September 26-29
Golf International de Pont Royal, Mallemort, France
โฌ200,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Jeong Weon Ko shot an opening round of 64, eight under par, to lead the Hopps Open de Provence by two shots at the end of round one.
The French amateur, who is playing in just his third European Challenge Tour event, was in the first group to tee off at Golf International de Pont Royal this morning and he made the most of the calm conditions, carding seven birdies, an eagle and only one bogey.
The 21-year-old started steadily with six consecutive pars, before he picked up the pace with three successive gains ahead of the turn. The momentum continued into the back nine with birdies at the 11th and 12th before he made an eagle at the par five 14th.
He dropped his only shot of the day at the 15th hole but bounced back to finish his opening round with successive birdies at the Hopps Open de Provence.
With the wind swirling in the afternoon and the target set at eight under par, Ko was delighted with his work on home soil.
"Iโm just trying to enjoy myself and do my best at moment."
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โI started playing nervously,โ he said. โBut as the round went on, I got more comfortable and the round got better and better. I had a good eagle plus a few putts went in and I played well.
โI had a nice birdie streak as well but that was unexpected โ thatโs golf, I guess.
โIt helped being first off today. There was no wind and the course was at its easiest and it was easier than playing this afternoon.
โOver the last couple of days Iโve had some back and wrist problems so I wasnโt even sure if I could play, so at the start I was just hoping I could finish the round, and I managed to do that without any pain.
โIโm just trying to enjoy myself and do my best at moment.โ
Countryman Julien Brun was the last amateur to win on the Challenge Tour when he clinched the ALLIANZ Golf Open Toulouse Metropole in 2012, and Ko has set his stall out following an impressive round on day one.
Canadaโs Cockerill is the amateurโs closest rival, sitting two strokes behind at six under par, having closed his front nine with six consecutive birdies. A further shot behind Cockerill are Samuel del Val, Francesco Laporta and Connor Syme, who all signed for bogey-free rounds of 67, five under par, while a group of three players share fifth spot. Spaniard Pep Angles, New Zealandโs Josh Geary and Roppe Kakko of Finland all recorded rounds of 68 on day one.
The second round at the Hopps Open de Provence begins at 8:10am local time with Ko teeing off at 12:40pm.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
KO (AM) Jeong weon | FRA |
-8 |
64 |
2 |
COCKERILL Aaron | CAN |
-6 |
66 |
3 |
DEL VAL Samuel | ESP |
-5 |
67 |
3 |
LAPORTA Francesco | ITA |
-5 |
67 |
3 |
SYME Connor | SCO |
-5 |
67 |
6 |
ANGLES Pep | ESP |
-4 |
68 |
6 |
GEARY Josh | NZL |
-4 |
68 |
6 |
KAKKO Roope | FIN |
-4 |
68 |
9 |
BOOTE David | WAL |
-3 |
69 |
9 |
FARR Oliver | WAL |
-3 |
69 |
9 |
HEISELE Sebastian | GER |
-3 |
69 |
9 |
LIMA José-Filipe | POR |
-3 |
69 |
9 |
LIPPARELLI Edoardo Raffaele | ITA |
-3 |
69 |
9 |
NEIL Bradley | SCO |
-3 |
69 |
9 |
STUREHED Henric | SWE |
-3 |
69 |
9 |
VAN DRIEL Darius | NED |
-3 |
69 |
9 |
VAN MEIJEL Lars | NED |
-3 |
69 |
9 |
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN Nicolai | GER |
-3 |
69 |
19 |
BLAND Richard | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
DE SOUSA Raphaël | SUI |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
FORD Matt | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
GEYGER Nico | CHI |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
HENRY Scott | SCO |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
HULDAHL Jeppe Pape | DEN |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
MIVIS Christopher | BEL |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
PORTEOUS Garrick | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
ROSS Craig | SCO |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
ROUSSEL Robin | FRA |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
SCHNEIDER Marcel | GER |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
SJÖHOLM Joel | SWE |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
STEWART Duncan | SCO |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
TILEY Steven | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
VIRTO Borja | ESP |
-2 |
70 |
19 |
WEBER Lionel | FRA |
-2 |
70 |
35 |
BERARDO Clément | FRA |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
CUARTERO BLANCO Emilio | ESP |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
ENOCH Rhys | WAL |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
FENASSE Mathieu | FRA |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Sebastian | ESP |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
GLENNEMO Jacob | SWE |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
GROS Sébastien | FRA |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
JENSEN Lasse | DEN |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
JOHANSEN Eirik Tage | NOR |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
KNAPPE Alexander | GER |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
LANDO CASANOVA Jérôme | FRA |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
MADDY Paul | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
MEJOW Philipp | GER |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
PERRIER Damien | FRA |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
PIGEM Carlos | ESP |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
POKE Benjamin | DEN |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
ROZNER Antoine | FRA |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
SAXTON Reinier | NED |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
SIMONSEN Martin | DEN |
-1 |
71 |
35 |
WIEGELE Martin | AUT |
-1 |
71 |
55 |
BRUN Julien | FRA |
0 |
72 |
55 |
EVANS Ryan | ENG |
0 |
72 |
55 |
FOOS Dominic | GER |
0 |
72 |
55 |
HAVRET Grégory | FRA |
0 |
72 |
55 |
MARY Dimitri | FRA |
0 |
72 |
55 |
MULLER (AM) Nicolas | FRA |
0 |
72 |
55 |
QUESNE Julien | FRA |
0 |
72 |
55 |
SHARVIN Cormac | NIR |
0 |
72 |
63 |
BALDWIN Matthew | ENG |
1 |
73 |
63 |
BEKIRIAN Jean | FRA |
1 |
73 |
63 |
CANTERO GUTIERREZ Ivan | ESP |
1 |
73 |
63 |
FORD Charlie | ENG |
1 |
73 |
63 |
FORET Julien | FRA |
1 |
73 |
63 |
GIRRBACH Joel | SUI |
1 |
73 |
63 |
HØJGAARD Rasmus | DEN |
1 |
73 |
63 |
ITEN Marco | SUI |
1 |
73 |
63 |
JOANNES Hugues | BEL |
1 |
73 |
63 |
JOUVEN Richard | FRA |
1 |
73 |
63 |
KIM Minkyu | KOR |
1 |
73 |
63 |
LARCELET (AM) Charles | FRA |
1 |
73 |
63 |
LENGDEN Oscar | SWE |
1 |
73 |
63 |
MCCARTHY Nick | ENG |
1 |
73 |
63 |
RIU Victor | FRA |
1 |
73 |
63 |
SANTOS Ricardo | POR |
1 |
73 |
63 |
TARRIO BEN Santiago | ESP |
1 |
73 |
63 |
TREY (AM) Nathan | FRA |
1 |
73 |
63 |
VEYRET Victor | FRA |
1 |
73 |
82 |
BALLESTEROS Javier | ESP |
2 |
74 |
82 |
BLOMSTRAND Christofer | SWE |
2 |
74 |
82 |
BOURDY Grégory | FRA |
2 |
74 |
82 |
DUBOIS Edouard | FRA |
2 |
74 |
82 |
FERGUSON Ewen | SCO |
2 |
74 |
82 |
FERNANDEZ Scott | ESP |
2 |
74 |
82 |
HAASTRUP Mark Flindt | DEN |
2 |
74 |
82 |
HUIZING Daan | NED |
2 |
74 |
82 |
MERONK Adrian | POL |
2 |
74 |
82 |
SENIOR Jack | ENG |
2 |
74 |
82 |
STAL Gary | FRA |
2 |
74 |
93 |
BECHU Romain | FRA |
3 |
75 |
93 |
BORDA David | ESP |
3 |
75 |
93 |
COUSSAUD Ugo | FRA |
3 |
75 |
93 |
FORSSTRÖM Simon | SWE |
3 |
75 |
93 |
HANSON Chris | ENG |
3 |
75 |
93 |
MURRAY Tom | ENG |
3 |
75 |
93 |
ROSAYE Amaury | FRA |
3 |
75 |
93 |
SCALISE Lorenzo | ITA |
3 |
75 |
93 |
SCHWARTZ Antoine | FRA |
3 |
75 |
93 |
SCIOT-SIEGRIST Robin | FRA |
3 |
75 |
93 |
STOW Ben | ENG |
3 |
75 |
93 |
WHITNELL Dale | ENG |
3 |
75 |
105 |
CANTER Laurie | ENG |
4 |
76 |
105 |
DECOTTIGNIES-LAFON Mathieu | FRA |
4 |
76 |
105 |
LACROIX Frederic | FRA |
4 |
76 |
105 |
LINARD Thomas | FRA |
4 |
76 |
105 |
McGOWAN Ross | ENG |
4 |
76 |
105 |
PONCELET Xavier | FRA |
4 |
76 |
105 |
TINNING Nicolai | DEN |
4 |
76 |
112 |
ARMITAGE Marcus | ENG |
5 |
77 |
112 |
BRAEUNIG Christian | GER |
5 |
77 |
112 |
COHEN-BOYER Louis | FRA |
5 |
77 |
112 |
ESPAÑA Edouard | FRA |
5 |
77 |
116 |
ALEXANDRE Lionel | FRA |
6 |
78 |
116 |
CATHERINE Edgar | FRA |
6 |
78 |
116 |
THOMSON Jonathan | ENG |
6 |
78 |
119 |
AHOKAS Antti | FIN |
7 |
79 |
119 |
BORDONE (AM) Camille | FRA |
7 |
79 |
119 |
LAMPERT Moritz | GER |
7 |
79 |
122 |
MACCARIO Federico | ITA |
8 |
80 |
122 |
SANTOS SILVA Tomas | POR |
8 |
80 |
122 |
STALTER Joël | FRA |
8 |
80 |
125 |
DAWSON Robin | IRL |
9 |
81 |
126 |
LGUIRATI Ayoub | MAR |
0 |
0 |