Maximilian Kieffer opened with a 4-under 69 in his home country to take a share of the lead in the Porsche European Open.
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“It’s been a great day,” said the German. “On the front nine I holed two very long putts and one chip-in from off the green, which really got the round going. That was a great start to the round, those highlights.
“The back nine was more scoreable. Most of the holes are downwind and there are four par fives. I actually played quite well on the back nine but didn’t hole the putts – the speed on long putts wasn’t great, so I left a few out there on the back nine. Overall, I’m quite happy.”
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Sweden’s Simon Forsström, who won the Soudal Open in Belgium last month, shares the lead.
“I’m very pleased. I thought it was tricky with the wind, it’s very windy and gusty. So I’m very pleased with my performance.
“I just try and keep it simple. It’s a monster out there. You need to keep away from double bogeys. Bogeys you’ll do, hopefully you’ll make more birdies.”
England’s Jordan Smith carded a 70 for a share of third place at 3-under alongside Dane Marcus Helligkilde, Joost Luiten of the Netherlands and Norway’s Kristian Krogh Johannessen.
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FORSSTRÖM, Simon | -4 | 69 |
| | KIEFFER, Maximilian | -4 | 69 |
| 3 | HELLIGKILDE, Marcus | -3 | 70 |
| | LUITEN, Joost | -3 | 70 |
| | JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh | -3 | 70 |
| | SMITH, Jordan | -3 | 70 |
| 7 | BRUN, Julien | -2 | 71 |
| | WARING, Paul | -2 | 71 |
| | SIEM, Marcel | -2 | 71 |
| | DE BRUYN, Jannik | -2 | 71 |
| TARRIO, Santiago | -2 | 71 | |
| | SCHOTT, Freddy | -2 | 71 |
| | FERGUSON, Ewen | -2 | 71 |
| 14 | MCKIBBIN, Tom | -1 | 72 |
| | ELVIRA, Nacho | -1 | 72 |
| | PARATORE, Renato | -1 | 72 |
| | BJÖRK, Alexander | -1 | 72 |
| | GUERRIER, Julien | -1 | 72 |
| | HILL, Calum | -1 | 72 |
| 20 | LEMKE, Niklas | Par | 73 |
| | GANDAS, Manu | Par | 73 |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | Par | 73 |
| | JORDAN, Matthew | Par | 73 |
| | CROCKER, Sean | Par | 73 |
| | PEPPERELL, Eddie | Par | 73 |
| SYME, Connor | Par | 73 | |
| | NØRGAARD, Niklas | Par | 73 |
| | LENGDEN, Oscar | Par | 73 |
| | LACROIX, Frederic | Par | 73 |
| | SORDET, Clément | Par | 73 |
| | BJERREGAARD, Lucas | Par | 73 |
| | LORENZO-VERA, Mike | Par | 73 |
| | DEL REY, Alejandro | Par | 73 |
| | BALDWIN, Matthew | Par | 73 |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | Par | 73 |
| | LEE, Joshua | Par | 73 |
| | FIGUEIREDO, Pedro | Par | 73 |
| | CAMPILLO, Jorge | Par | 73 |
| | LONG, Hurly | Par | 73 |
| 40 | WILSON, Andrew | +1 | 74 |
| | HAMMER, Marc | +1 | 74 |
| | MURPHY, John | +1 | 74 |
| | KO, Jeong weon | +1 | 74 |
| | PARRY, John | +1 | 74 |
| | HUNDEBØLL, Oliver | +1 | 74 |
| | COUSSAUD, Ugo | +1 | 74 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | +1 | 74 |
| | MOLINARI, Edoardo | +1 | 74 |
| | KJELDSEN, Søren | +1 | 74 |
| | ARNAUS, Adri | +1 | 74 |
| LAPORTA, Francesco | +1 | 74 | |
| | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | +1 | 74 |
| 53 | ROTTLUFF, Maximilian | +2 | 75 |
| | SENIOR, Jack | +2 | 75 |
| | GERMISHUYS, Deon | +2 | 75 |
| | WALTERS, Justin | +2 | 75 |
| | NIENABER, Wilco | +2 | 75 |
| | HANNA, Chase | +2 | 75 |
| | HIDALGO, Angel | +2 | 75 |
| | GREEN, Gavin | +2 | 75 |
| | MCEVOY, Richard | +2 | 75 |
| | FITZPATRICK, Alex | +2 | 75 |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | +2 | 75 |
| | FISHER, Ross | +2 | 75 |
| | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | +2 | 75 |
| | MEYER, Velten | +2 | 75 |
| | SADDIER, Adrien | +2 | 75 |
| | HOWELL, David | +2 | 75 |
| | LEVY, Alexander | +2 | 75 |
| | JAMIESON, Scott | +2 | 75 |
| | PAVON, Matthieu | +2 | 75 |
| | LAW, David | +2 | 75 |
| | IWASAKI, Aguri | +2 | 75 |
| | PULKKANEN, Tapio | +2 | 75 |
| | LAGERGREN, Joakim | +2 | 75 |
| | MIVIS, Christopher | +2 | 75 |
| | SAMOOJA, Kalle | +2 | 75 |
| | ALBERS, Anton | +2 | 75 |
| | ROZNER, Antoine | +2 | 75 |
| 80 | PORTEOUS, Garrick | +3 | 76 |
| | BROWN, Daniel | +3 | 76 |
| | SIMONSEN, Martin | +3 | 76 |
| | JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz | +3 | 76 |
| | HUIZING, Daan | +3 | 76 |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | +3 | 76 |
| | OLESEN, Thorbjørn | +3 | 76 |
| | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | +3 | 76 |
| | GUMBERG, Jordan | +3 | 76 |
| | CARON, Rowin | +3 | 76 |
| | SCHAPER, Jayden | +3 | 76 |
| | SANTOS, Ricardo | +3 | 76 |
| | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | +3 | 76 |
| | VEERMAN, Johannes | +3 | 76 |
| | MACINTYRE, Robert | +3 | 76 |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | +3 | 76 |
| | MANSELL, Richard | +3 | 76 |
| | SCHMITT, Maximilian | +3 | 76 |
| | HØJGAARD, Rasmus | +3 | 76 |
| | NEMECZ, Lukas | +3 | 76 |
| 100 | RAVETTO, David | +4 | 77 |
| TILLMANNS, Tim (AM) | +4 | 77 | |
| | EASTON, Bryce | +4 | 77 |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | +4 | 77 |
| | DONALDSON, Jamie | +4 | 77 |
| | BACHEM, Nick | +4 | 77 |
| | HOSHINO, Rikuya | +4 | 77 |
| | HUTSBY, Sam | +4 | 77 |
| | AXELSEN, John | +4 | 77 |
| | CLEMENTS, Todd | +4 | 77 |
| | REITAN, Kristoffer | +4 | 77 |
| | FREIBURGHAUS, Jeremy | +4 | 77 |
| | KRISTJANSSON, Gudmundur | +4 | 77 |
| | PAUL, Yannik | +4 | 77 |
| 114 | HORSEY, David | +5 | 78 |
| | GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian | +5 | 78 |
| | VAN DRIEL, Darius | +5 | 78 |
| | FORREST, Grant | +5 | 78 |
| | VÄLIMÄKI, Sami | +5 | 78 |
| | WARREN, Marc | +5 | 78 |
| | STAL, Gary | +5 | 78 |
| | HISATSUNE, Ryo | +5 | 78 |
| | LOMBARD, Zander | +5 | 78 |
| | KNAPPE, Alexander | +5 | 78 |
| | STRYDOM, Ockie | +5 | 78 |
| | CUARTERO BLANCO, Emilio | +5 | 78 |
| | WINDRED, Blake | +5 | 78 |
| 127 | SCHUETZ, Yannick | +6 | 79 |
| | CHENGYAO, Ma | +6 | 79 |
| | WIEBE, Gunner | +6 | 79 |
| | RITCHIE, JC | +6 | 79 |
| | BRING, Christoffer | +6 | 79 |
| | KIM, Yeongsu | +6 | 79 |
| | LINDBERG, Mikael | +6 | 79 |
| | AIKEN, Thomas | +6 | 79 |
| 135 | HILLIER, Daniel | +7 | 80 |
| | KAWAMURA, Masahiro | +7 | 80 |
| | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | +7 | 80 |
| | GRADECKI, Mateusz | +7 | 80 |
| | CHRISTENSEN, Tiger (AM) | +7 | 80 |
| | DE JAGER, Louis | +7 | 80 |
| | WANG, Jeunghun | +7 | 80 |
| 142 | WILSON, Oliver | +8 | 81 |
| | BEKKER, Oliver | +8 | 81 |
| | CATLIN, John | +8 | 81 |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | +8 | 81 |
| | DANTORP, Jens | +8 | 81 |
| | STRYDOM, Tristen | +8 | 81 |
| 148 | STALTER, Joël | +9 | 82 |
| | LI, Haotong | +9 | 82 |
| | SCHMID, Matti | +9 | 82 |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | +9 | 82 |
| 152 | PINEAU, Pierre | +10 | 83 |
| 153 | ENOCH, Rhys | +11 | 84 |
| 154 | EDÉN, Tobias | +12 | 85 |
| 155 | KIBUGU, Mutahi | +18 | 91 |
| W/D | BESSELING, Wil | Par | - |
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