February 27- March 01
Al Mouj Golf, Muscat, Oman
$1,750,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
England's Callum Shinkwin will take a share of the lead into the final round of the Oman Open as he goes in search of a first professional victory in Muscat.
The former Walker Cup star had held the lead on his own but a bogey on the last in his third-round 66 dropped him back to 11 under and into a six-way tie alongside 2018 champion Joost Luiten, Finnish pair Mikko Korhonen and Sami Valimaki, South African Brandon Stone and Danish teenager Rasmus Hojgaard.
Shinkwin came close to a professional breakthrough at the 2017 Scottish Open but it was again a bogey on the last that dropped him into a play-off with eventual winner Rafa Cabrera Bello.
After a birdie on the par-five third at Al Mouj Golf, he made hat-tricks of gains from the sixth and 12th before a poor second on the last - where he also took six on Friday - led to his only bogey of the day.
7 under par, no dropped shots 🔥
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Shinkwin takes the outright lead.#OmanOpen pic.twitter.com/cfTrlRye42
"I played great," he told europeantour.com. "I had a couple of good spells on the front nine and the back nine, holed a few putts, so overall my whole game has been very good. I just have to sort that last hole out and I should be doing quite well.
"My distance control has been very good and my putts haven't been dropping but my new caddie has been very helpful with the green reading so overall the game has been there, so it is just a matter of time.
"I will just do all the same things. It is more about how I am on the golf course as opposed to trying too hard. It is quite easy to go out there and force the situation, so just let it happen and hope for the best."
Dutchman Luiten won the inaugural staging of this event and he carded a bogey-free 67, while playing partner Stone was also blemish-free in posting the same score.
6th: Bogey
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7th: Double Bogey
8th: Birdie
9th: Birdie
10th: Birdie
What a comeback from Rasmus Hรธjgaard!#OmanOpen pic.twitter.com/8Vy0WTTgVi
Hojgaard was the third member of that group and he was two over for the day after bogeying the sixth and making a double on the second, but the 18-year-old fought back with five birdies in a 70.
Rookie Valimaki made eight birdies in a 64 that was the lowest round of the week so far, while countryman Korhonen was bogey-free in his 65.
Italy's Guido Migliozzi was a shot off the lead after a 68, one clear of England's Jordan Smith and three ahead of another Englishman in Robert Rock and Scot Stephen Gallacher, who came home in 40 to fall down the leaderboard.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
T1 |
Brandon Stone | RSA |
-11 |
67 |
71 |
67 |
205 |
T1 |
Callum Shinkwin | ENG |
-11 |
69 |
70 |
66 |
205 |
T1 |
Joost Luiten | NED |
-11 |
69 |
69 |
67 |
205 |
T1 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
-11 |
73 |
67 |
65 |
205 |
T1 |
Rasmus Hoejgaard | DEN |
-11 |
67 |
68 |
70 |
205 |
T1 |
Sami Vaelimaeki | FIN |
-11 |
74 |
67 |
64 |
205 |
7 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
-10 |
66 |
72 |
68 |
206 |
T8 |
Adrien Saddier | SCO |
-9 |
72 |
68 |
67 |
207 |
T8 |
Clement Sordet | FRA |
-9 |
70 |
71 |
66 |
207 |
T8 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
-9 |
70 |
70 |
67 |
207 |
11 |
Kalle Samooja | FIN |
-8 |
71 |
65 |
72 |
208 |
T12 |
Martin Kaymer | GER |
-7 |
73 |
69 |
67 |
209 |
T12 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
-7 |
69 |
67 |
73 |
209 |
T12 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
-7 |
73 |
65 |
71 |
209 |
T12 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
-7 |
68 |
67 |
74 |
209 |
T16 |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
-6 |
68 |
74 |
68 |
210 |
T16 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
-6 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
210 |
T16 |
Haotong Li | CHN |
-6 |
73 |
69 |
68 |
210 |
T16 |
Jeff Winther | SWE |
-6 |
69 |
72 |
69 |
210 |
T16 |
Justin Walters | RSA |
-6 |
69 |
74 |
67 |
210 |
T21 |
Alejandro Canizares | ESP |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
72 |
211 |
T21 |
Antoine Rozner | FRA |
-5 |
71 |
70 |
70 |
211 |
T21 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
72 |
211 |
T21 |
Louis De Jager | RSA |
-5 |
69 |
72 |
70 |
211 |
T21 |
Paul Waring | ENG |
-5 |
70 |
73 |
68 |
211 |
T21 |
Robin Roussel | FRA |
-5 |
75 |
69 |
67 |
211 |
T27 |
Aaron Cockerill | CAN |
-4 |
69 |
73 |
70 |
212 |
T27 |
Connor Syme | SCO |
-4 |
73 |
70 |
69 |
212 |
T27 |
Darius van Driel | NED |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
72 |
212 |
T27 |
Grant Forrest | SCO |
-4 |
70 |
73 |
69 |
212 |
T27 |
Lorenzo Gagli | ITA |
-4 |
69 |
70 |
73 |
212 |
T27 |
Richard Bland | ENG |
-4 |
72 |
71 |
69 |
212 |
T27 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
-4 |
70 |
68 |
74 |
212 |
T27 |
Taehee Lee | KOR |
-4 |
67 |
75 |
70 |
212 |
T27 |
Victor Dubuisson | FRA |
-4 |
68 |
75 |
69 |
212 |
T36 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
-3 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
213 |
T36 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
-3 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
213 |
T36 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
-3 |
73 |
69 |
71 |
213 |
T36 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
-3 |
68 |
73 |
72 |
213 |
T36 |
Joel Sjoeholm | SWE |
-3 |
72 |
70 |
71 |
213 |
T36 |
Rikard Karlberg | SWE |
-3 |
72 |
70 |
71 |
213 |
T36 |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
75 |
70 |
213 |
T36 |
Shaun Norris | RSA |
-3 |
72 |
71 |
70 |
213 |
T44 |
Cormac Sharvin | NIR |
-2 |
75 |
67 |
72 |
214 |
T44 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
214 |
T44 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
-2 |
71 |
70 |
73 |
214 |
T44 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
214 |
T44 |
Sean Crocker | USA |
-2 |
72 |
71 |
71 |
214 |
T44 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
-2 |
71 |
70 |
73 |
214 |
T44 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
74 |
71 |
214 |
T44 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
-2 |
71 |
72 |
71 |
214 |
T52 |
Adrian Meronk | POL |
-1 |
73 |
71 |
71 |
215 |
T52 |
Alexander Levy | FRA |
-1 |
69 |
75 |
71 |
215 |
T52 |
Ben Stow | ENG |
-1 |
73 |
69 |
73 |
215 |
T52 |
Calum Hill | SCO |
-1 |
73 |
68 |
74 |
215 |
T52 |
Jamie Donaldson | WAL |
-1 |
71 |
73 |
71 |
215 |
T52 |
Johannes Veerman | USA |
-1 |
72 |
70 |
73 |
215 |
T52 |
Lars van Meijel | NED |
-1 |
72 |
72 |
71 |
215 |
T52 |
Marcus Armitage | ENG |
-1 |
72 |
72 |
71 |
215 |
T52 |
Matthew Jordan | ENG |
-1 |
77 |
67 |
71 |
215 |
T52 |
Maverick Antcliff | AUS |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
72 |
215 |
T52 |
Nicolai Hoejgaard | DEN |
-1 |
73 |
71 |
71 |
215 |
T52 |
Shiv Chawrasia | IND |
-1 |
68 |
75 |
72 |
215 |
T64 |
Benjamin Poke | DNK |
Par |
71 |
73 |
72 |
216 |
T64 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
Par |
74 |
69 |
73 |
216 |
T64 |
James Morrison | ENG |
Par |
74 |
70 |
72 |
216 |
T64 |
Robin Sciot-Siegrist | FRA |
Par |
70 |
73 |
73 |
216 |
T68 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
1 |
73 |
70 |
74 |
217 |
T68 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
1 |
73 |
71 |
73 |
217 |
T68 |
Jack Singh-Brar | ENG |
1 |
71 |
73 |
73 |
217 |
T68 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
1 |
72 |
72 |
73 |
217 |
T68 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
1 |
73 |
70 |
74 |
217 |
T68 |
Zander Lombard | RSA |
1 |
68 |
73 |
76 |
217 |
CUT |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
1 |
73 |
72 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Jin-Ho Choi | KOR |
1 |
74 |
71 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
1 |
76 |
69 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Scott Jamieson | SCO |
1 |
73 |
72 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Sebastian Heisele | GER |
1 |
75 |
70 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Thomas Pieters | BEL |
1 |
74 |
71 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Francesco Laporta | ITA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Jack Senior | ENG |
2 |
70 |
76 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Jake McLeod | AUS |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Joakim Lagergren | SWE |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Justin Suh | USA |
2 |
72 |
74 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
2 |
72 |
74 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
2 |
75 |
71 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Paul Lawrie | SCO |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Pedro Figueiredo | POR |
2 |
70 |
76 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Richie Ramsay | SCO |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Sebastian Soederberg | SWE |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Travis Smyth | AUS |
2 |
71 |
75 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
3 |
75 |
72 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
3 |
70 |
77 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Bailey Gill | ENG |
3 |
77 |
70 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Bradley Dredge | WAL |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Carlos Pigem | ESP |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
David Horsey | ENG |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Garrick Porteous | ENG |
3 |
75 |
72 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Justin Harding | RSA |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Kyong-Jun Moon | CHN |
3 |
74 |
73 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Romain Langasque | FRA |
3 |
70 |
77 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Dale Whitnell | ENG |
4 |
77 |
71 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
4 |
75 |
73 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Jose-Filipe Lima | POR |
4 |
77 |
71 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
4 |
77 |
71 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Scott Vincent | ZWE |
4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Sebastian Garcia | ESP |
4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
4 |
74 |
74 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
4 |
75 |
73 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Toby Tree | ENG |
4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Wil Besseling | NED |
4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
5 |
76 |
73 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
David Coupland | ENG |
5 |
76 |
73 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
5 |
78 |
71 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
6 |
74 |
76 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Hugo Leon | CHI |
6 |
74 |
76 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
James Sugrue | IRL |
6 |
73 |
77 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Jonathan Caldwell | NIR |
6 |
79 |
71 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Julien Guerrier | FRA |
6 |
73 |
77 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
6 |
74 |
76 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Ricardo Santos | POR |
6 |
78 |
72 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
David Drysdale | SCO |
7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
David Howell | ENG |
7 |
76 |
75 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Joachim B. Hansen | DEN |
7 |
76 |
75 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Laurie Canter | ENG |
7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Oliver Farr | WAL |
7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Wilco Nienaber | RSA |
7 |
76 |
75 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
8 |
72 |
80 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
David Law | SCO |
8 |
79 |
73 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Graeme Storm | ENG |
8 |
76 |
76 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Gregory Havret | FRA |
8 |
74 |
78 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Niklas Lemke | SWE |
8 |
75 |
77 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Min-Woo Lee | AUS |
9 |
77 |
76 |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
11 |
77 |
78 |
- |
155 |
CUT |
Oliver Wilson | ENG |
11 |
76 |
79 |
- |
155 |
CUT |
Suradit Yongcharoenchai | THA |
11 |
77 |
78 |
- |
155 |
CUT |
Azaan Al Rumhy | OMA |
28 |
82 |
90 |
- |
172 |
MDF |
Bryce Easton | RSA |
2 |
72 |
71 |
75 |
218 |
MDF |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
2 |
73 |
71 |
74 |
218 |
MDF |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
2 |
71 |
73 |
74 |
218 |
MDF |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
3 |
68 |
76 |
75 |
219 |
MDF |
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | FRA |
3 |
71 |
73 |
75 |
219 |
MDF |
Peter Hanson | SWE |
3 |
70 |
74 |
75 |
219 |