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Quesne heads tight leaderboard in Northern Ireland
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September 3, 2020
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September 03-06
Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort, Ballymena, Northern Ireland
โ‚ฌ200,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4



Julien Quesne holds a narrow one-stroke lead following the first round of the Northern Ireland Open Supported by The R&A after posting a four under par round of 66.

Northern Ireland Open R1 - Quesne heads tight leaderboard in Northern Ireland
Julien Quesne. Credit: Getty Images


The two-time European Tour winner claimed the sole lead with a birdie on the final hole at Galgorm Castle Golf Club to go into the second round one stroke clear of countryman Clement Berardo, Americaโ€™s Tyler Koivisto and English duo Bradley Moore and Alfie Plant.

The Frenchman carded just a single bogey on day one in Ballymena and was pleased with his return to competitive action.

โ€œI have been playing well for two or three weeks and the game is feeling better,โ€ he said. โ€œI started well with two birdies and after that I just made a couple of putts.



โ€œIt was really windy today. We only had one hole with rain, so it was okay. The wind made the course quite difficult and Iโ€™m quite happy with my score today.

โ€œItโ€™s good to be back. Iโ€™m playing well so I just want to have the best week I can. Iโ€™ll focus on every shot and weโ€™ll see where we are at the end.โ€

Englandโ€™s Plant, who won the Silver Medal at The 2017 Open Championship, believes avoiding the thick Galgorm Castle rough was key to posting a good opening score.

โ€œIt was a little bit scrappy out there,โ€ he said. โ€œThe rough is so thick so whenever you miss the fairway youโ€™re scrambling for pars. I made some key putts to keep the momentum going and it was nice to come in with no bogeys.

โ€œIf you feel like youโ€™re hitting your driver well, youโ€™ve got to go for it and be further down in the rough. If you do take a three-wood or an iron off the tee and you do miss the fairway then youโ€™re miles back. I think, sometimes, itโ€™s worth the gamble hitting the driver.

โ€œI think as golfers, you always have expectations. We put in so many hours, you expect to shoot 59 every week and step up, but it doesnโ€™t quite work like that.





โ€œIโ€™ve played a few events now on the European Tour and Challenge Tour, so I feel like Iโ€™ve got enough experience now. As long as my gameโ€™s in the right place, I feel like I can compete.โ€

A group of 11 players share sixth place on two under par, including Scottish trio Craig Ross, Euan Walker and Daniel Young, Swedish duo Bjรถrn Hellgren and Mikael Lundberg, English pair Chris Cannon and Ben Talbot, Denmarkโ€™s Martin Ovesen, USAโ€™s Dodge Kemmer, Iceland's Gudmundur Kristjansson and Italian Enrico Di Nitto, who was the only player in the field to card a blemish-free round.






Pos.
Player
To Par
R1
1
QUESNE, Julien
-4
66
2
KOIVISTO, Tyler
-3
67
โ€‹
BERARDO, Clément
-3
67
โ€‹
MOORE, Bradley
-3
67
โ€‹
PLANT, Alfie
-3
67
6
HELLGREN, Björn
-2
68
โ€‹
CANNON, Christopher
-2
68
โ€‹
TALBOT, Ben
-2
68
โ€‹
KRISTJANSSON, Gudmundur
-2
68
โ€‹
LUNDBERG, Mikael
-2
68
6
DI NITTO, Enrico
-2
68
โ€‹
OVESEN, Martin
-2
68
โ€‹
YOUNG, Daniel
-2
68
โ€‹
ROSS, Craig
-2
68
โ€‹
WALKER, Euan
-2
68
โ€‹
KEMMER, Dodge
-2
68
17
JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh
-1
69
โ€‹
KIMSEY, Nathan
-1
69
โ€‹
O'ROURKE, Conor
-1
69
โ€‹
ALLAN, James
-1
69
โ€‹
MIVIS, Christopher
-1
69
โ€‹
GRENVILLE-WOOD, Joshua
-1
69
โ€‹
TARRIO, Santiago
-1
69
โ€‹
DINWIDDIE, Robert
-1
69
โ€‹
GALIANO AGUILAR, Mario
-1
69
17
MANLEY, Stuart
-1
69
27
JOHANSSON, Niclas
PAR
70
โ€‹
NEIL, Bradley
PAR
70
โ€‹
CASTAGNARA, Giulio
PAR
70
โ€‹
SLOMAN, Tom
PAR
70
โ€‹
PALMER, Andrew
PAR
70
โ€‹
PENGE, Marco
PAR
70
โ€‹
ARKENAU, Hinrich
PAR
70
โ€‹
WILLEY, Andrew
PAR
70
โ€‹
GALBRAITH, JR
PAR
70
โ€‹
TOWNDROW, Sean
PAR
70
โ€‹
FLOYDD, Jack
PAR
70
โ€‹
PETERSSON, Robin
PAR
70
โ€‹
VAN WEST, Robbie
PAR
70
โ€‹
GAVINS, Daniel
PAR
70
โ€‹
FORD, Matt
PAR
70
โ€‹
LÄNGFORS, Per
PAR
70
43
ELVIRA, Manuel
1
71
โ€‹
EVANS, Ryan
1
71
โ€‹
WRISDALE, Jordan
1
71
โ€‹
KEARNEY, Niall
1
71
โ€‹
ROBB, Chris
1
71
โ€‹
ENEFER, Will
1
71
โ€‹
MCKIBBIN, Tom (AM)
1
71
โ€‹
QUINONES, Douglas
1
71
43
ELLIS, Harry
1
71
โ€‹
WILSON, Andrew
1
71
โ€‹
STUREHED, Henric
1
71
โ€‹
RUSCH, Benjamin
1
71
โ€‹
DUBOIS, Edouard
1
71
โ€‹
RIU, Victor
1
71
โ€‹
AXELSEN, John
1
71
โ€‹
CLEMENTS, Todd
1
71
โ€‹
CAREY, David
1
71
โ€‹
KNAPPE, Alexander
1
71
โ€‹
BORDA, David
1
71
โ€‹
FAHRBRING, Jens
1
71
63
BOURDY, Grégory
2
72
โ€‹
MACCARIO, Federico
2
72
โ€‹
BULLEN, Michael
2
72
โ€‹
MATUS, Stanislav
2
72
โ€‹
OWEN, Laurie
2
72
โ€‹
SANDBORG, Jesper
2
72
โ€‹
BOOTE, David
2
72
โ€‹
LANDO CASANOVA, Jérôme
2
72
โ€‹
BLOOR, George
2
72
โ€‹
BRAEUNIG, Christian
2
72
โ€‹
DANTORP, Jens
2
72
โ€‹
HIGGO, Garrick
2
72
75
WAITE, Mitch
3
73
โ€‹
ZEMMER, Aron
3
73
โ€‹
MULLARNEY, Ronan
3
73
โ€‹
FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin
3
73
โ€‹
MAGNUS, Haraldur
3
73
โ€‹
KING, Gary
3
73
โ€‹
KOPP, Alexander
3
73
โ€‹
SAINZ, Javier
3
73
โ€‹
FERNANDEZ, Scott
3
73
โ€‹
KRISTENSEN, Nicolai
3
73
โ€‹
LACROIX, Frederic
3
73
โ€‹
SAHLSTROM, Christopher
3
73
โ€‹
GREHAN, Stuart
3
73
โ€‹
HURLEY, Gary
3
73
โ€‹
BJORNSSON, Andri
3
73
90
NEMECZ, Lukas
4
74
โ€‹
FORSSTRÖM, Simon
4
74
โ€‹
WIEGELE, Martin
4
74
โ€‹
GREGORY, Scott
4
74
โ€‹
ORRIN, Max
4
74
โ€‹
KUNZENBACHER, Julian
4
74
โ€‹
HUTCHINSON, Ben
4
74
โ€‹
LAWLOR, Brendan
4
74
โ€‹
GIRRBACH, Joel
4
74
โ€‹
KNIPES, Curtis
4
74
โ€‹
PURCELL, Conor
4
74
101
VECCHI FOSSA, Jacopo
5
75
โ€‹
HENRY, Scott
5
75
โ€‹
MANSELL, Richard
5
75
104
HOEY, Michael
6
76
โ€‹
DAWSON, Robin
6
76
โ€‹
GILL, Bailey
6
76
โ€‹
JOHN, Allen
6
76
โ€‹
WOAN, Harrison
6
76
โ€‹
HILL, Josh (AM)
6
76
โ€‹
MØLLER, Niklas Norgaard
6
76
โ€‹
MCELROY, Dermot
6
76
โ€‹
MCGEE, Ruaidhri
6
76
113
MORY, Felix
7
77
โ€‹
HARMER, Ryan
7
77
115
DE SOUSA, Raphaël
8
78
โ€‹
KÖLBING, Jonas
8
78
โ€‹
EGGENBERGER, Mathias
8
78
โ€‹
DU PLESSIS, Hennie
8
78
โ€‹
HARRISON, Jack
8
78
120
MCBRIDE, Paul
9
79
โ€‹
FERREIRA, Stephen
9
79
122
GRASSOTTI, Massimo
10
80
โ€‹
RUSH, Michael
10
80
โ€‹
LIPPARELLI, Edoardo Raffaele
10
80
โ€‹
HASSAN, Jacob
10
80
126
DAUX, Franck
11
81
127
OCHOA, Juan
12
82
W/D
THOMSON, Jonathan
-
78
RETD
DECOTTIGNIES-LAFON, Mathieu
-
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