New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier made an eagle at the par-5 9th, six birdies and one bogey to close with a 7-under 65 and take a share of the lead at the Qatar Masters. He has finished in the top-6 four times in his past five starts.
“I was a little frustrated with a soft bogey there on [the 17th hole] but nice to get a couple back at the end,” said Hillier. “My game’s feeling really good so I’m just trying to ride the wave, I guess.”
American Patrick Reed, who has finished winner/T2 in the past two weeks, made two bogeys for his share of the lead.
“I hit the ball pretty well, especially early in the round, a lot of my birdies were just kind of kick-ins which is always nice, not having to think too much around there,” said Reed.
“The golf course, especially when it’s windy like this, it requires a lot of shot-making – you have to work the ball both ways, or flight things down, or take it up in the air. That’s the kind of golf I like.
“I like to get creative when I’m out there and a golf course like this with a lot of doglegs and cross-winds, it allows you to do that. It’s just one of these places that kind of suits my eye.”
Denmark’s Jacok Skov Olesen stayed bogey-free and is tied in third place at 6-under alongside Finland’s Oliver Lindell who eagled the par-4 4th and made two bogeys as did Italian Gregorio De Leo.
Also tied in third place are Sweden’s Marcus Kinhult who eagled the par-5 18th and made one bogey, and Ángel Ayora who also eagled the 18th and made three bogeys.
Ireland’s three-time Major Champion Pádraig Harrington made his 500th start on Tour at the Qatar Masters .
“It’s just a pure love for the game, I’m fascinated with it, I enjoy it, I love coaching, I love thinking about it. I think 20 years ago there was an element of anybody who played golf we pretended we weren’t golf nerds. I’m as biggest of golf nerd as you can get, I just like… pic.twitter.com/gouRuMV8tR
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) February 4, 2026
Play was suspended at 17:27 due to darkness with four groups still on the course and will resume at 07:00.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HILLIER, Daniel | -7 | 65 |
| | REED, Patrick | -7 | 65 |
| 3 | LINDELL, Oliver | -6 | 66 |
| | OLESEN, Jacob Skov | -6 | 66 |
| | KINHULT, Marcus | -6 | 66 |
| | DE LEO, Gregorio | -6 | 66 |
| | AYORA, Angel | -6 | 66 |
| 8 | LAGERGREN, Joakim | -5 | 67 |
| | KOBORI, Kazuma | -5 | 67 |
| 10 | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | -4 | 68 |
| BLOMME, Adam | -4 | 68 | |
| | KANEKO, Kota | -4 | 68 |
| | STERNE, Richard | -4 | 68 |
| 14 | RODRIGUES, Daniel | -3 | 69 |
| | VAN TONDER, Daniel | -3 | 69 |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | -3 | 69 |
| | JORDAN, Matthew | -3 | 69 |
| | SVENSSON, Jesper | -3 | 69 |
| | JOHNSTON, Ryggs | -3 | 69 |
| | COUVRA, Martin | -3 | 69 |
| | COUSSAUD, Ugo | -3 | 69 |
| | VEERMAN, Johannes | -3 | 69 |
| | FERGUSON, Ewen | -3 | 69 |
| | WARING, Paul | -3 | 69 |
| | WALLACE, Matt | -3 | 69 |
| JONSSON, Tobias | -3 | 69 | |
| 27 | KIMSEY, Nathan | -2 | 70 |
| | DEBOVE, Quentin | -2 | 70 |
| | SÖDERBERG, Sebastian | -2 | 70 |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | -2 | 70 |
| | SCHAPER, Jayden | -2 | 70 |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | -2 | 70 |
| | FORREST, Grant | -2 | 70 |
| | DING, Wenyi | -2 | 70 |
| | ADAM, Cameron | -2 | 70 |
| | ZHOU, Yanhan | -2 | 70 |
| | ARNAUS, Adri | -2 | - |
| | VAILLANT, Tom | -2 | 70 |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | -2 | - |
| | KAEWKANJANA, Sadom | -2 | 70 |
| | ROZNER, Antoine | -2 | 70 |
| | GUERRIER, Julien | -2 | 70 |
| | FRITTELLI, Dylan | -2 | 70 |
| | LACROIX, Frederic | -2 | 70 |
| | CROCKER, Sean | -2 | 70 |
| | VIDAL, Quim | -2 | 70 |
| 47 | GALLEGOS, Andres German | -1 | 71 |
| | TOOROP, Mike | -1 | 71 |
| | PEAKE, Ryan | -1 | 71 |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | -1 | 71 |
| CAMPILLO, Jorge | -1 | 71 | |
| | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | -1 | 71 |
| | LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo | -1 | 71 |
| | NORGAARD, Niklas | -1 | 71 |
| | WINTHER, Jeff | -1 | 71 |
| | BROOMHEAD, Jonathan | -1 | 71 |
| | CHARMASSON, Clement | -1 | 71 |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | -1 | 71 |
| | LEMKE, Niklas | -1 | 71 |
| | LOMBARD, Zander | -1 | 71 |
| | STONE, Brandon | -1 | 71 |
| | HARRINGTON, Padraig | -1 | 71 |
| | RAVETTO, David | -1 | 71 |
| | HOSHINO, Rikuya | -1 | 71 |
| | MICHELUZZI, David | -1 | 71 |
| | PARATORE, Renato | -1 | 71 |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | -1 | 71 |
| | LINDBERG, Mikael | -1 | 71 |
| | OK, Taehoon | -1 | 71 |
| 70 | FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin | PAR | 72 |
| | SANDHU, Yuvraj | PAR | 72 |
| | QUAYLE, Anthony | PAR | 72 |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | PAR | 72 |
| | MORRISON, James | PAR | 72 |
| | PAVAN, Andrea | PAR | 72 |
| | BAIRSTOW, Sam | PAR | 72 |
| | DU PLESSIS, Hennie | PAR | 72 |
| | HILL, Calum | PAR | 72 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | PAR | 72 |
| | GIRRBACH, Joel | PAR | 72 |
| | HIDALGO, Angel | PAR | 72 |
| | CLEMENTS, Todd | PAR | 72 |
| | HOLLICK, Michael | PAR | 72 |
| | TOWNSEND, Hugo | PAR | 72 |
| 85 | BERRY, Joshua | 1 | 73 |
| | STEINLECHNER, Maximilian | 1 | 73 |
| | DEAN, Joe | 1 | 73 |
| | LEE, Junghwan | 1 | 73 |
| | KO, Jeong weon | 1 | 73 |
| | BERGSTROM, Albin | 1 | 73 |
| | MCGLINCHEY, Dominic (AM) | 1 | - |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar | 1 | 73 |
| | BALDWIN, Matthew | 1 | - |
| | GARCIA, Sebastian | 1 | 73 |
| | WIESBERGER, Bernd | 1 | 73 |
| | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | 1 | 73 |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | 1 | 73 |
| | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | 1 | 73 |
| 99 | AL KAABI, Saleh (AM) | 2 | 74 |
| | MCKINNEY, Connor | 2 | 74 |
| SOKOLOV, Daniil (AM) | 2 | 74 | |
| | FISHER, Ross | 2 | 74 |
| | CELLI, Filippo | 2 | 74 |
| | RITCHIE, JC | 2 | 74 |
| | ELVIRA, Nacho | 2 | 74 |
| | DANTORP, Jens | 2 | 74 |
| | PALMER, Ryan | 2 | 74 |
| | JAMIESON, Scott | 2 | 74 |
| | YOUNG, Daniel | 2 | 74 |
| | NAIDOO, Dylan | 2 | 74 |
| | LOGAN, Hunter | 2 | - |
| | BIONDI FIGUEIREDO, Frederico | 2 | - |
| | COCKERILL, Aaron | 2 | - |
| | DEL REY, Alejandro | 2 | - |
| | MORY, Félix | 2 | 74 |
| | GUILLAMOUNDEGUY, Oihan | 2 | 74 |
| | CHACARRA, Eugenio | 2 | 74 |
| | WU, Ashun | 2 | 74 |
| 119 | YULE, Jack | 3 | 75 |
| | RAMSAY, Richie | 3 | 75 |
| | JARVIS, Casey | 3 | 75 |
| | FITZPATRICK, Alex | 3 | 75 |
| | FICHARDT, Darren | 3 | 75 |
| | ROBINSON THOMPSON, Brandon | 3 | 75 |
| | ELVIRA, Manuel | 3 | 75 |
| | SENIOR, Jack | 3 | 75 |
| 127 | HALVORSEN, Andreas | 4 | - |
| | WALKER, Euan | 4 | 76 |
| | SYME, Connor | 4 | 76 |
| | PEPPERELL, Eddie | 4 | 76 |
| | CANTERO, Ivan | 4 | 76 |
| 132 | GUMBERG, Jordan | 5 | 77 |
| | MAZZOLI, Stefano | 5 | 77 |
| | LIST, Luke | 5 | 77 |
| | LAW, David | 5 | 77 |
| | WOOD, Chris | 5 | 77 |
| | REPETTO TAYLOR, Rocco | 5 | 77 |
| 138 | IKSTRUMS, Andrew Charles | 6 | 78 |
| | STRYDOM, Ockie | 6 | 78 |
| 140 | EL HALI, Reda (AM) | 7 | 79 |
| | HARDING, Justin | 7 | 79 |
| | BRYANT, Davis | 7 | - |
| | FISHER, Oliver | 7 | - |
| 144 | AL-SHAHRANI, Ali (AM) | 12 | - |
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