Hero Open R1

Hero Open 2022 R1

July 28-31
Fairmont St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
€1,750,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Sean Crocker carded a brilliant 9-under 63 marred by a single bogey to take the opening lead of the Hero Open by one shot with a new course record.

“That was fun. I’ll be honest, I don’t get too many days like that on the greens.”

Hero Open 2022 R1

The American signed for his lowest round on the DP World Tour following a run of missed cuts earlier in the season that took their toll on him.

“Nine missed cuts. Mentally that was the toughest thing I’ve gone through so far. People speak about the mental side of sport but that’s probably the darkest I’ve been in life on a golf course.”

Hero Open 2022 R1

“It’s the first time I’ve had bad things happen to me on the golf course. And it’s just a case of having to grow up.

“Just said to myself, ‘okay, you’ve been lucky to play good golf your whole life and now you’re going to get a taste of what this game is really like’.

“You just realise how hard this game is, and I realise that I can hit bad shots; I can do all the work and I can still hit bad shots. There’s no point in getting upset.

“Mentally it helped me out a lot. It showed me a lot of bad places on a golf course but it showed me, it opened my eyes to the game of golf.”

Hero Open 2022 R1

England’s Ashley Chesters signed for a 64 and shares second place with fellow countryman Ben Stow, Spain’s Adrian Otaegui, Sweden’s Jens Dantorp and France’s Romain Langasque.

Hero Open 2022 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	CROCKER, Sean	-9	63
2	CHESTERS, Ashley	-8	64
​	OTAEGUI, Adrian	-8	64
​	DANTORP, Jens	-8	64
​	LANGASQUE, Romain	-8	64
​	STOW, Ben	-8	64
7	LAW, David	-7	65
​	SYME, Connor	-7	65
​	DUBUISSON, Victor	-7	65
​	FARR, Oliver	-7	65
	GANDY, Tom	-7	65
​	FISHER, Ross	-7	65
13	THOMSON, Jonathan	-6	66
​	JAMIESON, Scott	-6	66
​	PAPADATOS, Dimitrios	-6	66
​	KJELDSEN, Søren	-6	66
​	FISHER, Oliver	-6	66
​	DA SILVA, Adilson	-6	66
​	RITCHIE, JC	-6	66
​	ANGLES, Pep	-6	66
​	QUIROS, Alvaro	-6	66
​	HILLIER, Daniel	-6	66
23	CAMPILLO, Jorge	-5	67
​	HUNDEBØLL, Oliver	-5	67
​	PEPPERELL, Eddie	-5	67
	SULLIVAN, Andy	-5	67
​	KEOGH, Adam	-5	67
​	EASTON, Bryce	-5	67
​	LACROIX, Frederic	-5	67
​	LAPORTA, Francesco	-5	67
​	HORSEY, David	-5	67
​	GREEN, Gavin	-5	67
​	BERGSTROM, Albin	-5	67
​	KARLSSON, Anton	-5	67
​	STORM, Graeme	-5	67
​	WILSON, Oliver	-5	67
37	KAWAMURA, Masahiro	-4	68
​	WINTHER, Jeff	-4	68
​	MOLINARI, Edoardo	-4	68
​	KRUYSWIJK, Jacques	-4	68
​	BROWN, Steven	-4	68
​	HUTCHEON, Greig	-4	68
​	PLANT, Alfie	-4	68
​	COCKERILL, Aaron	-4	68
​	DE JAGER, Louis	-4	68
​	HIDALGO, Angel	-4	68
​	BOURDY, Grégory	-4	68
​	PORTEOUS, Garrick	-4	68
​	LUNDGREN, David (AM)	-4	68
​	FORREST, Grant	-4	68
	FOX, Ryan	-4	68
​	RAMSAY, Richie	-4	68
​	STALTER, Joël	-4	68
​	YOUNG, Daniel	-4	68
​	MURRAY, Zach	-4	68
​	LEMKE, Niklas	-4	68
​	BRING, Christoffer	-4	68
​	FICHARDT, Darren	-4	68
​	KEARNEY, Niall	-4	68
60	GONNET, Jean-Baptiste	-3	69
​	GUERRIER, Julien	-3	69
​	STONE, Brandon	-3	69
​	HANNA, Chase	-3	69
​	SHEPHERD, Laird	-3	69
​	FORD, Matt	-3	69
​	GUPTA, Aman	-3	69
​	THORNTON, Simon	-3	69
​	SHINKWIN, Callum	-3	69
​	DIXON, David	-3	69
​	GEARY, Josh	-3	69
​	BALDWIN, Matthew	-3	69
​	ORIOL, Pedro	-3	69
​	LONG, Hurly	-3	69
​	SOUTHGATE, Matthew	-3	69
​	BJERREGAARD, Lucas	-3	69
​	HAVRET, Grégory	-3	69
​	WILSON, Andrew	-3	69
​	SCHNEIDER, Marcel	-3	69
​	PIGEM, Carlos	-3	69
​	HOWIE, Craig	-3	69
​	LOCKE, Sam	-3	69
82	VAN DRIEL, Darius	-2	70
​	JOHNSTON, Liam	-2	70
​	GALLACHER, Stephen	-2	70
​	ROCK, Robert	-2	70
​	MCEVOY, Richard	-2	70
​	WHITNELL, Dale	-2	70
​	HEND, Scott	-2	70
​	WALTERS, Justin	-2	70
​	SCOTT, Calum (AM)	-2	70
​	JACQUELIN, Raphaël	-2	70
​	ELVIRA, Nacho	-2	70
​	ROZNER, Antoine	-2	70
​	KENNEDY, Frank (AM)	-2	70
​	MORRISON, James	-2	70
​	CALDWELL, Jonathan	-2	70
​	FOX, Graham	-2	70
​	KANAYA, Takumi	-2	70
​	PULKKANEN, Tapio	-2	70
​	JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz	-2	70
	MANSELL, Richard	-2	70
​	MCLEOD, Jake	-2	70
​	KOFSTAD, Espen	-2	70
​	MANLEY, Stuart	-2	70
​	SVENSSON, Jesper	-2	70
​	STUREHED, Henric	-2	70
​	EVANS, Ben	-2	70
108	ROUSSEL, Robin	-1	71
​	STERNE, Richard	-1	71
​	SENIOR, Jack	-1	71
​	BERTASIO, Nino	-1	71
​	BAIRSTOW, Sam (AM)	-1	71
​	DRYSDALE, David	-1	71
​	ULENAERS, Kristof	-1	71
​	HUIZING, Daan	-1	71
​	NIENABER, Wilco	-1	71
​	CAREY, David	-1	71
​	NEMECZ, Lukas	-1	71
​	COUPLAND, Dave	-1	71
120	WOOD, Chris	Par	72
​	DE LA RIVA, Eduardo	Par	72
​	WRISDALE, Jordan	Par	72
​	PERRIER, Damien	Par	72
​	BAI, Zheng-kai	Par	72
​	BEKKER, Oliver	Par	72
​	GOUGH, John (AM)	Par	72
​	SIEM, Marcel	Par	72
​	WARING, Paul	Par	72
​	SLATTERY, Lee	Par	72
​	GAGLI, Lorenzo	Par	72
​	HELLGREN, Björn	Par	72
​	WARREN, Marc	Par	72
​	KENNEGARD, Jesper	Par	72
​	SANTOS, Ricardo	Par	72
​	LEON, Hugo	Par	72
​	BAUTISTA, Austin	Par	72
​	DUNNE, Paul	Par	72
​	FELTON, Jarryd	Par	72
139	FERGUSON, Ewen	+1	73
​	SURI, Julian	+1	73
​	McGOWAN, Ross	+1	73
​	KOIVISTO, Tyler	+1	73
​	HELLIGKILDE, Marcus	+1	73
​	BLAAUW, Jacques	+1	73
​	FIGUEIREDO, Pedro	+1	73
​	WINDRED, Blake	+1	73
147	HOWELL, David	+2	74
​	PAISLEY, Chris	+2	74
​	SINGH BRAR, Jack	+2	74
​	CHRYSTIE, Russell	+2	74
​	PORTEOUS, Haydn	+2	74
152	SJÖHOLM, Joel	+3	75
​	SHARVIN, Cormac	+3	75
154	HANSEN, Joachim B.	+4	76
​	ZHANG, Huilin	+4	76
156	ISLAM, Habebul	+6	78