September 12-15
Morgado Golf Resort, Portimao, Portugal
โฌ200,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Henric Sturehed birdied three of his last four holes to lead the 57ยฐ Open de Portugal @ Morgado Golf Resort by one stroke at the end of the first day.
The Swede carded eight birdies and two bogeys to sign for a six under par 66, one shot clear of Aaron Cockerill, Christopher Mivis and Adrian Meronk, who all signed for rounds of 67 to share second place.
Sturehed, who turned 29 earlier this week, was two under par at the turn before carding birdies at the 11th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 18th โ with a bogey on the penultimate hole โ to set the pace at the end of the opening round.
โI played the course really well today and managed to stay on the short grass, which was really important because the rough is so thick here,โ he said.
โI hit a really nice shot and tapped in for birdie on 15, which was really important to keep the momentum going.
โI bogeyed 17 but I was really pleased to bounce back and close with a birdie on 18, which keeps me on the right track going into tomorrow.
All the sixes, 66.
โ Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) September 12, 2019
Henric Sturehed leads the #OpendePortugal by one thanks to shots like this 👇
โNothing changes for tomorrow, Iโll just try and do the same again, try to stay out of trouble and keep plotting away.โ
Canadian Cockerill would have joined Sturehed on six under par had it not been for a closing bogey, but he was content with how he played, missing just one green all day which resulted in that blemish at the last.
โIt was a good start,โ he said. โWe played six holes without much wind and I managed to stay on the fairway all day, keep out of the rough and I made a few birdies, so it was good.
โThe rough is really brutal, so youโve got to do your best to hit fairways, the middle of the greens and avoid the rough at all costs.
โWeโve been loving Portugal. Weโve been into Lagos and Portimao and itโs great. The weatherโs awesome, so are the beaches, the foodโs good and I think that helps with some of the golf.โ
Polandโs Meronk, who currently sits marginally outside the top 15 on the Road to Mallorca Rankings in 19th position, is no stranger to Morgado Golf Resort as he spends each winter practising in the Algarve and he too was pleased with his opening round.
โIt was a very solid round, especially in those conditions as it was very windy,โ he said. โThe wind was actually changing during the round so we had to adjust as we went along.
โThe course is not that tough without the wind, but the wind makes it tough as the rough is so thick. If you miss the green, you can have a really bad lie. If youโre a little bit off-line, it can be tough.
โMy course management and ball striking was pretty good today, as was my putting. I holed a lot of six and seven footers for pars and birdies, so that was the key.
โI love it here. I come here every winter to practice so I know the course and the area really well. I really like it.
โIโm very close to being in the top 15 but I donโt want to think about it. I just want to play and see what it gives me at the end.โ
Behind the trio on five under par is a group of six players in tied fifth on four under par, including Road to Mallorca Number Two Richard Bland, Swedish duo Simon Forsstrรถm and Joel Sjรถholm, Irelandโs Ruaidhri McGee, Germanyโs Philipp Mejow and Jรฉrรดme Lando-Casanova, of France.
The second round gets under way at 7.30am local time on Friday September 13.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
STUREHED Henric | SWE |
-6 |
66 |
2 |
COCKERILL Aaron | CAN |
-5 |
67 |
2 |
MERONK Adrian | POL |
-5 |
67 |
2 |
MIVIS Christopher | BEL |
-5 |
67 |
5 |
BLAND Richard | ENG |
-4 |
68 |
5 |
FORSSTRÖM Simon | SWE |
-4 |
68 |
5 |
LANDO CASANOVA Jérôme | FRA |
-4 |
68 |
5 |
MCGEE Ruaidhri | IRL |
-4 |
68 |
5 |
MEJOW Philipp | GER |
-4 |
68 |
5 |
SJÖHOLM Joel | SWE |
-4 |
68 |
11 |
EASTON Bryce | RSA |
-3 |
69 |
11 |
ENOCH Rhys | WAL |
-3 |
69 |
11 |
FENASSE Mathieu | FRA |
-3 |
69 |
11 |
HURLEY Gary | IRL |
-3 |
69 |
11 |
MATUS Stanislav | CZE |
-3 |
69 |
11 |
WIEGELE Martin | AUT |
-3 |
69 |
17 |
DEAN Joe | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
17 |
ECCLES Ben | AUS |
-2 |
70 |
17 |
FERNANDEZ Scott | ESP |
-2 |
70 |
17 |
MCBRIDE Paul | IRL |
-2 |
70 |
17 |
PIGEM Carlos | ESP |
-2 |
70 |
17 |
PORTEOUS Garrick | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
17 |
SHARVIN Cormac | NIR |
-2 |
70 |
24 |
BOOTE David | WAL |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
COUSSAUD Ugo | FRA |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
CRUZ Tiago | POR |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
FORD Charlie | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
GANE Chris | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
JOHANSEN Eirik Tage | NOR |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
LAPORTA Francesco | ITA |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
MADDY Paul | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
MAZZOLI Stefano | ITA |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
PERRIER Damien | FRA |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
POKE Benjamin | DEN |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
ROBB Chris | SCO |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
SCALISE Lorenzo | ITA |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
SENIOR Jack | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
24 |
SPOONER Billy | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
39 |
BALDWIN Matthew | ENG |
0 |
72 |
39 |
BEKIRIAN Jean | FRA |
0 |
72 |
39 |
BERARDO Clément | FRA |
0 |
72 |
39 |
EVANS Ryan | ENG |
0 |
72 |
39 |
FARR Oliver | WAL |
0 |
72 |
39 |
GEARY Josh | NZL |
0 |
72 |
39 |
HELLIGKILDE Marcus | DEN |
0 |
72 |
39 |
HESBOIS Kevin | BEL |
0 |
72 |
39 |
HIDALGO Angel | ESP |
0 |
72 |
39 |
HUNDEBØLL Oliver | DEN |
0 |
72 |
39 |
JORDAN Matthew | ENG |
0 |
72 |
39 |
KAKKO Roope | FIN |
0 |
72 |
39 |
LIMA José-Filipe | POR |
0 |
72 |
39 |
LINDELL Oliver | FIN |
0 |
72 |
39 |
McGOWAN Ross | ENG |
0 |
72 |
39 |
OLSEN Aksel | NOR |
0 |
72 |
39 |
QUESNE Julien | FRA |
0 |
72 |
39 |
RIU Victor | FRA |
0 |
72 |
39 |
SANTOS Hugo | POR |
0 |
72 |
39 |
TARRIO BEN Santiago | ESP |
0 |
72 |
39 |
TREE Toby | ENG |
0 |
72 |
39 |
VAN MEIJEL Lars | NED |
0 |
72 |
61 |
ALLAN James | ENG |
1 |
73 |
61 |
ARMITAGE Marcus | ENG |
1 |
73 |
61 |
BOURDY Grégory | FRA |
1 |
73 |
61 |
CANTER Laurie | ENG |
1 |
73 |
61 |
DECOTTIGNIES-LAFON Mathieu | FRA |
1 |
73 |
61 |
EL HALI Karim | MAR |
1 |
73 |
61 |
FERGUSON Ewen | SCO |
1 |
73 |
61 |
FOOS Dominic | GER |
1 |
73 |
61 |
GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Sebastian | ESP |
1 |
73 |
61 |
GEYGER Nico | CHI |
1 |
73 |
61 |
HAASTRUP Mark Flindt | DEN |
1 |
73 |
61 |
HAVRET Grégory | FRA |
1 |
73 |
61 |
HULDAHL Jeppe Pape | DEN |
1 |
73 |
61 |
LAMPERT Moritz | GER |
1 |
73 |
61 |
NEIL Bradley | SCO |
1 |
73 |
61 |
RODRIGUES (AM) Daniel | POR |
1 |
73 |
61 |
SCHNEIDER Marcel | GER |
1 |
73 |
61 |
SCIOT-SIEGRIST Robin | FRA |
1 |
73 |
61 |
STOW Ben | ENG |
1 |
73 |
61 |
SYME Connor | SCO |
1 |
73 |
61 |
TINNING Nicolai | DEN |
1 |
73 |
82 |
ARIZABALETA Alvaro | COL |
2 |
74 |
82 |
GLENNEMO Jacob | SWE |
2 |
74 |
82 |
GRADECKI Mateusz | POL |
2 |
74 |
82 |
GREHAN Stuart | IRL |
2 |
74 |
82 |
GROS Sébastien | FRA |
2 |
74 |
82 |
HOWIE Craig | SCO |
2 |
74 |
82 |
KIM Minkyu | KOR |
2 |
74 |
82 |
KÖLBING Jonas | GER |
2 |
74 |
82 |
LENGDEN Oscar | SWE |
2 |
74 |
82 |
LINARD Thomas | FRA |
2 |
74 |
82 |
RAMOS Joao | POR |
2 |
74 |
82 |
ROSS Craig | SCO |
2 |
74 |
82 |
SANTOS SILVA Tomas | POR |
2 |
74 |
82 |
SARACINO Andrea | ITA |
2 |
74 |
96 |
AHOKAS Antti | FIN |
3 |
75 |
96 |
COHEN-BOYER Louis | FRA |
3 |
75 |
96 |
EDBERG Pelle | SWE |
3 |
75 |
96 |
GOUVEIA Tomas | POR |
3 |
75 |
96 |
HANSON Chris | ENG |
3 |
75 |
96 |
ITEN Marco | SUI |
3 |
75 |
96 |
KING Gary | ENG |
3 |
75 |
96 |
KNAPPE Alexander | GER |
3 |
75 |
96 |
LACROIX Frederic | FRA |
3 |
75 |
96 |
MAGALHAES Joao | POR |
3 |
75 |
96 |
MARJAN Ahmed | MAR |
3 |
75 |
96 |
MORUGAN Manuel | ESP |
3 |
75 |
96 |
PIAGET Sandro | MON |
3 |
75 |
96 |
SILVA (AM) Pedro | POR |
3 |
75 |
96 |
VAN DRIEL Darius | NED |
3 |
75 |
96 |
WHITNELL Dale | ENG |
3 |
75 |
96 |
YOUNG Mark | ENG |
3 |
75 |
113 |
ABREU Alexander | POR |
4 |
76 |
113 |
ADARRAGA GOMEZ Jose Luis | ESP |
4 |
76 |
113 |
BALTL Timon | AUT |
4 |
76 |
113 |
CALDWELL Jonathan | NIR |
4 |
76 |
113 |
ELVIRA Manuel | ESP |
4 |
76 |
113 |
GASPAR Miguel | POR |
4 |
76 |
113 |
HEISELE Sebastian | GER |
4 |
76 |
113 |
HØJGAARD Rasmus | DEN |
4 |
76 |
113 |
KRISTJANSSON Gudmundur | ISL |
4 |
76 |
113 |
OLIVEIRA Francisco | POR |
4 |
76 |
113 |
ROBINSON Liam | ENG |
4 |
76 |
113 |
STALTER Joël | FRA |
4 |
76 |
125 |
ANGLES Pep | ESP |
5 |
77 |
125 |
CARLOTA Joao | POR |
5 |
77 |
125 |
CARLSSON Magnus A | SWE |
5 |
77 |
125 |
CLEMENTS Todd | ENG |
5 |
77 |
125 |
DE SOUSA Raphaël | SUI |
5 |
77 |
125 |
ERIKSSON Martin | SWE |
5 |
77 |
125 |
GAL Petr | CZE |
5 |
77 |
125 |
MANSELL Richard | ENG |
5 |
77 |
125 |
MOHR Marcus | ENG |
5 |
77 |
125 |
PETROZZI Gian-Marco | ENG |
5 |
77 |
125 |
RUSCH Benjamin | SUI |
5 |
77 |
125 |
SANTOS Ricardo | POR |
5 |
77 |
125 |
TILEY Steven | ENG |
5 |
77 |
138 |
BEKKER Oliver | RSA |
6 |
78 |
138 |
BESSA Tomás | POR |
6 |
78 |
138 |
BRADER Nathan | POR |
6 |
78 |
138 |
COUPLAND Dave | ENG |
6 |
78 |
138 |
LOPES Vitor | POR |
6 |
78 |
143 |
ABBOTT Jamie | ENG |
7 |
79 |
143 |
DAWSON Robin | IRL |
7 |
79 |
143 |
EGGENBERGER Mathias | SUI |
7 |
79 |
143 |
JOANNES Hugues | BEL |
7 |
79 |
143 |
MACCARIO Federico | ITA |
7 |
79 |
143 |
RODRIGUES Tiago | POR |
7 |
79 |
143 |
SUCHAN Daniel | CZE |
7 |
79 |
143 |
WRISDALE Jordan | ENG |
7 |
79 |
151 |
WITTMANN Sebastian | AUT |
9 |
81 |
152 |
AGUILAR Felipe | CHI |
10 |
82 |
153 |
KEMALOGLU Ediz | TUR |
11 |
83 |
154 |
YAMAC (AM) Taner | TUR |
14 |
86 |
155 |
FORD Matt | ENG |
0 |
0 |
155 |
LLOYD Chris | ENG |
0 |
0 |