September 05-08
Golf Bluegreen de Pléneuf Val André, Pleneuf, France
€200,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Robert Dinwiddie tamed tough scoring conditions at Golf Blue Green de Pléneuf Val-André to hold a narrow advantage after day one of the Open de Bretagne.
The 36-year-old carded an opening round of four under par 66 in just his second Challenge Tour start of the season to finish the day one shot clear of Icelandic duo Gudmundur Kristjansson and Birgir Hafthorsson.
The Englishman birdied three of his last six holes to move into the lead on a day where strong winds pummeled the seaside venue.
Runner-up at the 2013 edition of the tournament, Dinwiddie has made the most of his limited starts this season, finishing in the top 20 at his only other Challenge Tour appearance, the Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open.
His four under par total is the highest first round lead at a Challenge Tour event this year, and only 16 of the 156-man field broke par as sustained winds blew across the firm and fast venue throughout the day.
☑️Second start of the season
— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) September 5, 2019
☑️Clubhouse leader
He's still got it 💪 pic.twitter.com/jTrecToI5J
‘’I played really well, it’s nice to be back out playing,” the 36-year-old said. “I putted really well out there today and holed solid putts on six, seven and eight to finish it off nicely, so overall, I’m really happy with my performance out there today.
‘’I got just about everything I could out of my round today. I haven’t been able to play many Challenge Tour events because of my ranking but I feel like my game’s in a good place.
“I haven’t been able to put my game under this kind of scrutiny at this level for a while so I’m happy that I was able to hold it together and I’m hopeful that I can continue this form over the next few days.’’
Meanwhile, experience also paid off for Hafthorsson, who clinched the first, and still only, win by an Icelander on the Challenge Tour at the 2017 Open de Bretagne. Teeing up only his third Challenge Tour start this season, the former champion carded five birdies and two bogeys on day one to sit one back on three under par.
Slow play?
— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) September 5, 2019
We're on it 🏃💨
Two weeks after the @EuropeanTour unveiled a four-point plan to tackle slow play, a trial system was put to the test during today's opening round at the Open de Bretagne 🇫🇷#StoryoftheDay pic.twitter.com/AN7HFggLT5
Looking to add to the Icelandic win tally as well is Kristjansson, who is searching for his first Challenge Tour victory following a successful stretch playing on the Nordic Golf League. Starting in the first group of the day, the 26-year-old carded the best score of the morning wave, a three under par 67, which included six birdies and three bogeys, as many of the early starters struggled to break par.
Frederic Lacroix is the leading French player after an opening round of two under par 68 left him in a tie for fifth, with local amateur and Monday qualifier Victor Joffray sitting one shot further back.
Dinwiddie begins his second round tomorrow at 8:50am local time, with Hafthorsson getting under way at 9:30am and Kristjansson at 1:00pm.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
DINWIDDIE Robert | ENG |
-4 |
66 |
2 |
HAFTHORSSON Birgir | ISL |
-3 |
67 |
2 |
KRISTJANSSON Gudmundur | ISL |
-3 |
67 |
4 |
GEARY Josh | NZL |
-2 |
68 |
4 |
HELLIGKILDE Marcus | DEN |
-2 |
68 |
4 |
JOHANSSON Niclas | SWE |
-2 |
68 |
4 |
LACROIX Frederic | FRA |
-2 |
68 |
4 |
WHITNELL Dale | ENG |
-2 |
68 |
9 |
ARMITAGE Marcus | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
9 |
HENRY Scott | SCO |
-1 |
69 |
9 |
JOFFRAY (AM) Victor | FRA |
-1 |
69 |
9 |
KIM Minkyu | KOR |
-1 |
69 |
9 |
LIMA José-Filipe | POR |
-1 |
69 |
9 |
NILEHN Fredrik | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
9 |
PERRIER Damien | FRA |
-1 |
69 |
9 |
STUREHED Henric | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
17 |
BOOTE David | WAL |
0 |
70 |
17 |
COCKERILL Aaron | CAN |
0 |
70 |
17 |
DE SOUSA Raphaël | SUI |
0 |
70 |
17 |
ROZNER Antoine | FRA |
0 |
70 |
17 |
STALTER Joël | FRA |
0 |
70 |
17 |
TARRIO BEN Santiago | ESP |
0 |
70 |
17 |
TREE Toby | ENG |
0 |
70 |
17 |
WIEGELE Martin | AUT |
0 |
70 |
25 |
ADARRAGA GOMEZ Jose Luis | ESP |
1 |
71 |
25 |
BIHAN Alan | FRA |
1 |
71 |
25 |
BOURDY Grégory | FRA |
1 |
71 |
25 |
DE POYEN Julien | FRA |
1 |
71 |
25 |
ECCLES Ben | AUS |
1 |
71 |
25 |
EVANS Ryan | ENG |
1 |
71 |
25 |
HIGGO Garrick | RSA |
1 |
71 |
25 |
KAKKO Roope | FIN |
1 |
71 |
25 |
KING Gary | ENG |
1 |
71 |
25 |
ROSS Craig | SCO |
1 |
71 |
25 |
SCIOT-SIEGRIST Robin | FRA |
1 |
71 |
25 |
TADINI Alessandro | ITA |
1 |
71 |
25 |
VAN DRIEL Darius | NED |
1 |
71 |
38 |
BERARDO Clément | FRA |
2 |
72 |
38 |
BRUN Julien | FRA |
2 |
72 |
38 |
CARLSSON Johan | SWE |
2 |
72 |
38 |
CEA Michele | ITA |
2 |
72 |
38 |
COUPLAND Dave | ENG |
2 |
72 |
38 |
FORD Charlie | ENG |
2 |
72 |
38 |
GRANT Stephen | IRL |
2 |
72 |
38 |
HAASTRUP Mark Flindt | DEN |
2 |
72 |
38 |
HESBOIS Kevin | BEL |
2 |
72 |
38 |
JORDAN Matthew | ENG |
2 |
72 |
38 |
KUNZENBACHER Julian | GER |
2 |
72 |
38 |
LINARD Thomas | FRA |
2 |
72 |
38 |
LINDELL Oliver | FIN |
2 |
72 |
38 |
MADDY Paul | ENG |
2 |
72 |
38 |
MCBRIDE Paul | IRL |
2 |
72 |
38 |
MIVIS Christopher | BEL |
2 |
72 |
38 |
RIU Victor | FRA |
2 |
72 |
38 |
SCHWARTZ Antoine | FRA |
2 |
72 |
38 |
VECCHI FOSSA Jacopo | ITA |
2 |
72 |
38 |
WRISDALE Jordan | ENG |
2 |
72 |
58 |
COUPADE Jules | FRA |
3 |
73 |
58 |
GANE Chris | ENG |
3 |
73 |
58 |
HEISELE Sebastian | GER |
3 |
73 |
58 |
LAMPERT Moritz | GER |
3 |
73 |
58 |
LENGDEN Oscar | SWE |
3 |
73 |
58 |
LLOYD Chris | ENG |
3 |
73 |
58 |
MANSELL Richard | ENG |
3 |
73 |
58 |
MAYE Clifford | FRA |
3 |
73 |
58 |
MAZZOLI Stefano | ITA |
3 |
73 |
58 |
PIGEM Carlos | ESP |
3 |
73 |
58 |
SAINZ Javier | ESP |
3 |
73 |
58 |
SPOONER Billy | ENG |
3 |
73 |
58 |
THOMSON Jonathan | ENG |
3 |
73 |
58 |
YOUNG Mark | ENG |
3 |
73 |
72 |
AGUILAR Felipe | CHI |
4 |
74 |
72 |
COHEN-BOYER Louis | FRA |
4 |
74 |
72 |
DAUX Franck | FRA |
4 |
74 |
72 |
DAWSON Robin | IRL |
4 |
74 |
72 |
DUBOIS Edouard | FRA |
4 |
74 |
72 |
FERNANDEZ Scott | ESP |
4 |
74 |
72 |
GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Sebastian | ESP |
4 |
74 |
72 |
GAUTIER Stanislas | FRA |
4 |
74 |
72 |
GRADECKI Mateusz | POL |
4 |
74 |
72 |
HILL Calum | SCO |
4 |
74 |
72 |
HUIZING Daan | NED |
4 |
74 |
72 |
HULDAHL Jeppe Pape | DEN |
4 |
74 |
72 |
KO (AM) Jeong weon | FRA |
4 |
74 |
72 |
LARCELET (AM) Charles | FRA |
4 |
74 |
72 |
ROBB Chris | SCO |
4 |
74 |
72 |
ROUSSEL Robin | FRA |
4 |
74 |
72 |
RUTH James | ENG |
4 |
74 |
72 |
SIMONSEN Martin | DEN |
4 |
74 |
72 |
SJÖHOLM Joel | SWE |
4 |
74 |
72 |
TILEY Steven | ENG |
4 |
74 |
92 |
BALDWIN Matthew | ENG |
5 |
75 |
92 |
CARLSSON Magnus A | SWE |
5 |
75 |
92 |
CARON Rowin | NED |
5 |
75 |
92 |
EASTON Bryce | RSA |
5 |
75 |
92 |
FENASSE Mathieu | FRA |
5 |
75 |
92 |
HØJGAARD Rasmus | DEN |
5 |
75 |
92 |
LERAY (AM) Alexis | FRA |
5 |
75 |
92 |
PORTEOUS Garrick | ENG |
5 |
75 |
92 |
RADUREAU Maxime | FRA |
5 |
75 |
92 |
SARACINO Andrea | ITA |
5 |
75 |
92 |
SCALISE Lorenzo | ITA |
5 |
75 |
92 |
STAL Gary | FRA |
5 |
75 |
92 |
SUCHAN Daniel | CZE |
5 |
75 |
92 |
VEYRET Victor | FRA |
5 |
75 |
92 |
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN Nicolai | GER |
5 |
75 |
92 |
WIDEMANN Alexandre | FRA |
5 |
75 |
108 |
FORD Matt | ENG |
6 |
76 |
108 |
HURLEY Gary | IRL |
6 |
76 |
108 |
ITEN Marco | SUI |
6 |
76 |
108 |
JOUVEN Richard | FRA |
6 |
76 |
108 |
LESPINASSE Leo | FRA |
6 |
76 |
108 |
MAHEUT Nicolas | FRA |
6 |
76 |
108 |
MATUS Stanislav | CZE |
6 |
76 |
108 |
QUESNE Julien | FRA |
6 |
76 |
108 |
SCHNEIDER Marcel | GER |
6 |
76 |
117 |
BEKKER Oliver | RSA |
7 |
77 |
117 |
BERNADET Adrien | FRA |
7 |
77 |
117 |
BESSELING Wil | NED |
7 |
77 |
117 |
CASEY Harry | ENG |
7 |
77 |
117 |
CATURLA Stanislas | FRA |
7 |
77 |
117 |
DEAN Joe | ENG |
7 |
77 |
117 |
DECOTTIGNIES-LAFON Mathieu | FRA |
7 |
77 |
117 |
GEYGER Nico | CHI |
7 |
77 |
117 |
HOWIE Craig | SCO |
7 |
77 |
117 |
JOYAU Pierre | FRA |
7 |
77 |
117 |
KÖLBING Jonas | GER |
7 |
77 |
117 |
McGOWAN Ross | ENG |
7 |
77 |
117 |
MEJOW Philipp | GER |
7 |
77 |
117 |
SENIOR Jack | ENG |
7 |
77 |
117 |
VELASCO Alvaro | ESP |
7 |
77 |
132 |
BEM Léonard | FRA |
8 |
78 |
132 |
BRAEUNIG Christian | GER |
8 |
78 |
132 |
ESPAÑA Edouard | FRA |
8 |
78 |
132 |
LESCASTREYRES Patryk | FRA |
8 |
78 |
132 |
MOHR Marcus | ENG |
8 |
78 |
132 |
TISSERAND Hubert | FRA |
8 |
78 |
138 |
AHOKAS Antti | FIN |
9 |
79 |
138 |
GAL Petr | CZE |
9 |
79 |
138 |
LANDO CASANOVA Jérôme | FRA |
9 |
79 |
138 |
NEIL Bradley | SCO |
9 |
79 |
142 |
BEKIRIAN Jean | FRA |
10 |
80 |
142 |
LAPORTA Francesco | ITA |
10 |
80 |
142 |
RION Matthew | FRA |
10 |
80 |
145 |
GROS Sébastien | FRA |
11 |
81 |
145 |
HAVRET Grégory | FRA |
11 |
81 |
147 |
ERIKSSON Martin | SWE |
12 |
82 |
147 |
JOANNES Hugues | BEL |
12 |
82 |
147 |
LE BOT (AM) Raphael | FRA |
12 |
82 |
147 |
VIRTO Borja | ESP |
12 |
82 |
151 |
BEAUVY (AM) Paul | FRA |
13 |
83 |
151 |
COUSSAUD Ugo | FRA |
13 |
83 |
151 |
PIEDELIEVRE Paul | FRA |
13 |
83 |
154 |
BAEK Peter Launer | DEN |
14 |
84 |
155 |
ANGLES Pep | ESP |
0 |
0 |
155 |
DE BONDT Alan | BEL |
0 |
0 |