	135
T57	Andy Sullivan	-5	70	65	135
T57	Ashun Wu *	-5	67	68	135
T57	Fabrizio Zanotti *	-5	68	67	135
T75	Dave Coupland *	-4	70	66	136
T75	Oliver Fisher *	-4	69	67	136
T75	Ross Fisher	-4	69	67	136
T75	Tom Gandy *	-4	67	69	136
T75	Alfredo Garcia-Heredia *	-4	69	67	136
T75	Rikard Karlberg *	-4	73	63	136
T75	Janne Kaske *	-4	69	67	136
T75	Masahiro Kawamura *	-4	69	67	136
T75	Kurt Kitayama	-4	71	65	136
T75	Pablo Larrazabal	-4	66	70	136
T75	Richard McEvoy *	-4	69	67	136
T75	Jake McLeod	-4	66	70	136
T75	Pedro Oriol	-4	71	65	136
T75	Adrian Otaegui *	-4	70	66	136
T75	Eddie Pepperell	-4	65	71	136
T75	Carlos Pigem *	-4	70	66	136
T75	Haydn Porteous	-4	68	68	136
T75	Kalle Samooja	-4	68	68	136
T75	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	-4	68	68	136
T75	Sebastian Soderberg *	-4	71	65	136
T75	Joel Stalter	-4	68	68	136
T75	Julian Suri	-4	64	72	136
T75	Toby Tree	-4	68	68	136
T75	Euan Walker (a)	-4	71	65	136
T75	Suradit Yongcharoenchai *	-4	67	69	136
T100	Austin Bautista	-3	69	68	137
T100	Steven Brown *	-3	71	66	137
T100	Jorge Campillo *	-3	69	68	137
T100	Liam Johnston *	-3	70	67	137
T100	Edoardo Molinari	-3	69	68	137
T100	Alvaro Quiros	-3	67	70	137
T100	Ricardo Santos *	-3	69	68	137
T100	Cormac Sharvin	-3	67	70	137
T100	Lee Slattery	-3	67	70	137
T100	Johannes Veerman *	-3	70	67	137
T100	Borja Virto *	-3	66	71	137
T111	Gaganjeet Bhullar	-2	69	69	138
T111	David Drysdale *	-2	68	70	138
T111	Scott Fernandez *	-2	70	68	138
T111	Pedro Figueiredo	-2	72	66	138
T111	Grant Forrest	-2	68	70	138
T111	Raphael Jacquelin	-2	68	70	138
T111	Matthew Jordan	-2	67	71	138
T111	Tyler Koivisto *	-2	68	70	138
T111	Mikko Korhonen	-2	68	70	138
T111	Ondrej Lieser (a) *	-2	67	71	138
T111	Tapio Pulkkanen	-2	67	71	138
T111	Adrien Saddier *	-2	69	69	138
T111	Ajeetesh Sandhu *	-2	66	72	138
T111	Thomas Sloman *	-2	71	67	138
T111	Steven Tiley *	-2	70	68	138
T111	Dale Whitnell	-2	69	69	138
T127	Yi Keun Chang *	-1	71	68	139
T127	Paul Dunne *	-1	68	71	139
T127	David Law	-1	71	68	139
T127	Alexander Levy	-1	70	69	139
T127	Shubhankar Sharma	-1	69	70	139
T127	Carl Suneson	-1	71	68	139
T133	Lorenzo Gagli	E	67	73	140
T133	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	E	69	71	140
T133	Jean Baptiste Gonnet *	E	71	69	140
T133	Oscar Sanchez *	E	69	71	140
T137	Eduardo De la Riva	1	71	70	141
T137	Samuel Del Val	1	70	71	141
T137	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño *	1	68	73	141
T137	Benjamin Hebert	1	72	69	141
T137	Joakim Lagergren *	1	73	68	141
T137	Eduard Rousaud (a)	1	72	69	141
T143	SSP Chawrasia *	2	74	68	142
T143	David Howell *	2	71	71	142
T143	Ross McGowan	2	73	69	142
T143	Chris Wood	2	70	72	142
T147	Ignacio Elvira Mijares *	3	76	67	143
T147	Matthew Southgate	3	71	72	143
149	Peter Hanson *	4	74	70	144
150	Andrea Pavan	6	78	68	146
151	Inaki Fuentes *	16	83	73	156
* Player started on the back nine