European Tour

KLM Open 2018

September 13-16

The Dutch, Spijk, Netherlands

€1,800,000

September 13-16

The Dutch, Spijk, Netherlands

€1,800,000

Round 2

Wu stays strong in Spijk

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

September 14, 2018

Ashun Wu extended his overnight advantage at the top of the leaderboard by carding a second round of 66 to lead by three at the halfway stage of the KLM Open.

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The Chinese player, who is a two-time winner on the European Tour, followed up an excellent opening round of 64 by carding seven further birdies today en route to a five under par score of 66.

“I had a very good start today. After two birdies on the first two holes I knew that my good feeling from yesterday was still there and I felt I could go on and make a lot more birdies."

“The wind came into play today and although it was not very strong it was still making it a lot more difficult. I really like the golf course here and its design so I am really enjoying this week."

“If the wind blows hard tomorrow it make things very tricky for us but if it stays still then you will have to go out and keep being aggressive and make lots of birdies.”

Wu, who began the day with a one-shot advantage over Chris Wood, was again in fine form at The Dutch and sits three clear of his nearest challenger Jonathan Thomson of England after 36 holes.

Thomson, who is a European Tour rookie after coming through Qualifying School last year, found himself seven under par after nine holes thanks to a sublime stretch of six consecutive gains which saw him reach the turn in 29.

The 22 year old would eventually sign for a seven under par score of 64 – the joint lowest round of the week at The Dutch.

“It was a phenomenal start really. I rolled in a 40-footer for birdie on the first, I got up and down on the next, then it was just flowing."

“It got a little bit trickier on the back nine as the wind got up a little bit and then I made a couple of silly decisions out there. Having that front nine it's inevitable as you can't just be a robot for 18 holes."

“This is a fantastic course to play. I would go as far as saying it is in as good a condition as any course that we've played on Tour this year."

“I am hitting some great form and playing well, confidence is also getting higher and higher and that's all that matters to me at this part of the season."

“Experiences like I had in Denmark are invaluable and every single week you have to go out and just draw on them.”

One shot further back from Thomson are Scotland's David Drysdale and China's Haotong Li. Drysdale, who currently sits in 118 th place in the Race to Dubai, reeled off six gains for a blemish-free 65 while Li birdied his final two holes to go into the weekend with a chance of becoming the first Chinese winner of the KLM Open, along with countryman Wu.

“I haven't played fantastic this season," said Drysdale. "I know that, but you keep working hard and you always think that there is some good golf coming around the corner."

“I actually played lovely yesterday but I missed a lot of opportunities. I was a little bit frustrated to only be a couple under, so it was great today to see the putts drop."

“My ball-striking and my iron play have been a real strength today – I hit a lot of greens. My putting has been pretty solid too but it is my iron play that has really been the difference."

“In the last couple of weeks there has been some good stuff and I am looking forward to the weekend.”

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Ashun Wu	CHI	-12	64	66	130
2	Jonathan Thomson	ENG	-9	69	64	133
T3	David Drysdale	SCO	-8	69	65	134
T3	Haotong Li	CHN	-8	68	66	134
T5	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	-7	66	69	135
T5	Chris Wood	ENG	-7	65	70	135
T5	Soo-Min Lee	KOR	-7	68	67	135
8	Renato Paratore	ITA	-6	66	70	136
T9	Alexander Levy	FRA	-5	69	68	137
T9	Andrea Pavan	ITA	-5	66	71	137
T9	Andrew Dodt	AUS	-5	71	66	137
T9	Ashley Chesters	ENG	-5	66	71	137
T9	Bradley Dredge	WAL	-5	70	67	137
T9	Bradley Neil	SCO	-5	66	71	137
T9	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	-5	67	70	137
T9	Jordan Smith	ENG	-5	66	71	137
T9	Martin Kaymer	GER	-5	70	67	137
T9	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	-5	70	67	137
T9	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	-5	68	69	137
T9	Paul Peterson	USA	-5	68	69	137
T21	Austin Connelly	CAN	-4	68	70	138
T21	Daniel Im	USA	-4	72	66	138
T21	Eddie Pepperell	ENG	-4	66	72	138
T21	Felipe Aguilar	CHI	-4	70	68	138
T21	George Coetzee	RSA	-4	69	69	138
T21	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-4	67	71	138
T21	Hideto Tanihara	JPN	-4	68	70	138
T21	Jorge Campillo	ESP	-4	69	69	138
T21	Matthew Southgate	ENG	-4	66	72	138
T21	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	-4	67	71	138
T21	Nino Bertasio	ITA	-4	66	72	138
T21	Padraig Harrington	IRL	-4	68	70	138
T21	Richard McEvoy	ENG	-4	67	71	138
T21	Sam Horsfield	ENG	-4	69	69	138
T21	Wade Ormsby	AUS	-4	70	68	138
T36	Adam Bland	AUS	-3	69	70	139
T36	Andy Sullivan	ENG	-3	71	68	139
T36	Connor Syme	SCO	-3	69	70	139
T36	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	-3	73	66	139
T36	Henric Sturehed	SWE	-3	67	72	139
T36	Jason Scrivener	AUS	-3	66	73	139
T36	Jin-Ho Choi	KOR	-3	69	70	139
T36	Lee Westwood	ENG	-3	68	71	139
T36	Matteo Manassero	ITA	-3	67	72	139
T36	Matthew Nixon	ENG	-3	67	72	139
T36	Mikko Korhonen	FIN	-3	68	71	139
T36	Ricardo Gonzalez	ARG	-3	67	72	139
T36	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	-3	66	73	139
T36	Steve Webster	ENG	-3	69	70	139
T50	Chase Koepka	USA	-2	69	71	140
T50	Darren Fichardt	RSA	-2	69	71	140
T50	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	-2	67	73	140
T50	Johan Edfors	SWE	-2	70	70	140
T50	Julien Guerrier	FRA	-2	69	71	140
T50	Kevin Stadler	USA	-2	66	74	140
T50	Lucas Herbert	AUS	-2	70	70	140
T50	Matthew Jordan	ENG	-2	70	70	140
T50	Max Albertus	NED	-2	69	71	140
T50	Richard Bland	ENG	-2	70	70	140
T50	Sam Brazel	AUS	-2	69	71	140
T61	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	-1	69	72	141
T61	David Horsey	ENG	-1	69	72	141
T61	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	-1	70	71	141
T61	Gregory Havret	FRA	-1	68	73	141
T61	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	-1	70	71	141
T61	Josh Geary	NZL	-1	72	69	141
T61	Justin Walters	RSA	-1	69	72	141
T61	Mark Reynolds	NED	-1	73	68	141
T61	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	-1	74	67	141
T61	Richie Ramsay	SCO	-1	68	73	141
T61	Scott Jamieson	SCO	-1	73	68	141
T61	Sebastian Heisele	GER	-1	73	68	141
T61	Simon Khan	ENG	-1	70	71	141
T61	Thomas Detry	BEL	-1	74	67	141
CUT	Aaron Rai	ENG	Par	66	76	142
CUT	Andrew Johnston	ENG	Par	74	68	142
CUT	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	Par	72	70	142
CUT	James Morrison	ENG	Par	69	73	142
CUT	Matthias Schwab	AUT	Par	71	71	142
CUT	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	FRA	Par	70	72	142
CUT	Nick Cullen	AUS	Par	70	72	142
CUT	Paul Dunne	IRL	Par	70	72	142
CUT	Pedro Oriol	ESP	Par	67	75	142
CUT	Peter Hanson	SWE	Par	71	71	142
CUT	Ryan Fox	NZL	Par	70	72	142
CUT	Sebastien Gros	FRA	Par	69	73	142
CUT	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	Par	70	72	142
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	1	71	72	143
CUT	Gavin Green	MAS	1	69	74	143
CUT	Jerry Ji	NED	1	70	73	143
CUT	Lasse Jensen	DNK	1	71	72	143
CUT	Mark Tullo	CHL	1	71	72	143
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	1	70	73	143
CUT	Pep Angles	ESP	1	71	72	143
CUT	Rak Cho	KOR	1	74	69	143
CUT	Romain Wattel	FRA	1	72	71	143
CUT	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	2	69	75	144
CUT	Charlie Ford	ENG	2	71	73	144
CUT	Chris Hanson	ENG	2	71	73	144
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	2	74	70	144
CUT	Davey Porsius	NED	2	74	70	144
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	2	75	69	144
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	2	69	75	144
CUT	Nacho Elvira	ESP	2	68	76	144
CUT	Koen Kouwenaar	NED	2	74	70	144
CUT	Paul Waring	ENG	2	74	70	144
CUT	Pontus Widegren	SWE	2	70	74	144
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	2	72	72	144
CUT	Reinier Saxton	NED	2	73	71	144
CUT	Ryan Evans	ENG	2	72	72	144
CUT	Scott Fernandez	ESP	2	69	75	144
CUT	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	2	71	73	144
CUT	David Howell	ENG	3	73	72	145
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	SWE	3	70	75	145
CUT	Laurie Canter	ENG	3	72	73	145
CUT	Luke Joy	ENG	3	72	73	145
CUT	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	3	75	70	145
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	3	73	72	145
CUT	Zander Lombard	RSA	3	76	69	145
CUT	Jeff Winther	SWE	4	72	74	146
CUT	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	THA	4	72	74	146
CUT	Oliver Farr	WAL	4	71	75	146
CUT	Oliver Fisher	ENG	4	69	77	146
CUT	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	4	67	79	146
CUT	Steven Brown	ENG	4	69	77	146
CUT	Ross Fisher	ENG	5	77	70	147
CUT	Jamie Elson	ENG	6	74	74	148
CUT	Jurrian van der Vaart	NED	6	72	76	148
CUT	Lukas Euler	GER	6	75	73	148
CUT	Angel Cabrera	ARG	7	73	76	149
CUT	Luca Cianchetti	ITA	7	75	74	149
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	7	70	79	149
CUT	Oscar Serna	MEX	7	73	76	149
CUT	Robbie van West	NED	7	73	76	149
CUT	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	7	74	75	149
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	8	77	73	150
CUT	Kim Koivu	FIN	8	73	77	150
CUT	David Lipsky	USA	9	80	71	151
CUT	Kiet van der Weele	NED	9	77	74	151
CUT	Ralph Miller	NED	9	72	79	151
CUT	Dylan Boshart	NED	10	76	76	152
CUT	Marc Warren	SCO	10	76	76	152
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	10	77	75	152
CUT	Jason Norris	AUS	12	70	84	154
CUT	Simon Dyson	ENG	12	74	80	154
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	14	78	78	156
CUT	Maarten Bosch	NED	20	80	82	162
CUT	Stan Kraai	NED	21	78	85	163
CUT	Aydan Verdonk	NED	27	83	86	169
RET	Adrien Saddier	SCO	Par	72	-	72
RET	Brett Rumford	AUS	Par	78	-	78
RET	Daniel Brooks	ENG	Par	71	-	71
RET	Jens Dantorp	SWE	Par	72	-	72
RET	Mark Foster	ENG	Par	70	-	70
RET	Mikko Ilonen	FIN	Par	82	-	82
RET	Scott Hend	AUS	Par	-	-	0

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	Total
1	Ashun Wu	CHI	-12	130
2	Jonathan Thomson	ENG	-9	133
T3	David Drysdale	SCO	-8	134
T3	Haotong Li	CHN	-8	134
T5	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	-7	135
T5	Chris Wood	ENG	-7	135
T5	Soo-Min Lee	KOR	-7	135
8	Renato Paratore	ITA	-6	136
T9	Alexander Levy	FRA	-5	137
T9	Andrea Pavan	ITA	-5	137
T9	Andrew Dodt	AUS	-5	137
T9	Ashley Chesters	ENG	-5	137
T9	Bradley Dredge	WAL	-5	137
T9	Bradley Neil	SCO	-5	137
T9	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	-5	137
T9	Jordan Smith	ENG	-5	137
T9	Martin Kaymer	GER	-5	137
T9	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	-5	137
T9	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	-5	137
T9	Paul Peterson	USA	-5	137
T21	Austin Connelly	CAN	-4	138
T21	Daniel Im	USA	-4	138
T21	Eddie Pepperell	ENG	-4	138
T21	Felipe Aguilar	CHI	-4	138
T21	George Coetzee	RSA	-4	138
T21	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-4	138
T21	Hideto Tanihara	JPN	-4	138
T21	Jorge Campillo	ESP	-4	138
T21	Matthew Southgate	ENG	-4	138
T21	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	-4	138
T21	Nino Bertasio	ITA	-4	138
T21	Padraig Harrington	IRL	-4	138
T21	Richard McEvoy	ENG	-4	138
T21	Sam Horsfield	ENG	-4	138
T21	Wade Ormsby	AUS	-4	138
T36	Adam Bland	AUS	-3	139
T36	Andy Sullivan	ENG	-3	139
T36	Connor Syme	SCO	-3	139
T36	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	-3	139
T36	Henric Sturehed	SWE	-3	139
T36	Jason Scrivener	AUS	-3	139
T36	Jin-Ho Choi	KOR	-3	139
T36	Lee Westwood	ENG	-3	139
T36	Matteo Manassero	ITA	-3	139
T36	Matthew Nixon	ENG	-3	139
T36	Mikko Korhonen	FIN	-3	139
T36	Ricardo Gonzalez	ARG	-3	139
T36	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	-3	139
T36	Steve Webster	ENG	-3	139
T50	Chase Koepka	USA	-2	140
T50	Darren Fichardt	RSA	-2	140
T50	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	-2	140
T50	Johan Edfors	SWE	-2	140
T50	Julien Guerrier	FRA	-2	140
T50	Kevin Stadler	USA	-2	140
T50	Lucas Herbert	AUS	-2	140
T50	Matthew Jordan	ENG	-2	140
T50	Max Albertus	NED	-2	140
T50	Richard Bland	ENG	-2	140
T50	Sam Brazel	AUS	-2	140
T61	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	-1	141
T61	David Horsey	ENG	-1	141
T61	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	-1	141
T61	Gregory Havret	FRA	-1	141
T61	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	-1	141
T61	Josh Geary	NZL	-1	141
T61	Justin Walters	RSA	-1	141
T61	Mark Reynolds	NED	-1	141
T61	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	-1	141
T61	Richie Ramsay	SCO	-1	141
T61	Scott Jamieson	SCO	-1	141
T61	Sebastian Heisele	GER	-1	141
T61	Simon Khan	ENG	-1	141
T61	Thomas Detry	BEL	-1	141
CUT	Aaron Rai	ENG	Par	142
CUT	Andrew Johnston	ENG	Par	142
CUT	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	Par	142
CUT	James Morrison	ENG	Par	142
CUT	Matthias Schwab	AUT	Par	142
CUT	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	FRA	Par	142
CUT	Nick Cullen	AUS	Par	142
CUT	Paul Dunne	IRL	Par	142
CUT	Pedro Oriol	ESP	Par	142
CUT	Peter Hanson	SWE	Par	142
CUT	Ryan Fox	NZL	Par	142
CUT	Sebastien Gros	FRA	Par	142
CUT	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	Par	142
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	1	143
CUT	Gavin Green	MAS	1	143
CUT	Jerry Ji	NED	1	143
CUT	Lasse Jensen	DNK	1	143
CUT	Mark Tullo	CHL	1	143
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	1	143
CUT	Pep Angles	ESP	1	143
CUT	Rak Cho	KOR	1	143
CUT	Romain Wattel	FRA	1	143
CUT	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	2	144
CUT	Charlie Ford	ENG	2	144
CUT	Chris Hanson	ENG	2	144
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	2	144
CUT	Davey Porsius	NED	2	144
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	2	144
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	2	144
CUT	Nacho Elvira	ESP	2	144
CUT	Koen Kouwenaar	NED	2	144
CUT	Paul Waring	ENG	2	144
CUT	Pontus Widegren	SWE	2	144
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	2	144
CUT	Reinier Saxton	NED	2	144
CUT	Ryan Evans	ENG	2	144
CUT	Scott Fernandez	ESP	2	144
CUT	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	2	144
CUT	David Howell	ENG	3	145
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	SWE	3	145
CUT	Laurie Canter	ENG	3	145
CUT	Luke Joy	ENG	3	145
CUT	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	3	145
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	3	145
CUT	Zander Lombard	RSA	3	145
CUT	Jeff Winther	SWE	4	146
CUT	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	THA	4	146
CUT	Oliver Farr	WAL	4	146
CUT	Oliver Fisher	ENG	4	146
CUT	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	4	146
CUT	Steven Brown	ENG	4	146
CUT	Ross Fisher	ENG	5	147
CUT	Jamie Elson	ENG	6	148
CUT	Jurrian van der Vaart	NED	6	148
CUT	Lukas Euler	GER	6	148
CUT	Angel Cabrera	ARG	7	149
CUT	Luca Cianchetti	ITA	7	149
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	7	149
CUT	Oscar Serna	MEX	7	149
CUT	Robbie van West	NED	7	149
CUT	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	7	149
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	8	150
CUT	Kim Koivu	FIN	8	150
CUT	David Lipsky	USA	9	151
CUT	Kiet van der Weele	NED	9	151
CUT	Ralph Miller	NED	9	151
CUT	Dylan Boshart	NED	10	152
CUT	Marc Warren	SCO	10	152
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	10	152
CUT	Jason Norris	AUS	12	154
CUT	Simon Dyson	ENG	12	154
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	14	156
CUT	Maarten Bosch	NED	20	162
CUT	Stan Kraai	NED	21	163
CUT	Aydan Verdonk	NED	27	169
RET	Adrien Saddier	SCO	Par	72
RET	Brett Rumford	AUS	Par	78
RET	Daniel Brooks	ENG	Par	71
RET	Jens Dantorp	SWE	Par	72
RET	Mark Foster	ENG	Par	70
RET	Mikko Ilonen	FIN	Par	82
RET	Scott Hend	AUS	Par	0

KLM Open 2018 - Round 2

KLM Open 2018

September 13-16

The Dutch, Spijk, Netherlands

€1,800,000

September 13-16

The Dutch, Spijk, Netherlands

€1,800,000

Round 2

Wu stays strong in Spijk

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

Round 1

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September 14, 2018

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KLM Open 2018 - Round 2

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