Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic R2

Desert Classic 2022 R2
January 27-30
Emirates GC, Dubai, UAE
$8,000,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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South African Justin Harding completed his first round in the morning then went on to close his second round with a 68 to take a two-shot lead at under in the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic.

Desert Classic 2022 R2

“The game seems to be close. It’s just a matter of, if I can control the putter and make some putts, we are always going to be there and thereabouts, which is nice.”

“I’ve driven the ball well – I didn’t drive it that great yesterday. I hit it in the sand rather than the rough and that makes it a bit easier.

“I rolled the ball pretty good and, for the most part, kept bogeys off the card. Hit the fairway on the longer, tougher par fours. Ultimately just grinding. It was a grind of a day today, to be fair, just a bonus there on six.”

Desert Classic 2022 R2

Englishman Tyrrell Hatton (66) lies in second place at under followed by Paraguayan Fabrizio Zanotti (70) and South African Erik van Rooyen (67) in third place at 8-under.

Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy came back from his opening 71 with a bogey-free 66 to move into a share of fifth place at 7-under.

Desert Classic 2022 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2
1	HARDING, Justin	-11	65	68
2	HATTON, Tyrrell	-9	69	66
3	ZANOTTI, Fabrizio	-8	66	70
​	VAN ROOYEN, Erik	-8	69	67
5	HANSEN, Joachim B.	-7	65	72
​	MERONK, Adrian	-7	69	68
​	MCILROY, Rory	-7	71	66
​	HOVLAND, Viktor	-7	68	69
​	BLAND, Richard	-7	69	68

Desert Classic 2022 R2

10	FLEETWOOD, Tommy	-6	67	71
	HORSFIELD, Sam	-6	69	69
​	CASEY, Paul	-6	70	68
​	WESTWOOD, Lee	-6	69	69
​	ARMITAGE, Marcus	-6	70	68
15	WIESBERGER, Bernd	-5	71	68
​	PIETERS, Thomas	-5	70	69
17	BERTASIO, Nino	-4	70	70
​	JAMIESON, Scott	-4	69	71
​	LANGASQUE, Romain	-4	70	70
​	HARRINGTON, Padraig	-4	70	70
​	JAIDEE, Thongchai	-4	67	73
​	APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech	-4	68	72
​	STONE, Brandon	-4	68	72
​	PAVAN, Andrea	-4	67	73
25	SMITH, Jordan	-3	72	69
	GARCIA, Sergio	-3	67	74
​	MORIKAWA, Collin	-3	68	73
​	WALTERS, Justin	-3	69	72
​	SCHMID, Matti	-3	73	68
​	SCOTT, Adam	-3	69	72
​	CATLIN, John	-3	72	69
32	WALLACE, Matt	-2	69	73
​	SAMOOJA, Kalle	-2	68	74
​	COETZEE, George	-2	70	72
​	MOLINARI, Edoardo	-2	70	72
​	LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo	-2	67	75
​	KJELDSEN, Søren	-2	69	73
38	RAMSAY, Richie	-1	74	69
​	HIGGO, Garrick	-1	70	73
​	JORDAN, Matthew	-1	70	73
​	SCHWARTZEL, Charl	-1	74	69
​	LAGERGREN, Joakim	-1	69	74
​	LI, Haotong	-1	73	70
​	FISHER, Ross	-1	71	72
​	GOUVEIA, Ricardo	-1	71	72
​	HERBERT, Lucas	-1	70	73
​	JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz	-1	71	72
​	VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai	-1	77	66
49	ROZNER, Antoine	Par	71	73
​	DRYSDALE, David	Par	74	70
	VAN TONDER, Daniel	Par	73	71
​	GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian	Par	68	76
​	SHARMA, Shubhankar	Par	72	72
​	ELVIRA, Nacho	Par	70	74
​	CANTER, Laurie	Par	75	69
​	HILL, Josh (AM)	Par	70	74
​	ANTCLIFF, Maverick	Par	69	75
​	HØJGAARD, Rasmus	Par	73	71
​	SODERBERG, Sebastian	Par	70	74
​	BJÖRK, Alexander	Par	75	69
​	FORREST, Grant	Par	70	74
​	OLESEN, Thorbjørn	Par	73	71
​	LAW, David	Par	70	74
​	BJERREGAARD, Lucas	Par	71	73
65	STENSON, Henrik	+1	73	72
​	BURMESTER, Dean	+1	71	74
​	HORSEY, David	+1	72	73
​	ROCK, Robert	+1	72	73
​	CABRERA BELLO, Rafa	+1	72	73
​	LOWRY, Shane	+1	71	74
​	FOX, Ryan	+1	72	73
​	WU, Ashun	+1	75	70
​	PEREZ, Victor	+1	73	72
​	VEERMAN, Johannes	+1	71	74
​	BJØRN, Thomas	+1	75	70
​	LEVY, Alexander	+1	74	71
​	SULLIVAN, Andy	+1	72	73
​	GUERRIER, Julien	+1	73	72
​	OTAEGUI, Adrian	+1	71	74
​	CAMPILLO, Jorge	+1	72	73
​	GAVINS, Daniel	+1	70	75
82	BENNETT, Samuel (AM)	+2	70	76
​	SYME, Connor	+2	75	71
​	KORHONEN, Mikko	+2	73	73
​	KIEFFER, Maximilian	+2	73	73
​	WARING, Paul*	+2	74	72
​	DONALDSON, Jamie*	+2	75	71
88	LUITEN, Joost*	+3	73	74
​	DETRY, Thomas*	+3	76	71
​	JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Ángel*	+3	74	73
​	KARLBERG, Rikard	+3	74	73
​	SCHWAB, Matthias	+3	72	75
​	BROBERG, Kristoffer	+3	74	73
​	WILLETT, Danny	+3	73	74
​	GALLACHER, Stephen	+3	72	75
​	WHITNELL, Dale*	+3	73	74
97	KINHULT, Marcus	+4	75	73
​	HELLIGKILDE, Marcus	+4	73	75
​	MIGLIOZZI, Guido	+4	75	73
100	ARNAUS, Adri*	+5	75	74
	ORMSBY, Wade	+5	76	73
​	MACINTYRE, Robert*	+5	74	75
​	HEND, Scott	+5	76	73
​	SHINKWIN, Callum*	+5	72	77
​	SINGH BRAR, Jack*	+5	72	77
​	HØJGAARD, Nicolai	+5	77	72
​	CAÑIZARES, Alejandro*	+5	74	75
​	MORRISON, James	+5	73	76
109	BROWN, Steven	+6	75	75
​	PAISLEY, Chris	+6	75	75
​	KAWAMURA, Masahiro*	+6	76	74
112	WARREN, Marc	+7	73	78
​	CROCKER, Sean*	+7	73	78
​	WOOD, Chris*	+7	74	77
115	WINTHER, Jeff*	+8	78	74
​	DUBUISSON, Victor*	+8	79	73
​	POULTER, Ian*	+8	74	78
​	LAWRENCE, Thriston*	+8	76	76
​	STERNE, Richard*	+8	74	78
​	CALDWELL, Jonathan*	+8	71	81
​	VAN DRIEL, Darius*	+8	77	75
​	KANAYA, Takumi	+8	76	76
​	MONTGOMERIE, Colin	+8	80	72
​	SCRIVENER, Jason	+8	78	74
125	COLSAERTS, Nicolas	+9	76	77
126	VÄLIMÄKI, Sami	+10	77	77
127	FICHARDT, Darren	+12	80	76
128	BESSELING, Wil*	+13	77	80
​	SOUTHGATE, Matthew*	+13	79	78
130	LAPORTA, Francesco*	+14	79	79
131	SKAIK, Ahmad* (AM)	+15	75	84
132	PULKKANEN, Tapio	+16	80	80
	*Player started on the back nine