World Invitational 2022 Men R1
August 11-14
Galgorm Castle & Massereene, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
$1,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
A new course record @EwboF ✍️
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) August 11, 2022
His second 61 on Tour in three weeks.#WorldInvitational
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Ewen Ferguson carded a flawless 9-under 61 on Thursday to break the course record and take a four-shot lead in the ISPS Handa World Invitational presented by Aviv Clinics.
World Invitational 2022 Men R1
"Actually I was messaging Jamie (Gough) yesterday about a few things I wasn't doing too well yesterday in the Pro-Am.
"Played the Pro-Am with Niall (Horan) and me and Robbie Keane yesterday and I kept hitting a lot of bunkers. They were saying, 'You love the bunkers. See tomorrow, just try and stay out of them'.
"Today was just nice to avoid them all, which was good. Obviously a 61, so course record is pretty nice."
Chip-in eagle @EwboF 🔥
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) August 11, 2022
Course record 61 and leads by FOUR ✍️#WorldInvitational pic.twitter.com/S3e2fVsSLg
World Invitational 2022 Men R1
The Scot also fired a 61 at last month's Hero Open at Fairmont St Andews.
The event this week is co-sponsored by the DP World Tour, the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour with separate male and female tournaments played on the same two courses for equal prize funds.
World Invitational 2022 Men R1
England's Richard Bland lies in second place at 5-under alongside Spain's Borja Virto and Sweden's Felix Palson after all three carded bogey-free 65s.
World Invitational 2022 Men R1
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
| 1 | FERGUSON, Ewen | -9 | 61 |
| 2 | VIRTO, Borja | -5 | 65 |
| ​ | PALSON, Felix | -5 | 65 |
| ​ | BLAND, Richard | -5 | 65 |
| 5 | EVANS, Ryan | -4 | 66 |
| ​ | SYME, Connor | -4 | 66 |
| ​ | PETERSSON, Robin | -4 | 66 |
| ​ | NIENABER, Wilco | -4 | 66 |
| ​ | SADDIER, Adrien | -4 | 66 |
| ​ | WHITNELL, Dale | -4 | 66 |
| CELLI, Filippo (AM) | -4 | 66 | |
| ​ | GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian | -4 | 66 |
| ​ | FYFE, Calum | -4 | 66 |
| ​ | TARRIO, Santiago | -4 | 66 |
| ​ | AIKEN, Thomas | -4 | 66 |
| 16 | PARATORE, Renato | -3 | 67 |
| ​ | MURPHY, John | -3 | 67 |
| ​ | CAREY, David | -3 | 67 |
| ​ | HELLIGKILDE, Marcus | -3 | 67 |
| ​ | EASTON, Bryce | -3 | 67 |
| ​ | CATLIN, John | -3 | 67 |
| ​ | HIDALGO, Angel | -3 | 67 |
| 23 | MURRAY, Tom | -2 | 68 |
| ​ | PIGEM, Carlos | -2 | 68 |
| ​ | SMITH, Jordan | -2 | 68 |
| BALDWIN, Matthew | -2 | 68 | |
| ​ | DANTORP, Jens | -2 | 68 |
| ​ | FAHRBRING, Jens | -2 | 68 |
| ​ | LUMSDEN, Ryan | -2 | 68 |
| ​ | DUNNE, Paul | -2 | 68 |
| ​ | CLEMENTS, Todd | -2 | 68 |
| ​ | WILSON, Andrew | -2 | 68 |
| ​ | PAPADATOS, Dimitrios | -2 | 68 |
| ​ | PORTEOUS, Haydn | -2 | 68 |
| ​ | THOMSON, Jonathan | -2 | 68 |
| 36 | MANLEY, Stuart | -1 | 69 |
| ​ | STALLINGS JR, Stephen | -1 | 69 |
| ​ | MCKIBBIN, Tom | -1 | 69 |
| ​ | ERIKSSON, Philip | -1 | 69 |
| ​ | DINWIDDIE, Robert | -1 | 69 |
| ​ | BROWN, Barclay (AM) | -1 | 69 |
| ​ | SENIOR, Jack | -1 | 69 |
| ​ | HOWIE, Craig | -1 | 69 |
| ​ | RUUSKA, Lauri | -1 | 69 |
| 45 | HORSEY, David | Par | 70 |
| ​ | PURCELL, Conor | Par | 70 |
| ​ | DIXON, David | Par | 70 |
| ​ | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | Par | 70 |
| ​ | RUTHERFORD, Jamie | Par | 70 |
| ​ | MIVIS, Christopher | Par | 70 |
| BORDA, David | Par | 70 | |
| ​ | KEOGH, Adam | Par | 70 |
| ​ | HURLEY, Gary | Par | 70 |
| ​ | DECOTTIGNIES-LAFON, Mathieu | Par | 70 |
| ​ | FARR, Oliver | Par | 70 |
| ​ | LAW, David | Par | 70 |
| ​ | MURRAY, Zach | Par | 70 |
| ​ | STALTER, Joël | Par | 70 |
| 59 | GANDY, Tom | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | MEYER, Velten | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | WALKER, Euan | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | BAI, Zheng-kai | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | MAGNUS, Haraldur | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | WIKSTROM, Joakim | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | COUPLAND, Dave | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | ANTCLIFF, Maverick | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | FELDBORG NIELSEN, Christopher | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | WRISDALE, Jordan | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | PETURSSON, Bjarki | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | BOURDY, Grégory | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | MANSELL, Richard | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | KENNEGARD, Jesper | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | DRYSDALE, David | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | STOW, Ben | +1 | 71 |
| ​ | DEL VAL, Samuel | +1 | 71 |
| 76 | LIPPARELLI, Edoardo Raffaele | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | MCLEOD, Jake | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | GERMISHUYS, Deon | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | SMYLIE, Elvis | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | HANNA, Chase | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | RICE, Tim | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | ORRIN, Max | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | VEERMAN, Johannes | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | CHESTERS, Ashley | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | HANSEN, Joachim B. | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | RITCHIE, JC | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | SLATTERY, Lee | +2 | 72 |
| ​ | BROWN, Steven | +2 | 72 |
| 90 | GRIFFITHS, Curtis | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | FARRELL, OJ | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | FORD, Matt | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | FERNANDEZ, Scott | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | GAVINS, Daniel | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | LEMKE, Niklas | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | PENGE, Marco | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | WAITE, Mitch | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | KENNEDY, Frank (AM) | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | HIGGINS, David | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | KOIVISTO, Tyler | +3 | 73 |
| LAPORTA, Francesco | +3 | 73 | |
| ​ | SHARVIN, Cormac | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | PLANT, Alfie | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | MCEVOY, Richard | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | SURI, Julian | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | KARLBERG, Rikard | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | NEIL, Bradley | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | THORNTON, Simon | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | KEARNEY, Niall | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | RIU, Victor | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | BLOMSTRAND, Christofer | +3 | 73 |
| ​ | ZHANG, Huilin | +3 | 73 |
| 113 | CONRADIE, Ruan | +4 | 74 |
| ​ | KRISTJANSSON, Gudmundur | +4 | 74 |
| ​ | KINHULT, Marcus | +4 | 74 |
| 116 | KING, Gary | +5 | 75 |
| ​ | HEARN, Jack (AM) | +5 | 75 |
| ​ | EDBERG, Pelle | +5 | 75 |
| ​ | ZUNIC, Jordan | +5 | 75 |
| ​ | MORRISON, James | +5 | 75 |
| ​ | HILL, Josh (AM) | +5 | 75 |
| ​ | CAÑIZARES, Alejandro | +5 | 75 |
| ​ | ELLIS, Harry | +5 | 75 |
| 124 | WARREN, Marc | +6 | 76 |
| ​ | DE JAGER, Louis | +6 | 76 |
| ​ | EVANS, Ben | +6 | 76 |
| ​ | OTAEGUI, Javier | +6 | 76 |
| ​ | GARCIA, Jordi | +6 | 76 |
| 129 | MCELROY, Dermot | +7 | 77 |
| ​ | LEON, Hugo | +7 | 77 |
| 131 | BRAZILL, Robert (AM) | +8 | 78 |
| 132 | WILLIAMS, Charlie | +10 | 80 |
