Ras Al Khaimah Classic 2022 R1
February 10-13
Al Hamra GC, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
$2,000,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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New Zealander Ryan Fox matched his career-lowest round to take a two-shot lead at the Ras Al Khaimah Classic on Thursday. His 9-under 63 matched last week’s course record at Al Hamra Golf Club.

“It was nice to get in the zone, I just felt like I had control of the golf ball.”

Fox missed the cut at last week’s Ras Al Khaimah Championship due to a back injury but appears to have recovered.

“I probably need to throw a couple of thanks out too, I struggled last week here with my back and I have my physio out here, and the Tour physio has helped me out over the weekend and I feel 100 per cent this week which was nice.”

Ras Al Khaimah Classic 2022 R1

“Shaun Norris was nice enough to give me a putting tip on Tuesday when we played a practice round together and that seemed to work pretty well too so big shout-out to those guys.

“I hit it in the greenside trap a couple of times and got up and down. It is the kind of golf course where you feel like you’ve got a lot of opportunities and it was nice to take advantage of those today and then hole a couple of longer putts on some of the tougher holes to keep the round going.

“I worked hard today on just focusing on every shot, obviously my body felt a bit better today than last week, I felt like I could do what I wanted to do and I wasn’t fighting it so hopefully I wake up tomorrow feeling good and I can keep doing what I’m doing.”

Ricardo Gouveia of Portugal lies in second place at 7-under.

Ras Al Khaimah Classic 2022 R1

Ras Al Khaimah Classic 2022 R1

One shot further back likes a group of nine players at 6-under that incldes Englishmen Richard Bland and Andrew Wilson and Scotsmen David Drysdale and Robert MacIntyre.

Ras Al Khaimah Classic 2022 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	FOX, Ryan	-9	63
2	GOUVEIA, Ricardo*	-7	65
3	PAUL, Yannik	-6	66
​	LAPORTA, Francesco*	-6	66
​	WILSON, Andrew	-6	66
​	BLAND, Richard*	-6	66
​	SODERBERG, Sebastian	-6	66
​	DRYSDALE, David*	-6	66
​	MACINTYRE, Robert	-6	66
​	SCRIVENER, Jason	-6	66
	LUITEN, Joost	-6	66
12	FARR, Oliver*	-5	67
​	ARMITAGE, Marcus*	-5	67
​	NORRIS, Shaun*	-5	67
​	STONE, Brandon*	-5	67
​	HEND, Scott	-5	67
​	BJÖRK, Alexander	-5	67
​	LONG, Hurly*	-5	67
​	HOWIE, Craig*	-5	67
​	JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz	-5	67
​	ANTCLIFF, Maverick*	-5	67
22	GUERRIER, Julien	-4	68
​	KAWAMURA, Masahiro*	-4	68
​	HARDING, Justin*	-4	68
​	WALTERS, Justin	-4	68
	LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo*	-4	68
​	PAVON, Matthieu	-4	68
​	AL KURDI, Shergo*	-4	68
​	KIEFFER, Maximilian	-4	68
30	MCEVOY, Richard*	-3	69
​	MØLLER, Niklas Nørgaard	-3	69
​	HANSEN, Joachim B.*	-3	69
​	JORDAN, Matthew	-3	69
​	SYME, Connor	-3	69
​	NEMECZ, Lukas*	-3	69
​	HØJGAARD, Rasmus*	-3	69
​	MORRISON, James*	-3	69
​	OTAEGUI, Adrian*	-3	69
​	ORMSBY, Wade	-3	69
​	LORENZO-VERA, Mike*	-3	69
​	BROBERG, Kristoffer	-3	69
​	STERNE, Richard*	-3	69
​	ROCK, Robert*	-3	69
​	CANTER, Laurie	-3	69
​	LAW, David	-3	69
​	LI, Haotong	-3	69
​	CABRERA BELLO, Rafa	-3	69
​	BRUN, Julien*	-3	69
​	RAMSAY, Richie*	-3	69
​	LEON, Hugo*	-3	69
	BESSELING, Wil*	-2	70
​	COETZEE, George	-2	70
​	DONALDSON, Jamie*	-2	70
​	DETRY, Thomas*	-2	70
​	ARNAUS, Adri*	-2	70
​	WU, Ashun*	-2	70
​	VAN TONDER, Daniel*	-2	70
​	TARRIO, Santiago*	-2	70
​	HEISELE, Sebastian*	-2	70
​	BHULLAR, Gaganjeet*	-2	70
​	McGOWAN, Ross*	-2	70
​	FISHER, Ross*	-2	70
​	SULLIVAN, Andy	-2	70
​	PULKKANEN, Tapio	-2	70
​	KINHULT, Marcus	-2	70
​	GAVINS, Daniel	-2	70
67	CAMPILLO, Jorge*	-1	71
​	MOLINARI, Edoardo	-1	71
​	MERONK, Adrian*	-1	71
​	VAN DRIEL, Darius	-1	71
​	PARATORE, Renato	-1	71
​	GREEN, Gavin	-1	71
​	LAGERGREN, Joakim	-1	71
​	PEPPERELL, Eddie*	-1	71
​	ELVIRA, Nacho	-1	71
​	FICHARDT, Darren*	-1	71
​	KOFSTAD, Espen*	-1	71
​	SIEM, Marcel*	-1	71
​	HØJGAARD, Nicolai	-1	71
​	VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai*	-1	71
​	KARLBERG, Rikard*	-1	71
​	HUIZING, Daan*	-1	71
​	ROUSSEL, Robin*	-1	71
84	JAMIESON, Scott*	Par	72
​	GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian	Par	72
​	QUIROS, Alvaro	Par	72
​	SMITH, Jordan*	Par	72
​	BERTASIO, Nino	Par	72
​	GUPTA, Arjun (AM)	Par	72
​	PAVAN, Andrea	Par	72
​	SCHMID, Matti	Par	72
​	ZANOTTI, Fabrizio	Par	72
​	FISHER, Oliver*	Par	72
​	PAISLEY, Chris*	Par	72
​	CALDWELL, Jonathan	Par	72
​	SOUTHGATE, Matthew	Par	72
​	LAWRENCE, Thriston	Par	72
​	HELLIGKILDE, Marcus	Par	72
​	OLESEN, Thorbjørn	Par	72
​	SHINKWIN, Callum*	Par	72
84	SANTOS, Ricardo*	Par	72
​	LOMBARD, Zander*	Par	72
​	HOWELL, David*	Par	72
104	CHESTERS, Ashley	+1	73
​	SHARVIN, Cormac	+1	73
​	BEKKER, Oliver*	+1	73
​	SAMOOJA, Kalle	+1	73
​	SCHNEIDER, Marcel	+1	73
​	WARREN, Marc	+1	73
​	HANNA, Chase	+1	73
​	WILSON, Oliver	+1	73
​	GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo	+1	73
​	LACROIX, Frederic*	+1	73
​	KRUYSWIJK, Jacques*	+1	73
​	MIGLIOZZI, Guido	+1	73
​	KJELDSEN, Søren*	+1	73
​	WHITNELL, Dale*	+1	73
​	VÄLIMÄKI, Sami	+1	73
​	BJØRN, Thomas	+1	73
​	BJERREGAARD, Lucas*	+1	73
​	VANCE, Craig (AM)	+1	73
122	GAGLI, Lorenzo	+2	74
​	BROWN, Steven*	+2	74
​	CATLIN, John*	+2	74
​	WINTHER, Jeff	+2	74
​	SKAIK, Ahmad (AM)	+2	74
127	SINGH BRAR, Jack	+3	75
​	LEVY, Alexander*	+3	75
​	FORREST, Grant	+3	75
130	FERGUSON, Ewen	+4	76
​	LANGASQUE, Romain	+4	76
132	ABOU EL ELA, Issa*	+12	84
	* Player started on the back nine