European Tour

HONMA Hong Kong Open 2018

November 22-25

Hong Kong Golf Club

$2,000,000

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November 22-25

Hong Kong Golf Club

$2,000,000

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Round 4

Aaron Rai claims first win on the European Tour

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

November 25, 2018

Aaron Rai won the Hong Kong Open on Sunday in difficult conditions that featured torrential rain for most of the afternoon to give him his first European tour win.

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The 23-year-old Englishman who started the day with a six-stroke lead narrowly kept his nose in front as countryman Matthew Fitzpatrick played a superb round, hitting seven birdies to narrow the gap to just one shot after 16 holes.

A bogey by Fitzpatrick on the 17th, his first mistake of the day, gave Rai a two-stroke cushion as they headed into the final hole.

''It was such a simple bogey,'' said Fitzpatrick. ''But I gave it a good go, you know it was always going to be tough to beat him (Rai) and for the last two days he has played very solid golf, not giving anything away which just makes my life more difficult.''

Rai shot a 69 for an overall total of 17-under-par 263, while Fitzpatrick finished second a shot back after a 64 on the final day.

Rai who hit a course record on Friday kept his composure to see through the win that had him playing with five-time winner on the European Tour Matthew Fitzpartick and Tommy Fleetwood.

''You almost have to reset going into the weekend,'' said Rai. ''And just try a repeat what you did on the first two days over the last two days. It feels like it is a lot harder to do that on the weekend, but it was nice to perform well on Saturday and Sunday.''

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Aaron Rai	ENG	-17	65	61	68	69	263
2	Matthew Fitzpatrick	ENG	-16	70	62	68	64	264
T3	Jason Scrivener	AUS	-11	65	69	67	68	269
T3	Victor Perez	FRA	-11	71	65	66	67	269
5	David Drysdale	SCO	-10	68	69	67	66	270
T6	Rafael Cabrera Bello	ESP	-9	72	69	67	63	271
T6	Sergio Garcia	ESP	-9	70	67	64	70	271
T6	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	-9	69	68	67	67	271
T9	Jake Higginbottom	AUS	-8	69	65	69	69	272
T9	Kim Koivu	FIN	-8	69	67	69	67	272
T9	Matthias Schwab	AUT	-8	69	69	66	68	272
T9	Micah Shin	USA	-8	66	67	72	67	272
T9	Scott Hend	AUS	-8	68	66	69	69	272
T14	Ashley Chesters	ENG	-7	68	67	71	67	273
T14	Justin Harding	RSA	-7	69	69	67	68	273
T14	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	-7	68	68	72	65	273
T14	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	-7	68	68	66	71	273
T14	Tommy Fleetwood	ENG	-7	69	65	66	73	273
19	Thomas Aiken	RSA	-6	67	71	73	63	274
T20	Angelo Que	PHL	-5	71	68	69	67	275
T20	Berry Henson	USA	-5	68	70	67	70	275
T20	Casey O'Toole	USA	-5	69	68	72	66	275
T20	Hyo-Won Park	KOR	-5	68	62	73	72	275
T20	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	-5	72	67	66	70	275
T20	Lucas Bjerregaard	DNK	-5	73	68	68	66	275
T20	Marcus Kinhult	SWE	-5	72	64	69	70	275
T20	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	-5	74	65	65	71	275
T20	Sihwan Kim	KOR	-5	69	69	66	71	275
T20	Yi-Keun Chang	KOR	-5	71	67	70	67	275
T30	Adilson Da Silva	BRA	-4	70	64	69	73	276
T30	Ben Evans	ENG	-4	71	67	70	68	276
T30	Deyen Lawson	AUS	-4	70	68	69	69	276
T30	Jack Singh-Brar	ENG	-4	66	70	68	72	276
T30	Sam Brazel	AUS	-4	68	70	73	65	276
T30	Scott Fernandez	ESP	-4	69	71	67	69	276
T36	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	-3	69	68	68	72	277
T36	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	-3	68	66	74	69	277
T36	Arjun Atwal	IND	-3	66	72	68	71	277
T36	Danny Chia	MAL	-3	72	69	70	66	277
T36	Gi-Whan Kim	KOR	-3	71	68	70	68	277
T36	Grant Forrest	SCO	-3	70	68	70	69	277
T36	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-3	68	70	67	72	277
T36	Rattanon Wannasrichan	THA	-3	70	68	70	69	277
T36	Wade Ormsby	AUS	-3	70	67	68	72	277
T45	Anton Karlsson	SWE	-2	69	71	70	68	278
T45	Danthai Boonma	THA	-2	67	69	72	70	278
T45	David Horsey	ENG	-2	71	70	70	67	278
T45	David Lipsky	USA	-2	69	66	69	74	278
T45	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	-2	69	70	67	72	278
T45	Jarin Todd	USA	-2	73	67	70	68	278
T45	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	-2	68	67	72	71	278
T45	Joachim B. Hansen	DEN	-2	72	69	67	70	278
T45	Kurt Kitayama	USA	-2	72	67	69	70	278
T45	Natipong Srithong	THA	-2	70	67	68	73	278
T45	Patrick Reed	USA	-2	75	65	69	69	278
T45	Shiv Kapur	IND	-2	73	67	67	71	278
T57	Ajeetesh Sandhu	IND	-1	70	67	70	72	279
T57	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	-1	71	69	70	69	279
T57	Robert MacIntyre	SCO	-1	71	67	66	75	279
T57	Terry Pilkadaris	AUS	-1	68	71	70	70	279
T57	William Liu	CHN	-1	68	68	70	73	279
T62	Carlos Pigem	ESP	Par	73	68	68	71	280
T62	Jens Dantorp	SWE	Par	72	67	69	72	280
T62	John Catlin	USA	Par	70	69	71	70	280
T62	Nino Bertasio	ITA	Par	73	67	69	71	280
T62	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	Par	65	74	68	73	280
T67	Khalin Joshi	IND	1	68	71	73	69	281
T67	Viraj Madappa	IND	1	73	68	71	69	281
T67	Zander Lombard	RSA	1	72	68	67	74	281
70	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	2	71	70	71	70	282
71	David Law	SCO	5	71	69	73	72	285
72	Liam Johnston	SCO	7	71	69	72	75	287
73	Matthew Cheung	HKG	13	71	70	73	79	293
CUT	Adria Arnaus	ESP	2	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Arnod Vongvanij	THA	2	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	2	73	69	-	-	142
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	2	73	69	-	-	142
CUT	Nacho Elvira	ESP	2	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	James Morrison	ENG	2	69	73	-	-	142
CUT	Jbe Kruger	RSA	2	75	67	-	-	142
CUT	Masahiro Kawamura	JPN	2	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	Miguel Angel Jimenez	ESP	2	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	Sean Crocker	USA	2	76	66	-	-	142
CUT	Wei-Chih Lu	TPE	2	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Wen-Tang Lin	TPE	2	69	73	-	-	142
CUT	Bowen Xiao	CHN	3	75	68	-	-	143
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	3	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	Harry Ellis	ENG	3	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	Jeev Milkha Singh	IND	3	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	Kalle Samooja	FIN	3	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	Marcus Fraser	AUS	3	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	Mohammad Siddikur Rahman	BAN	3	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	Paul Peterson	USA	3	73	70	-	-	143
CUT	Rashid Khan	IND	3	75	68	-	-	143
CUT	Richard Lee	CAN	3	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	Shintaro Kobayashi	JPN	3	75	68	-	-	143
CUT	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	3	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	Simon Yates	SCO	3	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	Steven Brown	ENG	3	73	70	-	-	143
CUT	Suradit Yongcharoenchai	THA	3	73	70	-	-	143
CUT	Victor Dubuisson	FRA	3	73	70	-	-	143
CUT	Wenchong Liang	CHN	3	73	70	-	-	143
CUT	Andrew Johnston	ENG	4	69	75	-	-	144
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	4	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	Juvic Pagunsan	PHI	4	75	69	-	-	144
CUT	Matthew Southgate	ENG	4	76	68	-	-	144
CUT	Miguel Tabuena	PHI	4	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	4	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	Chien Yao Hung	CHN	5	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	Chiragh Kumar	IND	5	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	Jazz Janewattananond	MAS	5	69	76	-	-	145
CUT	Keith Horne	RSA	5	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	Lionel Weber	FRA	5	77	68	-	-	145
CUT	Pannakorn Uthaipas	THA	5	76	69	-	-	145
CUT	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	5	77	68	-	-	145
CUT	Seenappa Chikkarangappa	IND	5	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	Daniel Nisbet	AUS	6	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	Johannes Veerman	USA	6	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	Alvin Cheung	CHN	7	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	Nicholas Fung	MAL	7	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	Steven Lam	HKG	7	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	Panuphol Pittayarat	THA	8	77	71	-	-	148
CUT	Tirawat Kaewsirbandit	THA	8	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	Jason Norris	AUS	9	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	Pavit Tangkamolprasert	THA	12	75	77	-	-	152
CUT	Ben Wong	USA	13	79	74	-	-	153
CUT	Edmund Chapman	ENG	13	77	76	-	-	153
CUT	Malcolm Kokocinski	SWE	17	75	82	-	-	157
CUT	Jonathan Lai	CHN	20	82	78	-	-	160
DSQ	Sang-Hyun Park	KOR	Par	71	71	-	-	142
RET	Chapchai Nirat	THA	Par	77	-	-	-	77
RET	Jyoti Randhawa	IND	Par	75	-	-	-	75

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R4	Total
1	Aaron Rai	ENG	-17	69	263
2	Matthew Fitzpatrick	ENG	-16	64	264
T3	Jason Scrivener	AUS	-11	68	269
T3	Victor Perez	FRA	-11	67	269
5	David Drysdale	SCO	-10	66	270
T6	Rafael Cabrera Bello	ESP	-9	63	271
T6	Sergio Garcia	ESP	-9	70	271
T6	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	-9	67	271
T9	Jake Higginbottom	AUS	-8	69	272
T9	Kim Koivu	FIN	-8	67	272
T9	Matthias Schwab	AUT	-8	68	272
T9	Micah Shin	USA	-8	67	272
T9	Scott Hend	AUS	-8	69	272
T14	Ashley Chesters	ENG	-7	67	273
T14	Justin Harding	RSA	-7	68	273
T14	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	-7	65	273
T14	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	-7	71	273
T14	Tommy Fleetwood	ENG	-7	73	273
19	Thomas Aiken	RSA	-6	63	274
T20	Angelo Que	PHL	-5	67	275
T20	Berry Henson	USA	-5	70	275
T20	Casey O'Toole	USA	-5	66	275
T20	Hyo-Won Park	KOR	-5	72	275
T20	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	-5	70	275
T20	Lucas Bjerregaard	DNK	-5	66	275
T20	Marcus Kinhult	SWE	-5	70	275
T20	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	-5	71	275
T20	Sihwan Kim	KOR	-5	71	275
T20	Yi-Keun Chang	KOR	-5	67	275
T30	Adilson Da Silva	BRA	-4	73	276
T30	Ben Evans	ENG	-4	68	276
T30	Deyen Lawson	AUS	-4	69	276
T30	Jack Singh-Brar	ENG	-4	72	276
T30	Sam Brazel	AUS	-4	65	276
T30	Scott Fernandez	ESP	-4	69	276
T36	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	-3	72	277
T36	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	-3	69	277
T36	Arjun Atwal	IND	-3	71	277
T36	Danny Chia	MAL	-3	66	277
T36	Gi-Whan Kim	KOR	-3	68	277
T36	Grant Forrest	SCO	-3	69	277
T36	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-3	72	277
T36	Rattanon Wannasrichan	THA	-3	69	277
T36	Wade Ormsby	AUS	-3	72	277
T45	Anton Karlsson	SWE	-2	68	278
T45	Danthai Boonma	THA	-2	70	278
T45	David Horsey	ENG	-2	67	278
T45	David Lipsky	USA	-2	74	278
T45	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	-2	72	278
T45	Jarin Todd	USA	-2	68	278
T45	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	-2	71	278
T45	Joachim B. Hansen	DEN	-2	70	278
T45	Kurt Kitayama	USA	-2	70	278
T45	Natipong Srithong	THA	-2	73	278
T45	Patrick Reed	USA	-2	69	278
T45	Shiv Kapur	IND	-2	71	278
T57	Ajeetesh Sandhu	IND	-1	72	279
T57	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	-1	69	279
T57	Robert MacIntyre	SCO	-1	75	279
T57	Terry Pilkadaris	AUS	-1	70	279
T57	William Liu	CHN	-1	73	279
T62	Carlos Pigem	ESP	Par	71	280
T62	Jens Dantorp	SWE	Par	72	280
T62	John Catlin	USA	Par	70	280
T62	Nino Bertasio	ITA	Par	71	280
T62	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	Par	73	280
T67	Khalin Joshi	IND	1	69	281
T67	Viraj Madappa	IND	1	69	281
T67	Zander Lombard	RSA	1	74	281
70	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	2	70	282
71	David Law	SCO	5	72	285
72	Liam Johnston	SCO	7	75	287
73	Matthew Cheung	HKG	13	79	293
CUT	Adria Arnaus	ESP	2	-	142
CUT	Arnod Vongvanij	THA	2	-	142
CUT	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	2	-	142
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	2	-	142
CUT	Nacho Elvira	ESP	2	-	142
CUT	James Morrison	ENG	2	-	142
CUT	Jbe Kruger	RSA	2	-	142
CUT	Masahiro Kawamura	JPN	2	-	142
CUT	Miguel Angel Jimenez	ESP	2	-	142
CUT	Sean Crocker	USA	2	-	142
CUT	Wei-Chih Lu	TPE	2	-	142
CUT	Wen-Tang Lin	TPE	2	-	142
CUT	Bowen Xiao	CHN	3	-	143
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	3	-	143
CUT	Harry Ellis	ENG	3	-	143
CUT	Jeev Milkha Singh	IND	3	-	143
CUT	Kalle Samooja	FIN	3	-	143
CUT	Marcus Fraser	AUS	3	-	143
CUT	Mohammad Siddikur Rahman	BAN	3	-	143
CUT	Paul Peterson	USA	3	-	143
CUT	Rashid Khan	IND	3	-	143
CUT	Richard Lee	CAN	3	-	143
CUT	Shintaro Kobayashi	JPN	3	-	143
CUT	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	3	-	143
CUT	Simon Yates	SCO	3	-	143
CUT	Steven Brown	ENG	3	-	143
CUT	Suradit Yongcharoenchai	THA	3	-	143
CUT	Victor Dubuisson	FRA	3	-	143
CUT	Wenchong Liang	CHN	3	-	143
CUT	Andrew Johnston	ENG	4	-	144
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	4	-	144
CUT	Juvic Pagunsan	PHI	4	-	144
CUT	Matthew Southgate	ENG	4	-	144
CUT	Miguel Tabuena	PHI	4	-	144
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	4	-	144
CUT	Chien Yao Hung	CHN	5	-	145
CUT	Chiragh Kumar	IND	5	-	145
CUT	Jazz Janewattananond	MAS	5	-	145
CUT	Keith Horne	RSA	5	-	145
CUT	Lionel Weber	FRA	5	-	145
CUT	Pannakorn Uthaipas	THA	5	-	145
CUT	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	5	-	145
CUT	Seenappa Chikkarangappa	IND	5	-	145
CUT	Daniel Nisbet	AUS	6	-	146
CUT	Johannes Veerman	USA	6	-	146
CUT	Alvin Cheung	CHN	7	-	147
CUT	Nicholas Fung	MAL	7	-	147
CUT	Steven Lam	HKG	7	-	147
CUT	Panuphol Pittayarat	THA	8	-	148
CUT	Tirawat Kaewsirbandit	THA	8	-	148
CUT	Jason Norris	AUS	9	-	149
CUT	Pavit Tangkamolprasert	THA	12	-	152
CUT	Ben Wong	USA	13	-	153
CUT	Edmund Chapman	ENG	13	-	153
CUT	Malcolm Kokocinski	SWE	17	-	157
CUT	Jonathan Lai	CHN	20	-	160
DSQ	Sang-Hyun Park	KOR	Par	-	142
RET	Chapchai Nirat	THA	Par	-	77
RET	Jyoti Randhawa	IND	Par	-	75

HONMA Hong Kong Open 2018 - Round 4

HONMA Hong Kong Open 2018

November 22-25

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Round 4

Aaron Rai claims first win on the European Tour

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