Magical Kenya Open R4

Kenya Open 2021 R4
March 18-21
Karen Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya
€1,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

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Estimated reading time: 9 minutes

Justin Harding claimed his second European Tour title at the Magical Kenya Open presented by Johnnie Walker after an assured final-round performance helped him convert his 54-hole lead and claim a two-stroke victory at Karen Country Club.

Kenya Open 2021 R4

“I’m very emotional now. It was hard work, I’m happy with the way I played. Kurt’s a hell of a competitor – I got him back for Mauritius – but I’m glad I went one shot better than a couple of years ago, I was bummed about that, but I was just happy with the way I managed my game.”

“I wouldn’t say I was in a slump but I was in a dip in form in terms of mixed results and it was nice to get over the line this time around. Winning isn’t everything but I think being in the winner’s circle again means a little more to me than I thought it did.”

Kenya Open 2021 R4

“I think I got blown off the golf course like everyone else in Qatar. It was nice to come back to a place that I have nice fond memories of. I know Guido beat me by a shot here a couple of years ago and I felt like I played the golf course well and it is set up nicely for me. I’ve been saying to the guys all week that I think it is one of the fairest golf courses in terms of to the field that the European Tour plays all year. It’s just a fun golf course; you can make a bunch of birdies, you can make bunch of eagles and you can throw in some bogeys there as well. It’s just lovely to play.”

The South African entered the final day with a two-shot advantage over the field and was composure personified throughout as he opened with five straight pars before his round caught fire with a pair of back-to-back birdies at the sixth and seventh.

Kenya Open 2021 R4

He drove the green at the par four ninth and holed from 15 feet in front of the clubhouse to soar into a four-shot lead at the turn. He steadily maintained his lead all the way home and picked up one final birdie on the par four 17th to secure his second European Tour title, courtesy of a five under 66 and a 21 under total – the lowest winning total in the history of Kenya’s national open.

America’s Kurt Kitayama finished second at Karen Country Club, two shots behind Harding, while Scotland’s Connor Syme finished third on 17 under par. Spaniard Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez posted a closing eight under par round of 63 to secure solo fourth place on 16 under par, while French duo Romain Langasque and Jean-Baptiste Gonnet and South Africa’s Jacques Kruyswijk finished a shot further back in a share of fifth place.

Kenya Open 2021 R4

“It was tough to catch him.,” said Kitayama. “Obviously I couldn’t but I think I gave it a pretty good effort. I felt like sometimes when I was going to slip away, I chipped in for eagle on 12, that was big, but overall I’m happy with how I fought I’m happy with the result.

“You just have to stick to your game plan. I was hitting my irons well and I just trusted that and down the stretch I just didn’t give myself too many good looks.”

Kenya Open 2021 R4

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Justin Harding	-21	66	67	64	66	263
2	Kurt Kitayama	-19	67	66	66	66	265
3	Connor Syme	-17	65	67	71	64	267
4	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	-16	67	70	68	63	268
T5	Jean Baptiste Gonnet	-15	68	68	66	67	269
T5	Jacques Kruyswijk	-15	68	72	65	64	269
T5	Romain Langasque	-15	67	70	67	65	269
T8	Pep Angles	-14	70	67	67	66	270
T8	Dean Burmester	-14	68	64	71	67	270
T8	Calum Hill	-14	65	68	67	70	270
T8	Sam Horsfield	-14	65	71	69	65	270
T12	Nino Bertasio	-13	67	69	69	66	271
T12	Guido Migliozzi	-13	71	65	67	68	271
T12	Kalle Samooja	-13	65	66	72	68	271
T12	Justin Walters	-13	67	71	68	65	271
T16	Gaganjeet Bhullar *	-12	66	72	69	65	272
T16	George Coetzee *	-12	72	66	69	65	272
T16	Jamie Donaldson	-12	69	67	69	67	272
T16	Victor Dubuisson	-12	68	68	70	66	272
T16	Scott Hend	-12	67	64	68	73	272
T16	Garrick Higgo	-12	67	68	68	69	272
T16	Garrick Porteous	-12	71	68	67	66	272
T16	Johannes Veerman	-12	68	69	62	73	272
T24	Darren Fichardt	-11	69	70	67	67	273
T24	Adrian Otaegui	-11	70	67	68	68	273
T24	Aaron Rai *	-11	70	67	70	66	273
T24	Jayden Schaper	-11	68	70	65	70	273
T28	John Catlin *	-10	71	69	69	65	274
T28	Richard McEvoy	-10	70	70	65	69	274
T28	Wilco Nienaber *	-10	67	69	71	67	274
T28	Marcel Schneider *	-10	70	69	69	66	274
T28	Jack Senior *	-10	68	68	71	67	274
T33	Louis De Jager	-9	70	70	66	69	275
T33	Grant Forrest *	-9	73	66	68	68	275
T33	Maximilian Kieffer *	-9	68	72	69	66	275
T33	Niklas Lemke	-9	67	71	68	69	275
T33	Ondrej Lieser (a) *	-9	72	68	71	64	275
T33	Bernd Ritthammer	-9	65	71	67	72	275
T33	Ricardo Santos	-9	71	66	68	70	275
T33	Oliver Wilson *	-9	70	67	72	66	275
T41	Ben Evans *	-8	71	68	71	66	276
T41	Gavin Kyle Green	-8	68	69	68	71	276
T41	Joachim B. Hansen	-8	68	69	69	70	276
T41	Joost Luiten	-8	70	69	67	70	276
T41	Benjamin Poke *	-8	69	70	69	68	276
T41	Dale Whitnell	-8	66	70	68	72	276
T47	Søren Kjeldsen *	-7	67	69	71	70	277
T47	Francesco Laporta	-7	70	67	68	72	277
T47	Adrian Meronk	-7	65	73	67	72	277
T47	Richie Ramsay *	-7	67	65	77	68	277
T47	Jordan Smith *	-7	68	70	69	70	277
T52	Richard Bland *	-6	71	69	71	67	278
T52	Ashley Chesters	-6	71	68	67	72	278
T52	Aaron Cockerill *	-6	71	69	69	69	278
T52	Jens Fahrbring *	-6	72	67	69	70	278
T52	Matt Ford *	-6	68	72	70	68	278
T52	Lorenzo Gagli *	-6	70	70	71	67	278
T52	Raphael Jacquelin	-6	65	68	73	72	278
T52	Damien Perrier *	-6	68	71	74	65	278
T52	Matthias Schwab *	-6	71	66	72	69	278
T52	Darius van Driel *	-6	69	71	71	67	278
T62	Julien Guerrier *	-5	70	70	70	69	279
T62	Lorenzo Scalise *	-5	72	68	68	71	279
T62	Scott Vincent *	-5	68	71	71	69	279
T65	Rikard Karlberg *	-4	71	68	70	71	280
T65	Robin Sciot-Siegrist *	-4	73	66	72	69	280
T65	Toby Tree *	-4	67	73	69	71	280
T65	Romain Wattel *	-4	69	71	72	68	280
T65	Lars van Meijel	-4	68	69	69	74	280
T70	Gregory Havret *	-3	67	73	71	70	281
T70	Benjamin Hebert *	-3	64	72	75	70	281
T70	Matthew Southgate *	-3	66	69	75	71	281
T73	Kyong-Jun Moon *	-2	70	69	71	72	282
T73	Haydn Porteous *	-2	70	70	75	67	282
T73	JC Ritchie *	-2	69	70	69	74	282
76	Lee Slattery *	-1	71	69	75	68	283
77	Samuel Njoroge Chege *	E	72	68	74	70	284
CUT	Wil Besseling	-1	72	69			141
CUT	Jorge Campillo	-1	73	68			141
CUT	Dave Coupland	-1	67	74			141
CUT	Emilio Cuartero Blanco	-1	74	67			141
CUT	Ooko Erick Obura	-1	69	72			141
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	-1	70	71			141
CUT	Daan Huizing	-1	70	71			141
CUT	Jazz Janewattananond	-1	70	71			141
CUT	Alexander Levy	-1	74	67			141
CUT	Jose-Filipe Lima	-1	71	70			141
CUT	Carlos Pigem	-1	69	72			141
CUT	Kristoffer Reitan	-1	72	69			141
CUT	Max Schmitt	-1	73	68			141
CUT	Sebastian Soderberg	-1	70	71			141
CUT	Daniel van Tonder	-1	74	67			141
CUT	Marcus Armitage	E	69	73			142
CUT	Steven Brown	E	69	73			142
CUT	Robson Chinhoi	E	67	75			142
CUT	David Drysdale	E	72	70			142
CUT	Anthony Juma	E	70	72			142
CUT	Masahiro Kawamura	E	74	68			142
CUT	David Law	E	72	70			142
CUT	Tae Hee Lee	E	69	73			142
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	E	73	69			142
CUT	James Morrison	E	71	71			142
CUT	Chris Paisley	E	75	67			142
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	E	73	69			142
CUT	Cormac Sharvin	E	70	72			142
CUT	David Wakhu	E	75	67			142
CUT	Sihwan Kim	1	72	71			143
CUT	Taimur Malik	1	69	74			143
CUT	Richard Mansell (a)	1	72	71			143
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	1	72	71			143
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	1	73	70			143
CUT	Julian Suri	1	66	77			143
CUT	Maverick Antcliff	2	74	70			144
CUT	Jonathan Caldwell	2	72	72			144
CUT	Rhys Enoch	2	67	77			144
CUT	Oliver Farr	2	68	76			144
CUT	Ewen Ferguson	2	71	73			144
CUT	David Howell	2	68	76			144
CUT	Liam Johnston	2	73	71			144
CUT	Hurly Long (a)	2	73	71			144
CUT	Simon Ngige Mburu	2	72	72			144
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	2	72	72			144
CUT	Greg Snow	2	71	73			144
CUT	Clement Sordet	2	74	70			144
CUT	Joel Stalter	2	71	73			144
CUT	Alejandro Cañizares	3	73	72			145
CUT	Yi Keun Chang	3	73	72			145
CUT	Tyler Koivisto	3	77	68			145
CUT	Robin Roussel	3	68	77			145
CUT	Adrien Saddier	3	71	74			145
CUT	SSP Chawrasia	4	74	72			146
CUT	Nicolai Højgaard	4	74	72			146
CUT	Dismas Indiza Anyonyi	4	76	70			146
CUT	Anton Karlsson	4	73	73			146
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	4	73	73			146
CUT	Cj Wangai	4	73	73			146
CUT	Mathiam Keyser	5	72	75			147
CUT	Ross McGowan	5	77	70			147
CUT	Jaydeep Singh Sandhu	5	73	74			147
CUT	Lucas Bjerregaard	6	76	72			148
CUT	Oliver Fisher	6	73	75			148
CUT	Edwin Inana Asuza	6	73	75			148
CUT	Jastas Madoya Asena	6	73	75			148
CUT	Jacob Okello	6	72	76			148
CUT	Pedro Figueiredo	7	75	74			149
CUT	Andrew Oche Odoh	7	75	74			149
CUT	Phillip Kasozi	9	72	79			151
CUT	Gavin Moynihan	10	77	75			152
CUT	Isaac Ogolla Makokha	10	75	77			152
CUT	Victor Joseph	11	74	79			153
CUT	Paul Musangi Njuguna	12	76	78			154
CUT	Riz Charania	13	79	76			155
CUT	Mathew Omondi	13	80	75			155
CUT	Adel Balala	14	81	75			156
WD	Haotong Li	5	75	5			80
WD	Zander Lombard	11	82				82
* Player started on the back nine