Hero Open R1

Hero Open 2021 R1
August 05-08
Fairmont St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
€1,250,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Scot Calum Hill made the most of his early start and the calmer conditions it afforded him, remaining bogey-free and setting a new course record 63 at Fairmont St Andrews to take the lead at 9-under in the first round of the Hero Open.

Hero Open 2021 R1

“I putted well. I didn’t put it in places that caused me too much bother – I did make my fair share of putts. One really good 15-footer on number one to save par and a lot of mid range putts for birdies.

“We got the best part of (the weather) 100 per cent. Our front nine was relatively calm, probably half a club wind, then back nine picked up. We got three quarters of our day in quite pleasant conditions, I think it’s just getting worse from here – we took advantage.

Hero Open 2021 R1

Hill was born in nearby Kirkcaldy and enjoyed having the support of his loved ones.

“I really enjoy it. There’s a lot of family and friends who can come and watch, I always enjoy playing in front of people I know. It makes it good fun. Mum, Dad, cousins, uncles, friends, a few people.”

Hero Open 2021 R1

Northern Ireland’s Jonathan Caldwell eagled the par-4 7th and fired seven birdies and a single bogey to close one shot behind the leader.

“Delighted. Especially with recent form, it hasn’t been so good. Delighted that a bit of the work I’ve done over the last week or so with my coach at home is paying off. Hopefully I can keep going forward.”

Hero Open 2021 R1

Englishman Ross Fisher and American Chase Hanna shot bogey-free 65s to tie for third place at 7-under alongside France’s Robin Sciot-Siegrist who fired eight birdies and bogeyed the 16th.

“Solid play,” said Fisher. “I drove it nicely off the tee. I hit it in one fairway bunker but fortunately that was on a par five and I managed to get up and down for a five. Steady golf, gave myself plenty of looks at birdie and managed to hole a few putts, which is nice.

“(My form) has been frustrating. I missed a cut from nowhere in Germany after starting nicely. Ireland I played well but missed that. Frustration was building up. I knew I was working on the right things, practicing hard, working on the short game, the putter has been the Achilles heel that has let me down the last few years – quite streaky. Nice to see the hard work paying off.”

Players who started in the afternoon had to contend with stronger winds but Berry Henson of the USA managed to post a bogey-free 67.

Hero Open 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Calum Hill	-9	63
2	Jonathan Caldwell	-8	64
T3	Ross Fisher	-7	65
T3	Chase Hanna	-7	65
T3	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	-7	65
T6	Chris Paisley	-6	66
T6	Alvaro Quiros	-6	66
T6	Nicolai Von Dellingshausen	-6	66
T9	Lucas Bjerregaard	-5	67
T9	Bryce Easton	-5	67
T9	Berry Henson	-5	67
T9	Matthew Jordan	-5	67
T9	David Law	-5	67
T9	Hugo León	-5	67
T9	Adrian Otaegui	-5	67
T9	Richie Ramsay	-5	67
T9	Kristoffer Reitan	-5	67
T9	Shubhankar Sharma	-5	67
T9	Santiago Tarrio	-5	67
T9	Toby Tree	-5	67
T21	Eduardo De la Riva	-4	68
T21	Pedro Figueiredo	-4	68
T21	Grant Forrest	-4	68
T21	Lee Slattery	-4	68
T21	Jordan Smith	-4	68
T21	Justin Walters	-4	68
T27	Daniel Hillier	-3	69
T27	Sihwan Kim	-3	69
T27	Tyler Koivisto	-3	69
T27	Alexander Levy	-3	69
T27	James Morrison	-3	69
T27	Garrick Porteous	-3	69
T27	Callum Shinkwin	-3	69
T27	Gary Stal	-3	69
T35	Yi Keun Chang	-2	70
T35	Matt Ford	-2	70
T35	Richard McEvoy	-2	70
T35	Gavin Moynihan	-2	70
T35	Marcel Siem	-2	70
T40	Ashley Chesters	-1	71
T40	David Drysdale	-1	71
T40	Ignacio Elvira Mijares	-1	71
T40	Ben Evans	-1	71
T40	Oliver Farr	-1	71
T40	Daniel Gavins	-1	71
T40	Scott Jamieson	-1	71
T40	Niall Kearney	-1	71
T40	Marcus Kinhult	-1	71
T40	Francesco Laporta	-1	71
T40	Paul Waring	-1	71
T40	Aron Zemmer	-1	71
T40	Darius van Driel	-1	71
T53	Marcus Armitage	E	72
T53	Austin Bautista	E	72
T53	Wil Besseling	E	72
T53	Jorge Campillo	E	72
T53	Emilio Cuartero Blanco	E	72
T53	Rhys Enoch	E	72
T53	Scott Hend	E	72
T53	Shiv Kapur	E	72
T53	Anton Karlsson	E	72
T53	Frank Kennedy	E	72
T53	Dimitrios Papadatos	E	72
T53	Damien Perrier	E	72
T53	Bernd Ritthammer	E	72
T53	Ricardo Santos	E	72
T53	Matthew Southgate	E	72
T68	Alejandro Cañizares	+1	73
T68	Jamie Donaldson	+1	73
T68	Lorenzo Gagli	+1	73
T68	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	+1	73
T68	Janne Kaske	+1	73
T68	Masahiro Kawamura	+1	73
T68	Ryan Lumsden (a)	+1	73
T68	Haydn Porteous	+1	73
T68	Cormac Sharvin	+1	73
T68	Laird Shepherd (a)	+1	73
T68	Andy Sullivan	+1	73
T68	Connor Syme	+1	73
T68	Dale Whitnell	+1	73
T81	David Dixon	+2	74
T81	Philip Eriksson	+2	74
T81	Graham Fox	+2	74
T81	Ryan Fox	+2	74
T81	Joachim B. Hansen	+2	74
T81	Søren Kjeldsen	+2	74
T81	Eddie Pepperell	+2	74
T81	Carlos Pigem	+2	74
T81	Jesper Sandborg	+2	74
T81	Daniel van Tonder	+2	74
T91	Matthew Baldwin	+3	75
T91	Bradley Dredge	+3	75
T91	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	+3	75
T91	Craig Howie	+3	75
T91	Nicolai Højgaard	+3	75
T91	Jake McLeod	+3	75
T91	Paul O’Hara	+3	75
T91	Renato Paratore	+3	75
T91	Adrien Saddier	+3	75
T91	Julian Suri	+3	75
T91	Robin Williams	+3	75
T91	Chris Wood	+3	75
T91	Suradit Yongcharoenchai	+3	75
T91	Daniel Young (a)	+3	75
T105	Gaganjeet Bhullar	+4	76
T105	SSP Chawrasia	+4	76
T105	Dave Coupland	+4	76
T105	Oliver Fisher	+4	76
T105	Josh Geary	+4	76
T105	Benjamin Hebert	+4	76
T105	Robert Rock	+4	76
T105	Martin Simonsen	+4	76
T105	Graeme Storm	+4	76
T105	Oliver Wilson	+4	76
T105	Lars van Meijel	+4	76
T116	Kristoffer Broberg	+5	77
T116	David Howell	+5	77
T116	Niklas Lemke	+5	77
T116	Haotong Li	+5	77
T116	Paul Peterson	+5	77
T116	Ajeetesh Sandhu	+5	77
T116	Max Schmitt	+5	77
T123	Tom Gandy	+6	78
T123	Liam Johnston	+6	78
T123	Deyen Lawson	+6	78
T123	Marc Warren	+6	78
T123	Romain Wattel	+6	78
T128	Pep Angles	+7	79
T128	Paul Dunne	+7	79
T128	Tom McKibbin	+7	79
T128	Clement Sordet	+7	79
T128	Euan Walker (a)	+7	79
T128	Jeff Winther	+7	79
T134	Aaron Cockerill	+8	80
T134	Stephen Gallacher	+8	80
T134	Ross McGowan	+8	80
T134	Matthias Schmid	+8	80
T134	Jordan Wrisdale	+8	80
T139	David Horsey	+9	81
T139	Benjamin Poke	+9	81
T141	Jake Bolton	+11	83
T141	Joel Stalter	+11	83
143	Chris Doak	+18	90