Omega Dubai Desert Classic R2

January 28 – 31
Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
$3,250,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Belgium’s Thomas Detry leads the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at the halfway stage after a flawless first 36 holes at Emirates Golf Club.

The 28-year-old matched his opening round of 67, five under par, and remains bogey free after the first two days of play as he goes in search of a maiden European Tour title.

“First thing that comes to my mind is bogey-free, on this course, that’s a pretty good achievement. Let’s keep it that way.

“I’ve been playing some really good golf, keeping it on the fairway and hitting every single green and getting up-and-down a couple good times. So I’m very pleased.

“The course, it can bite you at any time. There’s some thick rough around the green and hazards on tee shots, as well. Yeah, the key is knowing when to hitting a conservative shot and hitting aggressive shots.”

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Since graduating from the Challenge Tour in 2016, the Belgian has three runner-up finishes to his name, two of them coming last year during the UK Swing.

Detry is one stroke ahead of Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, who carded a bogey-free second round of 68 to reach nine under par. MacIntyre broke his duck at the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown in November and is seeking a strong finish to secure his place inside the Top 50 in the world – he is currently 52nd on the Official World Golf Ranking.

“It wasn’t as pretty as yesterday’s round, if I’m being honest,” said MacIntyre. “Wasn’t as solid. But that’s the way golf is. You can’t have a 72-hole tournament where you hit it absolutely perfectly. Today I felt I was out of rhythm early on; the group itself, we couldn’t get any momentum within the group, which was difficult.

“You’ve got to be in the fairways. If you miss the fairways and you’re in that second cut of rough, it’s a lottery. Sometimes you can advance it 180 yards and sometimes you can only move it a hundred. It’s about finding fairways and greens and yeah, just try and hole some putts.”

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In a share of third place are South African Justin Harding, Kalle Samooja of Finland and five-time European Tour winner Tommy Fleetwood, who eagled the 18 th hole to join them on eight under par.

“Felt like after the first, didn’t play all that bad,” said Fleetwood. “It’s pretty tough out there. In the afternoon, the course kind of firms out and the rough around the greens, put together with firm greens, and again, pretty quick, makes it pretty hard.

“So I think I played really well. The irons were good again. So felt like I was in control for a lot of the day. Managed to get it going a little bit when you had to stay really patient early doors. I think, you know, pars are pretty good out there, really, and then if you can just pick shots up, that’s the best way to do it.

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“I started getting it going a little bit and then it became a little bit more frustrating. Yeah, eagle on the last, makes that right.“

The reigning Race to Dubai champion Lee Westwood shares sixth place with five other competitors, including his Ryder Cup teammate Paul Casey.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Thomas Detry	-10	67	67	134
2	Robert MacIntyre	-9	67	68	135
T3	Tommy Fleetwood	-8	68	68	136
T3	Justin Harding	-8	66	70	136
T3	Kalle Samooja	-8	68	68	136
T6	Adri Arnaus	-7	68	69	137
T6	Paul Casey	-7	67	70	137
T6	Kurt Kitayama	-7	65	72	137
T6	Mikko Korhonen	-7	70	67	137
T6	Brandon Stone	-7	70	67	137
T6	Lee Westwood	-7	69	68	137
T12	Laurie Canter	-6	70	68	138
T12	Martin Kaymer	-6	68	70	138
T12	Alexander Levy	-6	70	68	138
T12	Guido Migliozzi	-6	71	67	138
T12	Shubhankar Sharma	-6	70	68	138
T12	Richard Sterne	-6	64	74	138
T12	Fabrizio Zanotti	-6	71	67	138
T19	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	-5	68	71	139
T19	Sergio Garcia	-5	66	73	139
T19	Takumi Kanaya	-5	70	69	139
T19	Matthias Schwab	-5	70	69	139
22	Thorbjørn Olesen	E
T23	Padraig Harrington	-4	71	69	140
T23	Tyrrell Hatton	-4	76	64	140
T23	Lucas Herbert	-4	74	66	140
T23	Justin Rose	-4	71	69	140
T27	Matthew Fitzpatrick	-3	70	71	141
T27	Scott Jamieson	-3	70	71	141
T27	Wade Ormsby	-3	68	73	141
T27	Adrian Otaegui	-3	67	74	141
T27	Antoine Rozner	-3	70	71	141
T27	Bernd Wiesberger	-3	73	68	141
T33	Alexander Björk	-2	71	71	142
T33	Steven Brown	-2	72	70	142
T33	Ross Fisher	-2	68	74	142
T33	Ryan Fox	-2	73	69	142
T33	Marcus Kinhult	-2	70	72	142
T33	Shane Lowry	-2	70	72	142
T33	Andy Sullivan	-2	70	72	142
T33	Matt Wallace	-2	71	71	142
T33	Justin Walters	-2	72	70	142
T33	Ashun Wu	-2	71	71	142
T43	Nino Bertasio	-1	75	68	143
T43	Nicolas Colsaerts	-1	70	73	143
T43	Ignacio Elvira Mijares	-1	71	72	143
T43	Grant Forrest	-1	74	69	143
T43	Pablo Larrazabal	-1	70	73	143
T43	David Lipsky	-1	72	71	143
T43	Joost Luiten	-1	74	69	143
T43	Edoardo Molinari	-1	76	67	143
T43	Richie Ramsay	-1	71	72	143
T43	Jayden Schaper	-1	70	73	143
T43	Danny Willett	-1	74	69	143
T54	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	E	74	70	144
T54	Dean Burmester	E	72	72	144
T54	Rafa Cabrera Bello	E	73	71	144
T54	Ashley Chesters	E	72	72	144
T54	George Coetzee	E	72	72	144
T54	Sean Crocker	E	71	73	144
T54	Gavin Kyle Green	E	73	71	144
T54	Benjamin Hebert	E	72	72	144
T54	Rasmus Højgaard	E	72	72	144
T54	Miguel Angel Jiménez	E	74	70	144
T54	Collin Morikawa	E	71	73	144
T54	Renato Paratore	E	74	70	144
T54	Thomas Pieters	E	71	73	144
T54	Jason Scrivener	E	75	69	144
T54	Jordan Smith	E	71	73	144
T54	Sami Valimaki	E	71	73	144
T54	Jeff Winther	E	69	75	144
T54	Chris Wood	E	71	73	144
T72	John Catlin	1	74	71	145
T72	Victor Dubuisson	1	72	73	145
T72	Oliver Fisher	1	71	74	145
T72	Sebastian Heisele	1	71	74	145
T72	Scott Hend	1	69	76	145
T72	Andrew Johnston	1	73	72	145
T72	David Langley	1	72	73	145
T72	David Law	1	72	73	145
T72	Victor Perez	1	72	73	145
T72	Ian Poulter	1	76	69	145
T82	Kristoffer Broberg	2	72	74	146
T82	Lorenzo Gagli	2	74	72	146
T82	Robert Karlsson	2	72	74	146
T82	Masahiro Kawamura	2	71	75	146
T82	Søren Kjeldsen	2	72	74	146
T82	Chris Paisley	2	73	73	146
T82	Eduard Rousaud (a)	2	73	73	146
T89	David Drysdale	3	73	74	147
T89	Stephen Gallacher	3	74	73	147
T89	Julien Guerrier	3	72	75	147
T89	Joachim B. Hansen	3	72	75	147
T89	David Horsey	3	72	75	147
T89	Romain Langasque	3	68	79	147
T89	Zander Lombard	3	73	74	147
T89	James Morrison	3	75	72	147
T89	Eddie Pepperell	3	74	73	147
T89	Haydn Porteous	3	76	71	147
T89	Tapio Pulkkanen	3	72	75	147
T89	Paul Waring	3	75	72	147
T101	Gaganjeet Bhullar	4	77	71	148
T101	Matthieu Pavon	4	75	73	148
T101	Aaron Rai	4	72	76	148
T101	Sebastian Soderberg	4	74	74	148
T105	David Hague	5	75	74	149
T105	Graeme McDowell	5	76	73	149
T105	Richard McEvoy	5	78	71	149
T105	Wilco Nienaber	5	74	75	149
T105	Callum Shinkwin	5	75	74	149
T105	Matthew Southgate	5	74	75	149
T111	Thomas Bjørn	6	74	76	150
T111	Ernie Els	6	73	77	150
T111	Maximilian Kieffer	6	76	74	150
T111	Joakim Lagergren	6	70	80	150
T111	Min Woo Lee	6	75	75	150
T111	Haotong Li	6	72	78	150
T111	Julian Suri	6	72	78	150
T111	Connor Syme	6	72	78	150
T119	Jorge Campillo	7	77	74	151
T119	Alvaro Quiros	7	75	76	151
T119	Henrik Stenson	7	74	77	151
T122	Garrick Higgo	8	76	76	152
T122	David Howell	8	73	79	152
T122	Raphael Jacquelin	8	79	73	152
T122	Curtis Knipes (a)	8	79	73	152
T122	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	8	78	74	152
T122	Ross McGowan	8	76	76	152
128	Oliver Wilson	9	76	77	153
129	Shergo Al Kurdi	11	76	79	155
130	Karim El Hali	16	82	78	160
WD	Robert Rock	3	75		75
WD	Andrea Pavan	5	57		57