Kenya Open 2022 R1
March 03-06
Muthaiga GC, Nairobi, Kenya
€1,750,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Nine birdies in his opening round 💪@DanielGavins leads the way at -7.#MagicalKenyaOpen pic.twitter.com/70KAtjFecO
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) March 3, 2022
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Daniel Gavins takes a one-shot lead in the Magical Kenya Open presented by Absa after carding a 64, the lowest score of his DP World Tour career, in spite of a pair of bogeys.
Kenya Open 2022 R1
“It was pretty rusty to start with, I hadn’t played for a couple of weeks but I just started holing a few putts."
“My swing has been a bit off at the start of the year and I’ve been struggling a little bit with finding the feeling but today I felt a few things that were nice and it was positive, really."
Redemption for @DanielGavins 🙌#MagicalKenyaOpen pic.twitter.com/eIWye9bYvD
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) March 3, 2022
Kenya Open 2022 R1
A bogey-free Shubhankar Sharma of India and American Johannes Veerman are tied in second place at 6-under followed at 5-under by England's Lee Slattery and Scotland's Ewen Ferguson.
Kenya Open 2022 R1
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
| 1 | GAVINS, Daniel | -7 | 64 |
| 2 | SHARMA, Shubhankar | -6 | 65 |
| VEERMAN, Johannes | -6 | 65 | |
| 4 | SLATTERY, Lee | -5 | 66 |
| FERGUSON, Ewen | -5 | 66 | |
| 6 | KAWAMURA, Masahiro | -4 | 67 |
| ​ | BURMESTER, Dean | -4 | 67 |
| ​ | BESSELING, Wil | -4 | 67 |
| 9 | CHIDALE, Paul | -3 | 68 |
| ​ | HIDALGO, Angel | -3 | 68 |
| LAPORTA, Francesco | -3 | 68 | |
| ​ | VAN TONDER, Daniel | -3 | 68 |
| ​ | HARDING, Justin | -3 | 68 |
| ​ | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | -3 | 68 |
| ​ | BRUN, Julien | -3 | 68 |
| ​ | LAW, David | -3 | 68 |
| ​ | ZHANG, Huilin | -3 | 68 |
| ​ | LONG, Hurly | -3 | 68 |
| ​ | PARATORE, Renato | -3 | 68 |
| ​ | CHESTERS, Ashley | -3 | 68 |
| ​ | PORTEOUS, Garrick | -3 | 68 |
| ​ | NEMECZ, Lukas | -3 | 68 |
| 23 | LAWRENCE, Thriston | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | HELLIGKILDE, Marcus | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | BERTASIO, Nino | -2 | 69 |
| SYME, Connor | -2 | 69 | |
| ​ | JAMIESON, Scott | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | SCHMID, Matti | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | PAVON, Matthieu | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | WU, Ashun | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | KOFSTAD, Espen | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | ROZNER, Antoine | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | ARMITAGE, Marcus | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | DANTORP, Jens | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | ARNAUS, Adri | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | OTAEGUI, Adrian | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | HORSEY, David | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | PAISLEY, Chris | -2 | 69 |
| ​ | PIGEM, Carlos | -2 | 69 |
| 40 | DRYSDALE, David | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | SVENSSON, Jesper | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | SCHAPER, Jayden | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | KIBUGU, Njoroge (AM) | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | SCHMITT, Max | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | BROWN, Steven | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | SHARVIN, Cormac | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | CAMPILLO, Jorge | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | TARRIO, Santiago | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | MCEVOY, Richard | -1 | 70 |
| 40 | LACROIX, Frederic | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | DU PLESSIS, Hennie | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | DUNNE, Paul | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | MOYNIHAN, Gavin | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | FORD, Matt | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | FARR, Oliver | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | GAGLI, Lorenzo | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | COCKERILL, Aaron | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | LEMKE, Niklas | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | HOWIE, Craig | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | MANLEY, Stuart | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | PLANT, Alfie | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | GREEN, Gavin | -1 | 70 |
| ​ | KEARNEY, Niall | -1 | 70 |
| 65 | BEKKER, Oliver | Par | 71 |
| ​ | SNOW, Greg | Par | 71 |
| ​ | KINHULT, Marcus | Par | 71 |
| ​ | DETRY, Thomas | Par | 71 |
| ​ | VAN DRIEL, Darius | Par | 71 |
| ​ | MERONK, Adrian | Par | 71 |
| ​ | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | Par | 71 |
| ​ | JORDAN, Matthew | Par | 71 |
| ​ | JACQUELIN, Raphaël | Par | 71 |
| ​ | STERNE, Richard | Par | 71 |
| ​ | WINDRED, Blake | Par | 71 |
| ​ | EVANS, Ben | Par | 71 |
| ​ | BAI, Zheng-kai | Par | 71 |
| ​ | HANNA, Chase | Par | 71 |
| ​ | THIMBA JNR, Toto | Par | 71 |
| ​ | CHINHOI, Robson | Par | 71 |
| ​ | HANSEN, Joachim B. | Par | 71 |
| ​ | FISHER, Oliver | Par | 71 |
| ​ | LIESER, Ondrej | Par | 71 |
| ​ | WHITNELL, Dale | Par | 71 |
| ​ | WILSON, Oliver | Par | 71 |
| 86 | HEISELE, Sebastian | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | BALALA, Adel Taufiq (AM) | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | VÄLIMÄKI, Sami | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | OBURA, Ooko Erick | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | CHEGE, Samuel | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | RITTHAMMER, Bernd | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | STUREHED, Henric | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | HUIZING, Daan | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | LORENZO-VERA, Mike | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | MØLLER, Niklas Nørgaard | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | LOMBARD, Zander | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | SANTOS, Ricardo | +1 | 72 |
| ​ | ANGLES, Pep | +1 | 72 |
| 99 | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | +2 | 73 |
| ​ | LUITEN, Joost | +2 | 73 |
| STALTER, Joël | +2 | 73 | |
| ​ | HAVRET, Grégory | +2 | 73 |
| ​ | FAHRBRING, Jens | +2 | 73 |
| ​ | RAMSAY, Richie | +2 | 73 |
| ​ | LEON, Hugo | +2 | 73 |
| ​ | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | +2 | 73 |
| ​ | FIGUEIREDO, Pedro | +2 | 73 |
| ​ | ROUSSEL, Robin | +2 | 73 |
| 109 | BLAAUW, Jacques | +3 | 74 |
| ​ | PAUL, Yannik | +3 | 74 |
| ​ | PEPPERELL, Eddie | +3 | 74 |
| ​ | STORM, Graeme | +3 | 74 |
| ​ | MALIK, Taimur (AM) | +3 | 74 |
| ​ | LAGERGREN, Joakim | +3 | 74 |
| ​ | WILSON, Andrew | +3 | 74 |
| 116 | MEDIRATTA, Mohit | +4 | 75 |
| ​ | FDEZ-CASTAÑO, Gonzalo | +4 | 75 |
| ​ | HOWELL, David | +4 | 75 |
| ​ | SADDIER, Adrien | +4 | 75 |
| ​ | SJÖHOLM, Joel | +4 | 75 |
| ​ | KARANGA, Michael (AM) | +4 | 75 |
| ​ | COUPLAND, Dave | +4 | 75 |
| ​ | MUDANYI, Edwin | +4 | 75 |
| 124 | INDIZA ANYONYI, Dismas | +5 | 76 |
| ​ | PORTEOUS, Haydn | +5 | 76 |
| ​ | LEJIRMA, John (AM) | +5 | 76 |
| ​ | CANTERO GUTIERREZ, Ivan | +5 | 76 |
| ​ | RUGUMAYO, Ronald | +5 | 76 |
| ​ | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | +5 | 76 |
| ​ | CALDWELL, Jonathan | +5 | 76 |
| ​ | KENNEGARD, Jesper | +5 | 76 |
| 132 | McGOWAN, Ross | +6 | 77 |
| ​ | MAARA, Dennis (AM) | +6 | 77 |
| ​ | ASENA, Jastas Madoya | +6 | 77 |
| ​ | EASTON, Bryce | +6 | 77 |
| 136 | NDUVA, Daniel | +7 | 78 |
| ​ | WAKHU, David | +7 | 78 |
| ​ | ENOCH, Rhys | +7 | 78 |
| 139 | MBURU, Simon Ngige | +8 | 79 |
| 140 | CAÑIZARES, Alejandro | +9 | 80 |
| RETD | CROCKER, Sean | +3 | - |
| W/D | QUIROS, Alvaro | +5 | 76 |
| W/D | TREE, Toby | +6 | 77 |
| W/D | MANSELL, Richard | +10 | 81 |
