March 14-17
Karen Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya
โฌ1,100,000
Live leaderboard
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
Adri Arnaus and Guido Migliozzi fired the lowest rounds of their European Tour careers to share the lead heading into the final round of the Magical Kenya Open presented by Absa.
โI would have loved to have been here after my front nine yesterday โ thatโs what I was playing for," said Arnaus. "I am happy that I was able to turn it around and it has been a lot of fun so far, and hopefully it will continue to be tomorrow.
โYesterday over the front nine I didnโt quite feel as good as I was having thoughts about my swing, but after that it all seemed to click and I have been able to implement new swing thoughts over and over since.
โI have been in this position before, and I think that everything in the past is going to help me โ all I have to do is try and play good golf again tomorrow.โ
Both Spainโs Arnaus and Italyโs Migliozzi took advantage of favourable conditions at Karen Country Club, with the pair โ both European Tour rookies โ carding rounds of 65 and 64 respectively to share the lead going into the final day in Nairobi.
โI played very solid out there today," said Migliozzi. "My putting was really good, I have been working at that a lot on the greens over the past few days, and I saw a lot of good results from that today.
โIt is a very tough course and you have to keep the ball on the fairway. The greens are getting tougher and tougher so you have to keep the ball in play to give yourself a chance here.
โI am confident with my game, and I am hoping that my best game โ like I played today โ will be enough tomorrow.โ
One shot off the pace is overnight leader Louis de Jager. The South African, a winner on the Sunshine Tour earlier this year, battled his way to a one under par score of 70 and thanks to a closing birdie he is still well-placed to challenge for a maiden European Tour title tomorrow.
Also in the hunt are Kalle Samooja and Gaganjeet Bhullar, who are two behind the leaders. Finlandโs Samooja carded his lowest score on the European Tour โ a seven under par 64 โ to rise up the leaderboard, while Indiaโs Bhullar also rose into contention with his own five under par round of 66.
Still in with a chance of winning back-to-back European Tour titles is South Africaโs Justin Harding. The Qatar Masters champion signed for a two under par round of 69 to leave him four back with 18 holes to play in Kenya.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
T1 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-14 |
66 |
68 |
65 |
199 |
T1 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
-14 |
67 |
68 |
64 |
199 |
3 |
Louis De Jager | RSA |
-13 |
64 |
66 |
70 |
200 |
T4 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
-12 |
70 |
67 |
64 |
201 |
T4 |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
-12 |
65 |
70 |
66 |
201 |
T6 |
Liam Johnston | SCO |
-10 |
67 |
69 |
67 |
203 |
T6 |
Justin Harding | RSA |
-10 |
70 |
65 |
68 |
203 |
T6 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
-10 |
64 |
70 |
69 |
203 |
T9 |
Cormac Sharvin | NIR |
-8 |
69 |
71 |
65 |
205 |
T9 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
-8 |
72 |
66 |
67 |
205 |
T11 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
-7 |
67 |
73 |
66 |
206 |
T11 |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
-7 |
67 |
70 |
69 |
206 |
T13 |
Josh Geary | NZL |
-6 |
67 |
73 |
67 |
207 |
T13 |
Anton Karlsson | SWE |
-6 |
69 |
70 |
68 |
207 |
T13 |
Aaron Cockerill | CAN |
-6 |
69 |
68 |
70 |
207 |
T16 |
Christofer Blomstrand | SWE |
-5 |
70 |
72 |
66 |
208 |
T16 |
Seenappa Chikkarangappa | IND |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
208 |
T18 |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
-4 |
72 |
70 |
67 |
209 |
T18 |
Johannes Veerman | USA |
-4 |
76 |
65 |
68 |
209 |
T18 |
Michael Hoey | NIR |
-4 |
66 |
74 |
69 |
209 |
T18 |
Marcel Schneider | GER |
-4 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
209 |
T22 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
-3 |
69 |
73 |
68 |
210 |
T22 |
David Cooke | USA |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
210 |
T22 |
Khalin Joshi | IND |
-3 |
72 |
69 |
69 |
210 |
T22 |
Kristoffer Reitan | NOR |
-3 |
73 |
68 |
69 |
210 |
T22 |
Simon Ngige | KEN |
-3 |
68 |
72 |
70 |
210 |
T22 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
-3 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
210 |
T22 |
Tom Murray | ENG |
-3 |
72 |
68 |
70 |
210 |
T22 |
Lasse Jensen | DNK |
-3 |
71 |
67 |
72 |
210 |
T22 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | ESP |
-3 |
71 |
66 |
73 |
210 |
T31 |
Bernd Ritthammer | GER |
-2 |
71 |
73 |
67 |
211 |
T31 |
Hugues Joannes | BEL |
-2 |
70 |
73 |
68 |
211 |
T31 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
-2 |
72 |
71 |
68 |
211 |
T31 |
Ben Stow | ENG |
-2 |
75 |
67 |
69 |
211 |
T31 |
Jack Senior | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
72 |
70 |
211 |
T31 |
Connor Syme | SCO |
-2 |
71 |
70 |
70 |
211 |
T31 |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
-2 |
72 |
68 |
71 |
211 |
T31 |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
-2 |
70 |
69 |
72 |
211 |
T39 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
-1 |
74 |
70 |
68 |
212 |
T39 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
-1 |
72 |
72 |
68 |
212 |
T39 |
Mathieu Fenasse | FRA |
-1 |
75 |
69 |
68 |
212 |
T39 |
Pep Angles | ESP |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
69 |
212 |
T39 |
Steven Tiley | ENG |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
69 |
212 |
T39 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
-1 |
70 |
72 |
70 |
212 |
T39 |
Filippo Bergamaschi | ITA |
-1 |
67 |
75 |
70 |
212 |
T39 |
Ross McGowan | ENG |
-1 |
74 |
68 |
70 |
212 |
T39 |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
-1 |
72 |
69 |
71 |
212 |
T39 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
-1 |
74 |
66 |
72 |
212 |
T39 |
Max Schmitt | GER |
-1 |
69 |
70 |
73 |
212 |
T39 |
Ivan Cantero | ESP |
-1 |
71 |
68 |
73 |
212 |
T39 |
Stuart Manley | WAL |
-1 |
71 |
65 |
76 |
212 |
T52 |
Jose-Filipe Lima | POR |
Par |
75 |
68 |
70 |
213 |
T52 |
John Catlin | USA |
Par |
71 |
71 |
71 |
213 |
T52 |
Bryce Easton | RSA |
Par |
72 |
70 |
71 |
213 |
T52 |
Ewen Ferguson | SCO |
Par |
73 |
69 |
71 |
213 |
T52 |
Matthew Nixon | ENG |
Par |
69 |
71 |
73 |
213 |
T57 |
Simon Forsstroem | SWE |
1 |
74 |
70 |
70 |
214 |
T57 |
Nick Mccarthy | ENG |
1 |
73 |
71 |
70 |
214 |
T57 |
Robert MacIntyre | SCO |
1 |
71 |
73 |
70 |
214 |
T57 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
1 |
70 |
73 |
71 |
214 |
T57 |
Joel Girrbach | SWE |
1 |
72 |
71 |
71 |
214 |
T57 |
Calum Hill | SCO |
1 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
214 |
T57 |
Justus Madoya | KEN |
1 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
214 |
T57 |
Maarten Lafeber | NED |
1 |
72 |
70 |
72 |
214 |
T65 |
Martin Leth Simonsen | DEN |
2 |
73 |
71 |
71 |
215 |
T65 |
David Boote | WAL |
2 |
69 |
75 |
71 |
215 |
T65 |
Henric Sturehed | SWE |
2 |
73 |
69 |
73 |
215 |
T65 |
Nick Cullen | AUS |
2 |
72 |
70 |
73 |
215 |
T65 |
Hyo-Won Park | KOR |
2 |
69 |
70 |
76 |
215 |
T70 |
Ben Evans | ENG |
3 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
216 |
T70 |
Oscar Lengden | SWE |
3 |
74 |
70 |
72 |
216 |
T70 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
3 |
80 |
64 |
72 |
216 |
T70 |
Nico Geyger | CHI |
3 |
76 |
67 |
73 |
216 |
T70 |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
3 |
67 |
72 |
77 |
216 |
CUT |
Daan Huizing | NED |
3 |
72 |
73 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
David Borda | ESP |
3 |
73 |
72 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Dismas Indiza Anyonyi | KEN |
3 |
69 |
76 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Erik Van Rooyen | RSA |
3 |
74 |
71 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Gavin Moynihan | IRL |
3 |
72 |
73 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Greg Snow | KEN |
3 |
73 |
72 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Gregory Havret | FRA |
3 |
75 |
70 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
3 |
71 |
74 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
3 |
73 |
72 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Matteo Manassero | ITA |
3 |
73 |
72 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Per Laengfors | SWE |
3 |
73 |
72 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Raphael De Sousa | CHE |
3 |
77 |
68 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
3 |
74 |
71 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Steven Brown | ENG |
3 |
73 |
72 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
William Liu | CHN |
3 |
70 |
75 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Alexander Knappe | GER |
4 |
72 |
74 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Chris Lloyd | ENG |
4 |
71 |
75 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Clement Berardo | FRA |
4 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
David Wakhu | KEN |
4 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Gregory Bourdy | FRA |
4 |
76 |
70 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Marcel Siem | GER |
4 |
71 |
75 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Nelson Simwa | KEN |
4 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Samuel Chege | KEN |
4 |
75 |
71 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Scott Vincent | ZWE |
4 |
73 |
73 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Sebastien Gros | FRA |
4 |
73 |
73 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Antoine Rozner | FRA |
5 |
71 |
76 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Chris Hanson | ENG |
5 |
75 |
72 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Christian Braeunig | GER |
5 |
75 |
72 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Daniel Gavins | ENG |
5 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
David Opati | KEN |
5 |
76 |
71 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Jonathan Thomson | ENG |
5 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Laurie Canter | ENG |
5 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Philipp Mejow | GER |
5 |
71 |
76 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Seung-Su Han | KOR |
5 |
75 |
72 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Tony Omuli | KEN |
5 |
72 |
75 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
6 |
72 |
76 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Phillip Kasozi | UGA |
6 |
77 |
71 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Ryan Evans | ENG |
6 |
75 |
73 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Craig Ross | SCO |
7 |
74 |
75 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Daniel Nduva | KEN |
7 |
76 |
73 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Marco Iten | SWE |
7 |
75 |
74 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Matthew Jordan | ENG |
7 |
76 |
73 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
C.J Wangai | KEN |
8 |
79 |
71 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Emilio Cuartero | ESP |
8 |
72 |
78 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Ho-Sung Choi | KOR |
8 |
73 |
77 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Jamie Abbott | ENG |
8 |
72 |
78 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Deyen Lawson | AUS |
9 |
72 |
79 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Eduardo De La Riva | ESP |
9 |
76 |
75 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Erick Obura | KEN |
9 |
78 |
73 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Robin Dawson | IRL |
9 |
83 |
68 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Scott Fernandez | ESP |
9 |
78 |
73 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Ugo Coussaud | FRA |
9 |
75 |
76 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
David Odhiambo | KEN |
10 |
74 |
78 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Duncan Stewart | SCO |
10 |
74 |
78 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Riz Charania | KEN |
12 |
78 |
76 |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Edwin Mudanyi | KEN |
13 |
73 |
82 |
- |
155 |
CUT |
Jacob Okello | KEN |
15 |
80 |
77 |
- |
157 |
CUT |
Martin Wiegele | AUT |
15 |
77 |
80 |
- |
157 |
CUT |
Alfred Nandwa | KEN |
16 |
79 |
79 |
- |
158 |
CUT |
Kibugu Mutahi | KEN |
18 |
76 |
84 |
- |
160 |
CUT |
Scott Gregory | ENG |
19 |
81 |
80 |
- |
161 |
CUT |
Bradley Mogire | KEN |
21 |
77 |
86 |
- |
163 |
CUT |
Mike Kisia | KEN |
22 |
83 |
81 |
- |
164 |
MDF |
Borja Virto | ESP |
4 |
75 |
68 |
74 |
217 |
MDF |
Joseph Dean | ENG |
5 |
75 |
68 |
75 |
218 |
MDF |
Oliver Farr | WAL |
5 |
70 |
74 |
74 |
218 |
MDF |
Max Orrin | ENG |
7 |
74 |
70 |
76 |
220 |
MDF |
Darius van Driel | NED |
11 |
71 |
73 |
80 |
224 |
RET |
Espen Kofstad | NOR |
Par |
71 |
- |
- |
71 |
RET |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
Par |
- |
- |
- |
0 |