European Challenge Tour
Kazakhstan Open 2018
September 16-19
Zhailjau Golf Resort, Almaty, Kazakhstan
€450,000
September 16-19
Zhailjau Golf Resort, Almaty, Kazakhstan
€450,000
Round 1
Lampert leads in Kazakhstan
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
September 13, 2018
Moritz Lampert carded a pair of front-nine eagles and will take a one-shot lead into Day Two of the Kazakhstan Open presented by ERG.
- Phil Inglis
Starting his round in frigid temperatures at Zhailjau Golf Resort, which sits at 3000 feet of elevation, the German got off to a relatively cool start, before things began to heat up on the course.“It was freezing when we were warming up this morning,” he said. “But as the sun came out it was actually beautiful. You could see the sun at the top of the mountains and then it started to come down, so it warmed up on our third hole.”
“The ball started going further than it does at sea level after the first few holes. The cold had an effect on the first holes but after that it was just lovely.
“I made two eagles on the short par fives and was seven under par total, so that was the key today.”
The fast start from the 26 year old comes at an important time in the season. The Kazakhstan Open presented by ERG is one of the most lucrative events on the European Challenge Tour International Schedule and with it, carries an abundance of Road to Ras Al Khaimah Rankings points.
Being one of the strongest fields of the season, Lampert did not automatically gain entry into the tournament, but earned an invitation from the Kazakhstan Golf Federation.
“Today was brilliant,” he said. “I’m just delighted to be here. I’m playing on an invite so I’m grateful for that and to get into such a big event I have to thank the Federation. This is my third time in Kazakhstan and, well, 65 is always great.”
The experience of travelling to Almaty and playing Zhailjau Golf Resort may be starting to pay off for Lampert, who believes he has gained a better understanding of the golf course since his first trip here in 2016, but also knows that he capitalised on calm Day One conditions.
“We talked about it in the practice round, I think you have to drive it well here,” he said. “The fairways are pretty generous, but the rough is pretty bad. If you hit it in the fairway — we’re at altitude so the ball goes really far — you have five par fives, so if you’re aggressive on those and you pick your chances, I think it’s very scoreable.
“Obviously it was cold this morning but today was an absolutely beautiful day. There is no wind, it’s 20 degrees, it couldn’t be any better.”
Lampert will have his work cut out for him if he wants to remain on top of the leaderboard. Of the 12 players within two strokes of him, five have won on the Challenge Tour this season, including Jack Singh Brar and Liam Johnston on six under par, as well as Pedro Figueiredo and Ben Stow on five under par.
Last week’s winner, Tom Lewis is also on five under par and seems to have maintained his momentum with a hole-in-one on the 161-yard par three 17th hole.
Day Two of the Kazakhstan Open begins tomorrow at 7:20 am local time, with Lampert set to tee off at noon.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
1 |
LAMPERT, Moritz | -7 |
65 |
2 |
HAASTRUP, Mark Flindt | -6 |
66 |
JOHNSTON, Liam | -6 |
66 |
|
CROCKER, Sean | -6 |
66 |
|
ORRIN, Max | -6 |
66 |
|
SINGH BRAR, Jack | -6 |
66 |
|
7 |
HOEY, Michael | -5 |
67 |
PERRIER, Damien | -5 |
67 |
|
LEWIS, Tom | -5 |
67 |
|
SAMOOJA, Kalle | -5 |
67 |
|
FIGUEIREDO, Pedro | -5 |
67 |
|
STOW, Ben | -5 |
67 |
|
MERONK, Adrian | -5 |
67 |
|
14 |
LEON, Hugo | -4 |
68 |
SHARVIN, Cormac | -4 |
68 |
|
HILL, Calum | -4 |
68 |
|
LIMA, José-Filipe | -4 |
68 |
|
FERGUSON, Ewen | -4 |
68 |
|
MOYNIHAN, Gavin | -4 |
68 |
|
McGOWAN, Ross | -4 |
68 |
|
LINARD, Thomas | -4 |
68 |
|
ARNAUS, Adri | -4 |
68 |
|
23 |
SENIOR, Jack | -3 |
69 |
FELDBORG NIELSEN, Christopher | -3 |
69 |
|
LAW, David | -3 |
69 |
|
LANGASQUE, Romain | -3 |
69 |
|
FENASSE, Mathieu | -3 |
69 |
|
DOAK, Chris | -3 |
69 |
|
NEMECZ, Lukas | -3 |
69 |
|
CARLSSON, Johan | -3 |
69 |
|
MADDY, Paul | -3 |
69 |
|
EVANS, Ben | -3 |
69 |
|
SCALISE, Lorenzo | -3 |
69 |
|
CARLSSON, Magnus A | -3 |
69 |
|
SCHMITT, Max | -3 |
69 |
|
MEJOW, Philipp | -3 |
69 |
|
OSIPOV, Vladimir | -3 |
69 |
|
MADSEN, Morten Ørum | -3 |
69 |
|
LAPORTA, Francesco | -3 |
69 |
|
PEREZ, Victor | -3 |
69 |
|
STARK, Oscar | -3 |
69 |
|
42 |
RIU, Victor | -2 |
70 |
PORTEOUS, Garrick | -2 |
70 |
|
DAVIES, Rhys | -2 |
70 |
|
TILEY, Steven | -2 |
70 |
|
PARKER, Ben | -2 |
70 |
|
SODERBERG, Sebastian | -2 |
70 |
|
FORREST, Grant | -2 |
70 |
|
MURRAY, Tom | -2 |
70 |
|
SCHNEIDER, Marcel | -2 |
70 |
|
GEYGER, Nico | -2 |
70 |
|
KIMSEY, Nathan | -2 |
70 |
|
ITEN, Marco | -2 |
70 |
|
MUNRO, Jack | -2 |
70 |
|
VELASCO, Alvaro | -2 |
70 |
|
WIEGELE, Martin | -2 |
70 |
|
MICHAEL, Anthony | -2 |
70 |
|
CALDWELL, Jonathan | -2 |
70 |
|
KNAPPE, Alexander | -2 |
70 |
|
SANTOS, Ricardo | -2 |
70 |
|
LANDO CASANOVA, Jérôme | -2 |
70 |
|
OVESEN, Martin | -2 |
70 |
|
LUNDBERG, Mikael | -2 |
70 |
|
LEMKE, Niklas | -2 |
70 |
|
65 |
ARMITAGE, Marcus | -1 |
71 |
ROUSSEL, Robin | -1 |
71 |
|
DE LA RIVA, Eduardo | -1 |
71 |
|
HANSEN, Joachim B. | -1 |
71 |
|
VIRTO, Borja | -1 |
71 |
|
MACINTYRE, Robert | -1 |
71 |
|
GAGLI, Lorenzo | -1 |
71 |
|
WENNSTAM, Alexander | -1 |
71 |
|
PAPADATOS, Dimitrios | -1 |
71 |
|
KIM, Minkyu | -1 |
71 |
|
HALL, Gavin | -1 |
71 |
|
76 |
FOOS, Dominic | Par |
72 |
BRAEUNIG, Christian | Par |
72 |
|
KUNZENBACHER, Julian | Par |
72 |
|
HENRY, Scott | Par |
72 |
|
STAL, Gary | Par |
72 |
|
MCGEE, Ruaidhri | Par |
72 |
|
FORSSTRÖM, Simon | Par |
72 |
|
KELLETT, Ross | Par |
72 |
|
BERGAMASCHI, Filippo | Par |
72 |
|
JAE DONG, Sim | Par |
72 |
|
TADINI, Alessandro | Par |
72 |
|
HULDAHL, Jeppe Pape | Par |
72 |
|
BEKKER, Oliver | Par |
72 |
|
CUARTERO BLANCO, Emilio | Par |
72 |
|
CLEMENTS, Todd | Par |
72 |
|
MANLEY, Stuart | Par |
72 |
|
ROZNER, Antoine | Par |
72 |
|
FORD, Matt | Par |
72 |
|
JOHANSEN, Eirik Tage | Par |
72 |
|
BESSELING, Wil | Par |
72 |
|
96 |
HUTSBY, Sam | 1 |
73 |
NILSSON, Åke | 1 |
73 |
|
GIRRBACH, Joel | 1 |
73 |
|
LENGDEN, Oscar | 1 |
73 |
|
HUIZING, Daan | 1 |
73 |
|
KARLSSON, Anton | 1 |
73 |
|
ENOCH, Rhys | 1 |
73 |
|
LINDELL, Oliver | 1 |
73 |
|
VAN DRIEL, Darius | 1 |
73 |
|
BOYD, Gary | 1 |
73 |
|
COUSSAUD, Ugo | 1 |
73 |
|
STALTER, Joël | 1 |
73 |
|
108 |
MATUS, Stanislav | 2 |
74 |
STEWART, Duncan | 2 |
74 |
|
HURLEY, Gary | 2 |
74 |
|
SJÖHOLM, Joel | 2 |
74 |
|
GUSTAFSSON, Peter | 2 |
74 |
|
MARSH, Nick | 2 |
74 |
|
DOHERTY, Jack | 2 |
74 |
|
ARNOY, Jarand Ekeland | 2 |
74 |
|
116 |
JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh | 3 |
75 |
TREE, Toby | 3 |
75 |
|
COHEN, Asaf | 3 |
75 |
|
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | 3 |
75 |
|
120 |
DAVIDSON, Jack | 4 |
76 |
VAN MEIJEL, Lars | 4 |
76 |
|
WILSON, Oliver | 4 |
76 |
|
SCIOT-SIEGRIST, Robin | 4 |
76 |
|
ADAMS, James | 4 |
76 |
|
125 |
AHOKAS, Antti | 6 |
78 |
126 |
KURBANALIEV, Kanat | 8 |
80 |
127 |
BAGTZHANOV (AM), Marat | 10 |
82 |
128 |
VAN DER SPUY, Rourke | 11 |
83 |
ALMULLA (AM), Othman | 11 |
83 |
|
AFANASYEV, Nikolay | 11 |
83 |
|
131 |
VONGAY, Alexander | 15 |
87 |
132 |
SARKYTBAYEV (AM), Baurzhan | 16 |
88 |
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
1 |
LAMPERT, Moritz | -7 |
65 |
2 |
HAASTRUP, Mark Flindt | -6 |
66 |
JOHNSTON, Liam | -6 |
66 |
|
CROCKER, Sean | -6 |
66 |
|
ORRIN, Max | -6 |
66 |
|
SINGH BRAR, Jack | -6 |
66 |
|
7 |
HOEY, Michael | -5 |
67 |
PERRIER, Damien | -5 |
67 |
|
LEWIS, Tom | -5 |
67 |
|
SAMOOJA, Kalle | -5 |
67 |
|
FIGUEIREDO, Pedro | -5 |
67 |
|
STOW, Ben | -5 |
67 |
|
MERONK, Adrian | -5 |
67 |
|
14 |
LEON, Hugo | -4 |
68 |
SHARVIN, Cormac | -4 |
68 |
|
HILL, Calum | -4 |
68 |
|
LIMA, José-Filipe | -4 |
68 |
|
FERGUSON, Ewen | -4 |
68 |
|
MOYNIHAN, Gavin | -4 |
68 |
|
McGOWAN, Ross | -4 |
68 |
|
LINARD, Thomas | -4 |
68 |
|
ARNAUS, Adri | -4 |
68 |
|
23 |
SENIOR, Jack | -3 |
69 |
FELDBORG NIELSEN, Christopher | -3 |
69 |
|
LAW, David | -3 |
69 |
|
LANGASQUE, Romain | -3 |
69 |
|
FENASSE, Mathieu | -3 |
69 |
|
DOAK, Chris | -3 |
69 |
|
NEMECZ, Lukas | -3 |
69 |
|
CARLSSON, Johan | -3 |
69 |
|
MADDY, Paul | -3 |
69 |
|
EVANS, Ben | -3 |
69 |
|
SCALISE, Lorenzo | -3 |
69 |
|
CARLSSON, Magnus A | -3 |
69 |
|
SCHMITT, Max | -3 |
69 |
|
MEJOW, Philipp | -3 |
69 |
|
OSIPOV, Vladimir | -3 |
69 |
|
MADSEN, Morten Ørum | -3 |
69 |
|
LAPORTA, Francesco | -3 |
69 |
|
PEREZ, Victor | -3 |
69 |
|
STARK, Oscar | -3 |
69 |
|
42 |
RIU, Victor | -2 |
70 |
PORTEOUS, Garrick | -2 |
70 |
|
DAVIES, Rhys | -2 |
70 |
|
TILEY, Steven | -2 |
70 |
|
PARKER, Ben | -2 |
70 |
|
SODERBERG, Sebastian | -2 |
70 |
|
FORREST, Grant | -2 |
70 |
|
MURRAY, Tom | -2 |
70 |
|
SCHNEIDER, Marcel | -2 |
70 |
|
GEYGER, Nico | -2 |
70 |
|
KIMSEY, Nathan | -2 |
70 |
|
ITEN, Marco | -2 |
70 |
|
MUNRO, Jack | -2 |
70 |
|
VELASCO, Alvaro | -2 |
70 |
|
WIEGELE, Martin | -2 |
70 |
|
MICHAEL, Anthony | -2 |
70 |
|
CALDWELL, Jonathan | -2 |
70 |
|
KNAPPE, Alexander | -2 |
70 |
|
SANTOS, Ricardo | -2 |
70 |
|
LANDO CASANOVA, Jérôme | -2 |
70 |
|
OVESEN, Martin | -2 |
70 |
|
LUNDBERG, Mikael | -2 |
70 |
|
LEMKE, Niklas | -2 |
70 |
|
65 |
ARMITAGE, Marcus | -1 |
71 |
ROUSSEL, Robin | -1 |
71 |
|
DE LA RIVA, Eduardo | -1 |
71 |
|
HANSEN, Joachim B. | -1 |
71 |
|
VIRTO, Borja | -1 |
71 |
|
MACINTYRE, Robert | -1 |
71 |
|
GAGLI, Lorenzo | -1 |
71 |
|
WENNSTAM, Alexander | -1 |
71 |
|
PAPADATOS, Dimitrios | -1 |
71 |
|
KIM, Minkyu | -1 |
71 |
|
HALL, Gavin | -1 |
71 |
|
76 |
FOOS, Dominic | Par |
72 |
BRAEUNIG, Christian | Par |
72 |
|
KUNZENBACHER, Julian | Par |
72 |
|
HENRY, Scott | Par |
72 |
|
STAL, Gary | Par |
72 |
|
MCGEE, Ruaidhri | Par |
72 |
|
FORSSTRÖM, Simon | Par |
72 |
|
KELLETT, Ross | Par |
72 |
|
BERGAMASCHI, Filippo | Par |
72 |
|
JAE DONG, Sim | Par |
72 |
|
TADINI, Alessandro | Par |
72 |
|
HULDAHL, Jeppe Pape | Par |
72 |
|
BEKKER, Oliver | Par |
72 |
|
CUARTERO BLANCO, Emilio | Par |
72 |
|
CLEMENTS, Todd | Par |
72 |
|
MANLEY, Stuart | Par |
72 |
|
ROZNER, Antoine | Par |
72 |
|
FORD, Matt | Par |
72 |
|
JOHANSEN, Eirik Tage | Par |
72 |
|
BESSELING, Wil | Par |
72 |
|
96 |
HUTSBY, Sam | 1 |
73 |
NILSSON, Åke | 1 |
73 |
|
GIRRBACH, Joel | 1 |
73 |
|
LENGDEN, Oscar | 1 |
73 |
|
HUIZING, Daan | 1 |
73 |
|
KARLSSON, Anton | 1 |
73 |
|
ENOCH, Rhys | 1 |
73 |
|
LINDELL, Oliver | 1 |
73 |
|
VAN DRIEL, Darius | 1 |
73 |
|
BOYD, Gary | 1 |
73 |
|
COUSSAUD, Ugo | 1 |
73 |
|
STALTER, Joël | 1 |
73 |
|
108 |
MATUS, Stanislav | 2 |
74 |
STEWART, Duncan | 2 |
74 |
|
HURLEY, Gary | 2 |
74 |
|
SJÖHOLM, Joel | 2 |
74 |
|
GUSTAFSSON, Peter | 2 |
74 |
|
MARSH, Nick | 2 |
74 |
|
DOHERTY, Jack | 2 |
74 |
|
ARNOY, Jarand Ekeland | 2 |
74 |
|
116 |
JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh | 3 |
75 |
TREE, Toby | 3 |
75 |
|
COHEN, Asaf | 3 |
75 |
|
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | 3 |
75 |
|
120 |
DAVIDSON, Jack | 4 |
76 |
VAN MEIJEL, Lars | 4 |
76 |
|
WILSON, Oliver | 4 |
76 |
|
SCIOT-SIEGRIST, Robin | 4 |
76 |
|
ADAMS, James | 4 |
76 |
|
125 |
AHOKAS, Antti | 6 |
78 |
126 |
KURBANALIEV, Kanat | 8 |
80 |
127 |
BAGTZHANOV (AM), Marat | 10 |
82 |
128 |
VAN DER SPUY, Rourke | 11 |
83 |
ALMULLA (AM), Othman | 11 |
83 |
|
AFANASYEV, Nikolay | 11 |
83 |
|
131 |
VONGAY, Alexander | 15 |
87 |
132 |
SARKYTBAYEV (AM), Baurzhan | 16 |
88 |