July 30 - August 02
Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel & Country Club, Birmingham, England
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Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
Sam Horsfield will take a one-shot lead into the final day of the Hero Open despite a stumbling finish to his third round in Birmingham.
After holding a share of the overnight lead heading into the weekend, the Englishman made five birdies on the front nine to storm into a six-shot lead and looked in total control at Forest of Arden.
But he would make just one gain on the way home, giving up three bogeys and a double to sign for a 71 and a 14 under total that left him one shot ahead of Walesโ Oliver Farr, Dane Rasmus Hojgaard and Finn Mikko Korhonen.
3 birdies in a row to start and a 4 shot lead.
โ The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) August 1, 2020
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Horsfield has long been tipped as a star of the future by European Ryder Cup talisman Ian Poulter, and he looked set for a convincing first European Tour win as he produced his stunning display over the first seven holes.
He will now face some stiff competition after his back nine of 40 but the 23-year-old was philosophical following a closing par that kept his nose in front.
โMy caddie just said to me coming off the 18th green, โif someone would have said to you on Thursday you can have a one shot lead going into Sunday, you would take itโ,โ he told europeantour.com.
โIโve made it a little bit harder for myself from the position I was in but Iโm still looking forward to tomorrow, itโll be a lot of fun.
โI got off to a good start and then 10, I donโt know what happened there, then I hit a bad drive down 12 and my timing got a little off, I got a little quick and it got stuck behind me. I felt it on a few shots but Iโm still in a good position for tomorrow.โ
Farr is also searching for a first European Tour win at nine years Horsfieldโs senior, and he was hopeful his three victories on the second-tier Challenge Tour would hold him in good stead after a bogey-free 67.
โItโs a nice position to be in going into a Sunday,โ he said. โPlayed really nicely today, Iโm more pleased about that to be honest.
โI try and treat it as another tournament. I played a lot on the Challenge Tour and have been in contention out there. Itโs a bit of a step up being on the European Tour but Iโll try and treat it as another tournament and a position Iโve been in before.โ
Korhonen matched Farr with a 67, while 19-year-old Hojgaard went one better with a 66.
Englandโs Chris Paisley was at 12 under, a shot clear of countryman Richard Bland.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
1 |
Sam Horsfield | -14 |
68 |
63 |
71 |
202 |
T2 |
Oliver Farr | -13 |
65 |
71 |
67 |
203 |
T2 |
Rasmus Højgaard | -13 |
66 |
71 |
66 |
203 |
T2 |
Mikko Korhonen | -13 |
67 |
69 |
67 |
203 |
T5 |
Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez | -12 |
62 |
69 |
73 |
204 |
T5 |
Chris Paisley | -12 |
70 |
68 |
66 |
204 |
T7 |
Alexander Björk | -11 |
68 |
67 |
70 |
205 |
T7 |
Richard Bland | -11 |
70 |
68 |
67 |
205 |
T7 |
Thomas Detry | -11 |
67 |
67 |
71 |
205 |
T7 |
Joachim B. Hansen | -11 |
68 |
71 |
66 |
205 |
T7 |
Benjamin Hebert | -11 |
69 |
70 |
66 |
205 |
T7 |
Matthieu Pavon | -11 |
69 |
67 |
69 |
205 |
T7 |
Antoine Rozner | -11 |
68 |
67 |
70 |
205 |
T14 |
Niklas Lemke | -10 |
70 |
72 |
64 |
206 |
T14 |
Robert Rock | -10 |
71 |
69 |
66 |
206 |
T14 |
Joel Sjoholm | -10 |
70 |
68 |
68 |
206 |
T17 |
Marcus Armitage | -9 |
72 |
68 |
67 |
207 |
T17 |
Laurie Canter | -9 |
67 |
72 |
68 |
207 |
T17 |
Maximilian Kieffer | -9 |
71 |
69 |
67 |
207 |
T20 |
Sean Crocker | -8 |
67 |
75 |
66 |
208 |
T20 |
Jamie Donaldson | -8 |
72 |
68 |
68 |
208 |
T20 |
Ross Fisher | -8 |
70 |
71 |
67 |
208 |
T20 |
Andy Sullivan | -8 |
70 |
70 |
68 |
208 |
T24 |
Ashley Chesters | -7 |
66 |
72 |
71 |
209 |
T24 |
Louis De Jager | -7 |
74 |
66 |
69 |
209 |
T24 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | -7 |
73 |
68 |
68 |
209 |
T24 |
Grant Forrest | -7 |
69 |
68 |
72 |
209 |
T24 |
Miguel Angel Jiménez | -7 |
64 |
72 |
73 |
209 |
T24 |
Pablo Larrazabal | -7 |
64 |
75 |
70 |
209 |
T24 |
Renato Paratore | -7 |
70 |
70 |
69 |
209 |
T24 |
Aaron Rai | -7 |
71 |
68 |
70 |
209 |
T24 |
Kalle Samooja | -7 |
68 |
69 |
72 |
209 |
T24 |
Jason Scrivener | -7 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
209 |
T24 |
Callum Shinkwin | -7 |
68 |
69 |
72 |
209 |
T24 |
Joël Stalter | -7 |
67 |
71 |
71 |
209 |
T36 |
Wil Besseling | -6 |
67 |
70 |
73 |
210 |
T36 |
Rhys Enoch | -6 |
68 |
72 |
70 |
210 |
T36 |
Ryan Fox | -6 |
70 |
72 |
68 |
210 |
T36 |
Julien Guerrier | -6 |
68 |
71 |
71 |
210 |
T36 |
Rikard Karlberg | -6 |
68 |
71 |
71 |
210 |
T36 |
Sihwan Kim | -6 |
67 |
71 |
72 |
210 |
T36 |
Alexander Levy | -6 |
67 |
69 |
74 |
210 |
T36 |
Ricardo Santos | -6 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
210 |
T36 |
Cormac Sharvin | -6 |
70 |
67 |
73 |
210 |
T36 |
Matthew Southgate | -6 |
67 |
74 |
69 |
210 |
T46 |
Dave Coupland | -5 |
68 |
72 |
71 |
211 |
T46 |
Benjamin Poke | -5 |
72 |
70 |
69 |
211 |
T46 |
Richie Ramsay | -5 |
69 |
68 |
74 |
211 |
T49 |
Thomas Bjørn | -4 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
212 |
T49 |
Scott Jamieson | -4 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
212 |
T49 |
Marcel Schneider | -4 |
73 |
67 |
72 |
212 |
T49 |
Ben Stow | -4 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
212 |
T53 |
Steven Brown | -3 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
213 |
T53 |
John Catlin | -3 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
213 |
T53 |
Ben Evans | -3 |
72 |
70 |
71 |
213 |
T53 |
Romain Langasque | -3 |
69 |
72 |
72 |
213 |
T53 |
Richard McEvoy | -3 |
69 |
72 |
72 |
213 |
T53 |
Lee Slattery | -3 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
213 |
T53 |
Clement Sordet | -3 |
69 |
72 |
72 |
213 |
T53 |
Johannes Veerman | -3 |
75 |
66 |
72 |
213 |
T61 |
David Horsey | -2 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
214 |
T61 |
Carlos Pigem | -2 |
69 |
69 |
76 |
214 |
T61 |
Garrick Porteous | -2 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
214 |
T61 |
Steven Tiley | -2 |
72 |
67 |
75 |
214 |
T61 |
Darius van Driel | -2 |
69 |
71 |
74 |
214 |
T66 |
Maverick Antcliff | -1 |
72 |
70 |
73 |
215 |
T66 |
Michael Campbell | -1 |
71 |
71 |
73 |
215 |
T66 |
Søren Kjeldsen | -1 |
70 |
71 |
74 |
215 |
T69 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | E |
70 |
71 |
75 |
216 |
T69 |
Connor Syme | E |
67 |
75 |
74 |
216 |
71 |
Dale Whitnell | 1 |
69 |
72 |
76 |
217 |
CUT |
Matthew Baldwin | -1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
|
CUT |
David Drysdale | -1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
|
CUT |
Guido Migliozzi | -1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
|
CUT |
Jack Senior | -1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
|
CUT |
Scott Vincent | -1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
|
CUT |
Justin Walters | -1 |
66 |
77 |
143 |
|
CUT |
Lars van Meijel | -1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
|
CUT |
Alejandro Cañizares | E |
75 |
69 |
144 |
|
CUT |
Nicolas Colsaerts | E |
73 |
71 |
144 |
|
CUT |
Paul Dunne | E |
74 |
70 |
144 |
|
CUT |
Masahiro Kawamura | E |
75 |
69 |
144 |
|
CUT |
Ross McGowan | E |
71 |
73 |
144 |
|
CUT |
Gavin Moynihan | E |
73 |
71 |
144 |
|
CUT |
Robin Roussel | E |
67 |
77 |
144 |
|
CUT |
Lorenzo Scalise | E |
70 |
74 |
144 |
|
CUT |
Max Schmitt | E |
72 |
72 |
144 |
|
CUT |
Robin Sciot-Siegrist | E |
76 |
68 |
144 |
|
CUT |
Shubhankar Sharma | E |
73 |
71 |
144 |
|
CUT |
Oliver Fisher | 1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Justin Harding | 1 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Paul Hendriksen | 1 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
|
CUT |
David Howell | 1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Joost Luiten | 1 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Adrian Otaegui | 1 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Alvaro Quiros | 1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Julian Suri | 1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
|
CUT |
Dean Burmester | 2 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Aaron Cockerill | 2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Ewen Ferguson | 2 |
68 |
78 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Daan Huizing | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Jake McLeod | 2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Marco Penge | 2 |
69 |
77 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Haydn Porteous | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Adrien Saddier | 2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Min Woo Lee | 2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
|
CUT |
Jonathan Caldwell | 3 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Bryce Easton | 3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Pedro Figueiredo | 3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Nicolai Højgaard | 3 |
80 |
67 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Adrian Meronk | 3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Marc Warren | 3 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Oliver Wilson | 3 |
71 |
76 |
147 |
|
CUT |
Emilio Cuartero Blanco | 4 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Liam Johnston | 4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
|
CUT |
David Law | 4 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Thorbjørn Olesen | 4 |
70 |
78 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Jordan Smith | 4 |
70 |
78 |
148 |
|
CUT |
Matthew Jordan | 5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
|
CUT |
James Morrison | 5 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
|
CUT |
Ignacio Elvira Mijares | 6 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
|
CUT |
Edoardo Molinari | 6 |
79 |
71 |
150 |
|
CUT |
Jeff Winther | 6 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
|
CUT |
Calum Hill | 7 |
72 |
79 |
151 |
|
CUT |
Scott Hend | 8 |
73 |
79 |
152 |
|
CUT |
Brandon Stone | 8 |
73 |
79 |
152 |
|
CUT |
Graeme Storm | 8 |
79 |
73 |
152 |
|
CUT |
Zander Lombard | 12 |
73 |
83 |
156 |
|
CUT |
Andrea Pavan | 14 |
76 |
82 |
158 |
|
WD |
Toby Tree | 2 |
74 |
74 |
||
WD |
Eddie Pepperell | 4 |
76 |
76 |
||
WD |
Joakim Lagergren | E |
77 |
8 |
85 |