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February 28 - March 03
Al Mouj Golf, Muscat, Oman
$1,750,000
Joachim B. Hansen, winner of the European Challenge Tour Rankings in 2018, drew level with first-round leader Kurt Kitayama at the Oman Open as the second round in Muscat was suspended due to high winds.
The Dane completed 16 holes at Al Mouj Golf before play was suspended, due to winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour, at 11:38 local time. Hansen is six under par with just the eighth and ninth holes left to play. American Kitayama is level par for his round through 13 holes.
Playing in the first group this morning, Maximilian Kieffer completed his second round before the suspension, posting a two under par round of 70 to join Scott Jamieson and Yusaku Miyazato, who are yet to tee off, in a share of third place on five under par.
“It's a decent score in these conditions," said Kieffer. "It's not playing very easy. It was windy and getting gusty too. The pins are difficult on firm greens, so I'm pleased with two under today.
“The greens are quite exposed, so you have to take the slope and the wind into account. Putts can be quite difficult into a crosswind. It was a day where you needed to have the right feel for how the ball was going to react, and I had a pretty good feeling today.
“I played awesome golf for the first 11 holes. I didn't really miss a shot and holed three putts for birdie. I played really, really well.
“I have to be happy with my position. I did leave a few out on the back nine. I had two silly three-putts and a poor iron shot on 17, it could have been two or three better. Looking at the big picture, it's a good position to be in.”
Gaganjeet Bhullar, Hugo Leon and Fabrizio Zanotti moved into sixth place on four under par with eight, six and three holes left to play respectively.
Miguel Vidaor, Tournament Director: “There were light winds in the morning coming from the north-east and suddenly, at approximately 11:00, we experienced a sandstorm with winds between 15 and 25 miles per hour blowing from the south-west (inland), with gusts between 30 and 40mph.
“Widespread movement of balls on the front-nine greens occurred at 11:38, which is when play was suspended. We continued to monitor the situation, but the wind did not subside in the afternoon and the decision was made to suspend play for the day. We will resume the second round at 07:40 on Saturday morning.”
The second round will resume at 07:40 local time on Saturday morning, with the third round beginning no earlier than 13:45.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
Hole |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
T1 |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
-6 |
16 |
70 |
- |
70 |
T1 |
Kurt Kitayama | USA |
-6 |
13 |
66 |
- |
66 |
T3 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
-5 |
18 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
T3 |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
-5 |
- |
67 |
- |
67 |
T3 |
Yusaku Miyazato | JPN |
-5 |
- |
67 |
- |
67 |
T6 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
-4 |
15 |
71 |
- |
71 |
T6 |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
-4 |
12 |
71 |
- |
71 |
T6 |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
-4 |
10 |
71 |
- |
71 |
T6 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
-4 |
- |
68 |
- |
68 |
T6 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
-4 |
- |
68 |
- |
68 |
T6 |
Alexander Levy | FRA |
-4 |
- |
68 |
- |
68 |
T6 |
David Horsey | ENG |
-4 |
- |
68 |
- |
68 |
T6 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
-4 |
- |
68 |
- |
68 |
T6 |
Scott Vincent | ZWE |
-4 |
- |
68 |
- |
68 |
T6 |
Thomas Pieters | BEL |
-4 |
- |
68 |
- |
68 |
T16 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
-3 |
16 |
71 |
- |
71 |
T16 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
-3 |
15 |
70 |
- |
70 |
T16 |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
-3 |
15 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T16 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
-3 |
12 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T16 |
Espen Kofstad | NOR |
-3 |
10 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T16 |
Gavin Moynihan | IRL |
-3 |
- |
69 |
- |
69 |
T16 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-3 |
- |
69 |
- |
69 |
T23 |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
-2 |
12 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T23 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
-2 |
11 |
71 |
- |
71 |
T23 |
Brandon Stone | RSA |
-2 |
- |
70 |
- |
70 |
T23 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
-2 |
- |
70 |
- |
70 |
T23 |
Matthew Baldwin | ENG |
-2 |
- |
70 |
- |
70 |
T23 |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
-2 |
- |
70 |
- |
70 |
T23 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
-2 |
- |
70 |
- |
70 |
T23 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
-2 |
- |
70 |
- |
70 |
T31 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
-1 |
17 |
70 |
- |
70 |
T31 |
Deyen Lawson | AUS |
-1 |
16 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T31 |
David Drysdale | SCO |
-1 |
13 |
70 |
- |
70 |
T31 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
-1 |
13 |
70 |
- |
70 |
T31 |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
-1 |
12 |
71 |
- |
71 |
T31 |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
-1 |
11 |
74 |
- |
74 |
T31 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
-1 |
- |
71 |
- |
71 |
T31 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
-1 |
- |
71 |
- |
71 |
T31 |
Louis De Jager | RSA |
-1 |
- |
71 |
- |
71 |
T31 |
Max Schmitt | GER |
-1 |
- |
71 |
- |
71 |
T31 |
Min-Woo Lee | AUS |
-1 |
- |
71 |
- |
71 |
T31 |
Paul Lawrie | SCO |
-1 |
- |
71 |
- |
71 |
T31 |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
-1 |
- |
71 |
- |
71 |
T44 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
Par |
18 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
T44 |
Peter Hanson | SWE |
Par |
16 |
71 |
- |
71 |
T44 |
Robert MacIntyre | SCO |
Par |
16 |
71 |
- |
71 |
T44 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
Par |
13 |
73 |
- |
73 |
T44 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
Par |
12 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
John Catlin | USA |
Par |
11 |
76 |
- |
76 |
T44 |
Bernd Wiesberger | AUT |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Nick Cullen | AUS |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T44 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
Par |
- |
72 |
- |
72 |
T65 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
1 |
18 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
T65 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
1 |
15 |
69 |
- |
69 |
T65 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
1 |
14 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T65 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
1 |
13 |
70 |
- |
70 |
T65 |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
1 |
12 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T65 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
1 |
11 |
73 |
- |
73 |
T65 |
Matteo Manassero | ITA |
1 |
11 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T65 |
Bernd Ritthammer | GER |
1 |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
T65 |
Daniel Gavins | ENG |
1 |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
T65 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
1 |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
T65 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
1 |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
T65 |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
1 |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
T65 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
1 |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
T65 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
1 |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
T65 |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
1 |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
T65 |
Sam Brazel | AUS |
1 |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
T65 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
1 |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
T65 |
Victor Perez | FRA |
1 |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
T83 |
David Borda | ESP |
2 |
18 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
T83 |
Filippo Bergamaschi | ITA |
2 |
18 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
T83 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
2 |
18 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
T83 |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
2 |
18 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
T83 |
Chris Wood | ENG |
2 |
15 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T83 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
2 |
13 |
75 |
- |
75 |
T83 |
Paul Dunne | IRL |
2 |
13 |
74 |
- |
74 |
T83 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
2 |
11 |
75 |
- |
75 |
T83 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
2 |
- |
74 |
- |
74 |
T83 |
Justin Harding | RSA |
2 |
- |
74 |
- |
74 |
T83 |
Kim Koivu | FIN |
2 |
- |
74 |
- |
74 |
T83 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
2 |
- |
74 |
- |
74 |
T83 |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
2 |
- |
74 |
- |
74 |
T83 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
2 |
- |
74 |
- |
74 |
T97 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
3 |
16 |
70 |
- |
70 |
T97 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
3 |
15 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T97 |
Jaco Van Zyl | RSA |
3 |
15 |
75 |
- |
75 |
T97 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
3 |
14 |
77 |
- |
77 |
T97 |
Kristoffer Reitan | NOR |
3 |
12 |
75 |
- |
75 |
T97 |
James Morrison | ENG |
3 |
11 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T97 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
3 |
- |
75 |
- |
75 |
T97 |
Anton Karlsson | SWE |
3 |
- |
75 |
- |
75 |
T97 |
Callum Shinkwin | ENG |
3 |
- |
75 |
- |
75 |
T97 |
David Howell | ENG |
3 |
- |
75 |
- |
75 |
T97 |
David Law | SCO |
3 |
- |
75 |
- |
75 |
T97 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
3 |
- |
75 |
- |
75 |
T97 |
Hyo-Won Park | KOR |
3 |
- |
75 |
- |
75 |
T97 |
Ivan Cantero | ESP |
3 |
- |
75 |
- |
75 |
T97 |
Kristoffer Broberg | SWE |
3 |
- |
75 |
- |
75 |
T112 |
Thomas Aiken | RSA |
4 |
17 |
75 |
- |
75 |
T112 |
Connor Syme | SCO |
4 |
15 |
70 |
- |
70 |
T112 |
David Lipsky | USA |
4 |
15 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T112 |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
4 |
12 |
76 |
- |
76 |
T112 |
Cheng Jin | CHN |
4 |
- |
76 |
- |
76 |
T112 |
Haydn Porteous | RSA |
4 |
- |
76 |
- |
76 |
T112 |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
4 |
- |
76 |
- |
76 |
T119 |
Liam Johnston | SCO |
5 |
16 |
75 |
- |
75 |
T119 |
Per Laengfors | SWE |
5 |
16 |
75 |
- |
75 |
T119 |
Lucas Herbert | AUS |
5 |
15 |
75 |
- |
75 |
T119 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
5 |
11 |
77 |
- |
77 |
T119 |
Marc Warren | SCO |
5 |
- |
77 |
- |
77 |
T119 |
Max Burrow | ENG |
5 |
- |
77 |
- |
77 |
T125 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
6 |
13 |
74 |
- |
74 |
T125 |
Max Orrin | ENG |
6 |
- |
78 |
- |
78 |
T125 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
6 |
- |
78 |
- |
78 |
128 |
Tom Murray | ENG |
7 |
12 |
73 |
- |
73 |
T129 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
8 |
18 |
74 |
78 |
152 |
T129 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
8 |
13 |
74 |
- |
74 |
T129 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
8 |
12 |
72 |
- |
72 |
T132 |
Scott Gregory | ENG |
9 |
12 |
77 |
- |
77 |
T132 |
Shiv Chawrasia | IND |
9 |
11 |
77 |
- |
77 |
T132 |
Kristian Krogh Johannessen | NOR |
9 |
10 |
78 |
- |
78 |
135 |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
10 |
18 |
79 |
75 |
154 |
136 |
Ben Evans | ENG |
12 |
15 |
74 |
- |
74 |
137 |
Kieran Pratt | AUS |
13 |
18 |
76 |
81 |
157 |
138 |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
14 |
17 |
79 |
- |
79 |
T139 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
16 |
15 |
79 |
- |
79 |
T139 |
Othman Al Mulla | KSA |
16 |
12 |
83 |
- |
83 |
141 |
Azaan Al Rumhy | OMA |
20 |
18 |
82 |
82 |
164 |
DSQ |
Stuart Manley | WAL |
Par |
- |
73 |
- |
73 |
RET |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | ESP |
Par |
- |
76 |
- |
76 |
RET |
Marcel Siem | GER |
Par |
- |
76 |
- |
76 |