European Tour

Omega European Masters 2018

September 06-09

Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland

€2,700,000

September 06-09

Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland

€2,700,000

Round 2

Tanihara hits heights in Cran

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

September 07, 2018

Hideto Tanihara will take the lead into the weekend for the first time in his European Tour career after firing a bogey-free 66 on day two of the Omega European Masters.

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“My game was very consistent and if my putting was better I would have been able to get higher on the score. I was able to play like yesterday. I just want to focus on my putting more and then I will be better."

“There are a lot of great players here and I just want to concentrate on playing my game. I feel very grateful to be playing in this beautiful place. The altitude is very high and the temperatures very low and when the wind blows it is very difficult."

“There were two holes that I was able to save and read the green so it was a very calm decision, and I was able to putt well."

The Japanese moved to nine under in the morning at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club and nobody could reel him in, although he had a high-class chasing pack breathing down his neck in defending champion Matthew Fitzpatrick - who matched the lowest round of the week with a 64 - to sit alongside Dane Lucas Bjerregaard and American Doug Ghim at seven under.

“It was a great day," said Fitzpatrick. "Got off to a bad start, I wouldn't even call it a slow start, a bad start. Two over through four but that is one reason why I love this golf course, you know you can get it back on the short par fours coming up after that, a couple par fives on your back nine and you've got chances coming in, so I was delighted to take them."

“It is nice to be up at altitude here and the big difference on nine this year is I have a new three wood in comparison to last year so that has given me another ten or 15 which is good.

“I would say it's probably as hard as I've seen it this year just because it's so firm but I think yesterday morning was a good chance to go low, because it was soft and being first out but I managed to do it this afternoon, but I think it will be an exciting weekend.

“I'll just play my own game, stick to the plan for each hole. I would say I probably play the golf course more aggressively than most people and I think I kind of know what I'm doing around here which is nice, so hopefully it kind of plays into my hands.”

Tanihara is a 14-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour but announced himself to the European Tour last season as he finished fourth at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and in a tie for third at the BMW PGA Championship. He has three top tens so far this season as he looks for his first win in his first full season on Tour.

Fitzpatrick missed the cut on his first visit to the mountains in 2014 but has been formidable since, finishing second in 2015, seventh in 2016 and winning his fourth European Tour title here last season. In that time he has recorded just two over par rounds, with Friday's effort his seventh circuit of 65 or better in Crans-Montana.

Portugal Masters champion Bjerregaard arrived in Switzerland off the back of two top tens and quickly emerged as Tanihara's closest challenger in the afternoon along with American Ghim. The talented 22 year old was second at last season's US Amateur to earn entry to the Masters Tournament and the US Open, finishing as the low amateur at Augusta National and turning professional after playing at Shinnecock Hills in June.

“I am playing in all the right places," said Ghim. "I didn't really have many spots where I thought I couldn't make a par and had a lot of opportunities for birdie, and I have been putting pretty well so that's been good."

“I have been driving it well too so that has given me a lot of opportunities to attack some of these pins. These greens are really firm and difficult, and some of the pins are quite tough too, so driving it has been a big part of the two days so far."

“I didn't know I was in the field until Wednesday last week right before Denmark, so it was a bonus just to be here and I am just thankful to take advantage of it."

“Coming out of my amateur career I didn't know what to expect or how different it would be, and it has been quite the learning experience, but I feel like I finally have my footing a little bit, so just excited for what's to come.”

This is just his second regular European Tour event after missing the cut at last week's Made in Denmark and after making an early bogey on the 11th, he bounced back with gains on the 12th, 15th, 17th, 18th, fifth and eighth.

The group in fifth then combined for ten European Tour titles including a Major Championship with Scot Stephen Gallacher, Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera, South African Haydn Porteous and England's Danny Willett at six under.

South African Thomas Aiken, India's SSP Chawrasia, Spaniard Nacho Elvira, German Maximilian Kieffer, Dane Søren Kjeldsen, Frenchman Alexander Levy and China's Wu Ashun were four shots off the lead.

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Hideto Tanihara	JPN	-9	65	66	131
T2	Doug Ghim	USA	-7	68	65	133
T2	Lucas Bjerregaard	DNK	-7	68	65	133
T2	Matthew Fitzpatrick	ENG	-7	69	64	133
T5	Danny Willett	ENG	-6	68	66	134
T5	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-6	69	65	134
T5	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	FRA	-6	68	66	134
T5	Stephen Gallacher	SCO	-6	68	66	134
T9	Alexander Levy	FRA	-5	67	68	135
T9	Ashun Wu	CHI	-5	70	65	135
T9	Nacho Elvira	ESP	-5	66	69	135
T9	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	-5	64	71	135
T9	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	-5	69	66	135
T9	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	-5	65	70	135
T9	Thomas Aiken	RSA	-5	68	67	135
T16	Charl Schwartzel	RSA	-4	67	69	136
T16	Chase Koepka	USA	-4	71	65	136
T16	Daniel Brooks	ENG	-4	69	67	136
T16	David Drysdale	SCO	-4	66	70	136
T16	Julien Guerrier	FRA	-4	65	71	136
T16	Matthew Southgate	ENG	-4	69	67	136
T16	Richard Sterne	RSA	-4	69	67	136
T16	Romain Wattel	FRA	-4	69	67	136
T16	Ryan Fox	NZL	-4	67	69	136
T25	Andrew Johnston	ENG	-3	68	69	137
T25	Andy Sullivan	ENG	-3	65	72	137
T25	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	-3	70	67	137
T25	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	-3	66	71	137
T25	Justin Walters	RSA	-3	66	71	137
T25	Laurie Canter	ENG	-3	68	69	137
T25	Lee Westwood	ENG	-3	68	69	137
T25	Matt Wallace	ENG	-3	68	69	137
T25	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	-3	71	66	137
T25	Nino Bertasio	ITA	-3	70	67	137
T25	Scott Jamieson	SCO	-3	69	68	137
T36	Callum Shinkwin	ENG	-2	69	69	138
T36	Chris Wood	ENG	-2	68	70	138
T36	David Lipsky	USA	-2	68	70	138
T36	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	-2	70	68	138
T36	Gavin Green	MAS	-2	69	69	138
T36	Josh Geary	NZL	-2	68	70	138
T36	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	THA	-2	71	67	138
T36	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	-2	67	71	138
T36	Pedro Oriol	ESP	-2	72	66	138
T36	Robert Karlsson	SWE	-2	69	69	138
T46	Adrien Saddier	SCO	-1	74	65	139
T46	Andres Romero	ARG	-1	72	67	139
T46	Austin Connelly	CAN	-1	70	69	139
T46	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-1	71	68	139
T46	Darren Fichardt	RSA	-1	68	71	139
T46	David Horsey	ENG	-1	70	69	139
T46	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	-1	69	70	139
T46	George Coetzee	RSA	-1	69	70	139
T46	Gregory Havret	FRA	-1	69	70	139
T46	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	-1	71	68	139
T46	James Morrison	ENG	-1	70	69	139
T46	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	-1	71	68	139
T46	Jorge Campillo	ESP	-1	74	65	139
T46	Lee Slattery	ENG	-1	68	71	139
T46	Marcus Kinhult	SWE	-1	70	69	139
T46	Mikko Korhonen	FIN	-1	69	70	139
T46	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	-1	67	72	139
T46	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	-1	68	71	139
T46	Ricardo Gonzalez	ARG	-1	71	68	139
T46	Richard McEvoy	ENG	-1	72	67	139
T46	Ross Fisher	ENG	-1	70	69	139
T46	Scott Hend	AUS	-1	70	69	139
CUT	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	Par	71	69	140
CUT	Brett Rumford	AUS	Par	70	70	140
CUT	Connor Syme	SCO	Par	74	66	140
CUT	David Howell	ENG	Par	71	69	140
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	Par	71	69	140
CUT	Jamie Donaldson	WAL	Par	69	71	140
CUT	Lasse Jensen	DNK	Par	73	67	140
CUT	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	Par	70	70	140
CUT	Miguel Angel Jimenez	ESP	Par	74	66	140
CUT	Oliver Farr	WAL	Par	71	69	140
CUT	Oliver Fisher	ENG	Par	69	71	140
CUT	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	Par	70	70	140
CUT	Aaron Rai	ENG	1	67	74	141
CUT	Andrea Pavan	ITA	1	70	71	141
CUT	Bradley Neil	SCO	1	71	70	141
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	1	73	68	141
CUT	Jens Dantorp	SWE	1	70	71	141
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	SWE	1	69	72	141
CUT	Paul Dunne	IRL	1	71	70	141
CUT	Richard Bland	ENG	1	70	71	141
CUT	Richie Ramsay	SCO	1	72	69	141
CUT	Sam Horsfield	ENG	1	72	69	141
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	1	72	69	141
CUT	Ashley Chesters	ENG	2	68	74	142
CUT	Dean Burmester	RSA	2	69	73	142
CUT	Jason Scrivener	AUS	2	69	73	142
CUT	Martin Kaymer	GER	2	69	73	142
CUT	Robert Rock	ENG	2	68	74	142
CUT	Thomas Detry	BEL	2	67	75	142
CUT	Wade Ormsby	AUS	2	70	72	142
CUT	Andrew Dodt	AUS	3	73	70	143
CUT	Benjamin Rusch	SWE	3	68	75	143
CUT	Chris Hanson	ENG	3	73	70	143
CUT	Haotong Li	CHN	3	72	71	143
CUT	Matteo Manassero	ITA	3	71	72	143
CUT	Nicola Gerhardsen	SUI	3	72	71	143
CUT	Sam Brazel	AUS	3	73	70	143
CUT	Adam Bland	AUS	4	72	72	144
CUT	Charlie Ford	ENG	4	74	70	144
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	4	69	75	144
CUT	Gerold Folk	AUT	4	73	71	144
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	4	72	72	144
CUT	Mathias Eggenberger	SUI	4	74	70	144
CUT	Matthew Nixon	ENG	4	71	73	144
CUT	Renato Paratore	ITA	4	74	70	144
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	4	74	70	144
CUT	Thomas Pieters	BEL	4	67	77	144
CUT	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	5	72	73	145
CUT	Bradley Dredge	WAL	5	71	74	145
CUT	Henric Sturehed	SWE	5	71	74	145
CUT	Jeff Winther	SWE	5	70	75	145
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	5	72	73	145
CUT	Matthias Schwab	AUT	5	71	74	145
CUT	Mikko Ilonen	FIN	5	71	74	145
CUT	Paul Waring	ENG	5	71	74	145
CUT	Rak Cho	KOR	5	75	70	145
CUT	Sebastian Heisele	GER	5	73	72	145
CUT	Jonathan Thomson	ENG	6	74	72	146
CUT	Kim Koivu	FIN	6	70	76	146
CUT	Marcus Fraser	AUS	6	75	71	146
CUT	Raphael De Sousa	CHE	6	74	72	146
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	6	77	69	146
CUT	Ryan Evans	ENG	6	74	72	146
CUT	Scott Fernandez	ESP	6	72	74	146
CUT	Soo-Min Lee	KOR	6	71	75	146
CUT	Steven Brown	ENG	6	78	68	146
CUT	Luca Galliano	SUI	7	73	74	147
CUT	Marc Warren	SCO	7	71	76	147
CUT	Felipe Aguilar	CHI	8	73	75	148
CUT	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	8	69	79	148
CUT	Jonas Blixt	SWE	8	72	76	148
CUT	Carlos Pigem	ESP	9	77	72	149
CUT	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	9	74	75	149
CUT	Jin-Ho Choi	KOR	9	75	74	149
CUT	Mathias Groenberg	SWE	9	74	75	149
CUT	Daniel Im	USA	10	72	78	150
CUT	Jason Norris	AUS	10	79	71	150
CUT	Robert Foley	SUI	10	74	76	150
CUT	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	10	75	75	150
CUT	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	10	78	72	150
CUT	Pelle Edberg	SWE	11	77	74	151
CUT	John Daly	USA	12	77	75	152
CUT	Marc Dobias	SUI	12	78	74	152
CUT	Zander Lombard	RSA	13	74	79	153
CUT	Cedric Gugler	SUI	15	80	75	155
CUT	Loris Schuepbach	SUI	16	74	82	156
RET	Alexander Bjoerk	SWE	Par	69	-	69
RET	Mark Foster	ENG	Par	70	-	70
RET	Sebastien Gros	FRA	Par	84	-	84

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	Total
1	Hideto Tanihara	JPN	-9	131
T2	Doug Ghim	USA	-7	133
T2	Lucas Bjerregaard	DNK	-7	133
T2	Matthew Fitzpatrick	ENG	-7	133
T5	Danny Willett	ENG	-6	134
T5	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-6	134
T5	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	FRA	-6	134
T5	Stephen Gallacher	SCO	-6	134
T9	Alexander Levy	FRA	-5	135
T9	Ashun Wu	CHI	-5	135
T9	Nacho Elvira	ESP	-5	135
T9	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	-5	135
T9	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	-5	135
T9	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	-5	135
T9	Thomas Aiken	RSA	-5	135
T16	Charl Schwartzel	RSA	-4	136
T16	Chase Koepka	USA	-4	136
T16	Daniel Brooks	ENG	-4	136
T16	David Drysdale	SCO	-4	136
T16	Julien Guerrier	FRA	-4	136
T16	Matthew Southgate	ENG	-4	136
T16	Richard Sterne	RSA	-4	136
T16	Romain Wattel	FRA	-4	136
T16	Ryan Fox	NZL	-4	136
T25	Andrew Johnston	ENG	-3	137
T25	Andy Sullivan	ENG	-3	137
T25	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	-3	137
T25	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	-3	137
T25	Justin Walters	RSA	-3	137
T25	Laurie Canter	ENG	-3	137
T25	Lee Westwood	ENG	-3	137
T25	Matt Wallace	ENG	-3	137
T25	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	-3	137
T25	Nino Bertasio	ITA	-3	137
T25	Scott Jamieson	SCO	-3	137
T36	Callum Shinkwin	ENG	-2	138
T36	Chris Wood	ENG	-2	138
T36	David Lipsky	USA	-2	138
T36	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	-2	138
T36	Gavin Green	MAS	-2	138
T36	Josh Geary	NZL	-2	138
T36	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	THA	-2	138
T36	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	-2	138
T36	Pedro Oriol	ESP	-2	138
T36	Robert Karlsson	SWE	-2	138
T46	Adrien Saddier	SCO	-1	139
T46	Andres Romero	ARG	-1	139
T46	Austin Connelly	CAN	-1	139
T46	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-1	139
T46	Darren Fichardt	RSA	-1	139
T46	David Horsey	ENG	-1	139
T46	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	-1	139
T46	George Coetzee	RSA	-1	139
T46	Gregory Havret	FRA	-1	139
T46	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	-1	139
T46	James Morrison	ENG	-1	139
T46	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	-1	139
T46	Jorge Campillo	ESP	-1	139
T46	Lee Slattery	ENG	-1	139
T46	Marcus Kinhult	SWE	-1	139
T46	Mikko Korhonen	FIN	-1	139
T46	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	-1	139
T46	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	-1	139
T46	Ricardo Gonzalez	ARG	-1	139
T46	Richard McEvoy	ENG	-1	139
T46	Ross Fisher	ENG	-1	139
T46	Scott Hend	AUS	-1	139
CUT	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	Par	140
CUT	Brett Rumford	AUS	Par	140
CUT	Connor Syme	SCO	Par	140
CUT	David Howell	ENG	Par	140
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	Par	140
CUT	Jamie Donaldson	WAL	Par	140
CUT	Lasse Jensen	DNK	Par	140
CUT	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	Par	140
CUT	Miguel Angel Jimenez	ESP	Par	140
CUT	Oliver Farr	WAL	Par	140
CUT	Oliver Fisher	ENG	Par	140
CUT	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	Par	140
CUT	Aaron Rai	ENG	1	141
CUT	Andrea Pavan	ITA	1	141
CUT	Bradley Neil	SCO	1	141
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	1	141
CUT	Jens Dantorp	SWE	1	141
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	SWE	1	141
CUT	Paul Dunne	IRL	1	141
CUT	Richard Bland	ENG	1	141
CUT	Richie Ramsay	SCO	1	141
CUT	Sam Horsfield	ENG	1	141
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	1	141
CUT	Ashley Chesters	ENG	2	142
CUT	Dean Burmester	RSA	2	142
CUT	Jason Scrivener	AUS	2	142
CUT	Martin Kaymer	GER	2	142
CUT	Robert Rock	ENG	2	142
CUT	Thomas Detry	BEL	2	142
CUT	Wade Ormsby	AUS	2	142
CUT	Andrew Dodt	AUS	3	143
CUT	Benjamin Rusch	SWE	3	143
CUT	Chris Hanson	ENG	3	143
CUT	Haotong Li	CHN	3	143
CUT	Matteo Manassero	ITA	3	143
CUT	Nicola Gerhardsen	SUI	3	143
CUT	Sam Brazel	AUS	3	143
CUT	Adam Bland	AUS	4	144
CUT	Charlie Ford	ENG	4	144
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	4	144
CUT	Gerold Folk	AUT	4	144
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	4	144
CUT	Mathias Eggenberger	SUI	4	144
CUT	Matthew Nixon	ENG	4	144
CUT	Renato Paratore	ITA	4	144
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	4	144
CUT	Thomas Pieters	BEL	4	144
CUT	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	5	145
CUT	Bradley Dredge	WAL	5	145
CUT	Henric Sturehed	SWE	5	145
CUT	Jeff Winther	SWE	5	145
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	5	145
CUT	Matthias Schwab	AUT	5	145
CUT	Mikko Ilonen	FIN	5	145
CUT	Paul Waring	ENG	5	145
CUT	Rak Cho	KOR	5	145
CUT	Sebastian Heisele	GER	5	145
CUT	Jonathan Thomson	ENG	6	146
CUT	Kim Koivu	FIN	6	146
CUT	Marcus Fraser	AUS	6	146
CUT	Raphael De Sousa	CHE	6	146
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	6	146
CUT	Ryan Evans	ENG	6	146
CUT	Scott Fernandez	ESP	6	146
CUT	Soo-Min Lee	KOR	6	146
CUT	Steven Brown	ENG	6	146
CUT	Luca Galliano	SUI	7	147
CUT	Marc Warren	SCO	7	147
CUT	Felipe Aguilar	CHI	8	148
CUT	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	8	148
CUT	Jonas Blixt	SWE	8	148
CUT	Carlos Pigem	ESP	9	149
CUT	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	9	149
CUT	Jin-Ho Choi	KOR	9	149
CUT	Mathias Groenberg	SWE	9	149
CUT	Daniel Im	USA	10	150
CUT	Jason Norris	AUS	10	150
CUT	Robert Foley	SUI	10	150
CUT	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	10	150
CUT	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	10	150
CUT	Pelle Edberg	SWE	11	151
CUT	John Daly	USA	12	152
CUT	Marc Dobias	SUI	12	152
CUT	Zander Lombard	RSA	13	153
CUT	Cedric Gugler	SUI	15	155
CUT	Loris Schuepbach	SUI	16	156
RET	Alexander Bjoerk	SWE	Par	69
RET	Mark Foster	ENG	Par	70
RET	Sebastien Gros	FRA	Par	84

Omega European Masters 2018 - Round 2

Omega European Masters 2018

September 06-09

Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland

€2,700,000

September 06-09

Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland

€2,700,000

Round 2

Tanihara hits heights in Cran

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

September 07, 2018

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Omega European Masters 2018 - Round 2

Omega European Masters 2018

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Round 2

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