Tenerife Open R3

Tenerife Open 2021 R3
April 28 – May 02
Golf Costa Adeje, Tenerife, Spain
€1,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Kalle Samooja recorded a five under par round of 66 to join overnight leader Nicolai von Dellingshausen at the top of the leaderboard heading into the final day of the Tenerife Open, with a large chasing pack in hot pursuit.

Tenerife Open 2021 R3

“My short game was pretty spot on today,” said Samooja. “Ball striking hasn’t been that pretty, especially today, so you need to find something in your game that works. I didn’t change my game plan. I think the wind was pretty much the same as we had yesterday afternoon and evening, so we kind of got used to it yesterday when it was a little tricky.”

“‘Play better on Saturday’ is the first thing I have learned. I’ve been playing pretty bad on Saturdays. But it’s a learning process and it’s a long week. Four days is a lot of good golf to play. It’s pretty tightly packed and anything can happen so you need to be relaxed and make a lot of birdies.”

Tenerife Open 2021 R3

Both of the leaders are seeking a maiden European Tour win, with 2018 European Challenge Tour graduate Samooja having lost out in a play-off in each of his full seasons on Tour.

Von Dellingshausen entered the third round with a three-shot lead at Golf Costa Adeje, and he kept his nose in front for most of the day as his rivals closed in, signing for a one under par round of 70 to get to 17-under par after holing a crucial putt on the last.

“The last two holes were actually a boost. I misread my first putt by quite a bit and then rolled in from two metres on the 17th, and then that swinger on the last,” said Von Dellingshausen. “Putting was good the last few days as well, especially from those distances. It’s always good when you finish with a putt like that.”

Tenerife Open 2021 R3

“I had to be very patient. I would be lying if I said I didn’t have any nerves just going out here. It’s a situation that is not completely new to me, but it’s a different set up on the European Tour. I tried to stay patient and I did. I wasn’t forcing anything as I know from the past that things can go wrong at times. I didn’t hit enough fairways to really hit it close especially in the wind.”

Finn Samooja recorded six birdies and a single bogey in his round of 66 to join the German at the summit, one shot clear of South African Dean Burmester, who had a rollercoaster back nine that included three birdies, three bogies and an eagle.

“On the front nine I pretty much flushed it for nine holes,” said Burmester. “Got on to the 10th tee, little bit of a wait, bit of indecision and hit my first bad shot. That proved to be the story of the back nine. Played the par threes poorly. But all-in-all if you had given me 66, five under, around here in the wind, I would definitely have taken it. “I haven’t won in a long time so we will need to wait and see what happens. The nice thing is that I’ve been here before, many times, so if it’s my time tomorrow, it’s my time. If it isn’t, I’ll just carry on waiting.”

Tenerife Open 2021 R3

Sebastian Garcia-Rodriguez is the leading Spanish player at 15-under par alongside Poland’s Adrian Meronk and Yikeun Chang of South Korea, with another Spaniard in Alfredo Garcia-Heredia, South African Garrick Higgo and American pair Sean Crocker and John Catlin one shot further back.

“It was very good, I’m so happy,” said Garcia-Rodriguez. “After a low round, every golf course seems perfect for me. Today we were lucky that there was not too much wind. The golf course suits me, the greens are very good. My driving and putting has been good. I’m hitting the irons well and have confidence with the driver.”

“After Kenya, I played so badly in my next few tournaments, but I needed a rest. Now I’m playing well again. I have been speaking a lot with my caddie to help me improve and his advice has been to smile more and just enjoy it. Now I’m trying to play with a smile. It has helped me to have more self- confidence and that has reflected in the scores. My goal goal is just to keep the confidence up and play the same way.”

Tenerife Open 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
T1	Kalle Samooja	-17	64	66	66	196
T1	Nicolai Von Dellingshausen	-17	64	62	70	196
3	Dean Burmester	-16	63	68	66	197
T4	Yi Keun Chang	-15	67	64	67	198
T4	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	-15	66	68	64	198
T4	Adrian Meronk	-15	68	65	65	198
T7	John Catlin	-14	63	69	67	199
T7	Sean Crocker	-14	67	64	68	199
T7	Alfredo Garcia-Heredia	-14	69	64	66	199
T7	Garrick Higgo	-14	63	70	66	199
T11	Jonathan Caldwell	-13	66	68	66	200
T11	Sihwan Kim	-13	67	65	68	200
T11	Edoardo Molinari	-13	69	65	66	200
T11	Eduard Rousaud (a)	-13	64	66	70	200
T15	Alexander Björk	-12	63	69	69	201
T15	Louis De Jager	-12	66	66	69	201
T15	Justin Harding	-12	66	69	66	201
T15	Scott Hend	-12	66	64	71	201
T15	Scott Jamieson	-12	69	61	71	201
T15	Masahiro Kawamura	-12	65	72	64	201
T21	Pep Angles	-11	65	64	73	202
T21	Adri Arnaus	-11	65	71	66	202
T21	Laurie Canter	-11	65	70	67	202
T21	Francesco Laporta	-11	68	67	67	202
T21	Jordan Smith	-11	67	67	68	202
T21	Paul Waring	-11	67	65	70	202
T27	Nino Bertasio	-10	67	67	69	203
T27	Alejandro Cañizares	-10	68	65	70	203
T27	Joakim Lagergren	-10	67	70	66	203
T27	Zander Lombard	-10	71	64	68	203
T27	Guido Migliozzi	-10	70	68	65	203
T27	Thorbjørn Olesen	-10	62	69	72	203
T27	Pedro Oriol	-10	69	69	65	203
T27	Justin Walters	-10	68	70	65	203
T35	Maverick Antcliff	-9	66	69	69	204
T35	Eduardo De la Riva	-9	67	69	68	204
T35	Jamie Donaldson	-9	69	67	68	204
T35	Joachim B. Hansen	-9	69	69	66	204
T35	Andrew Johnston	-9	67	67	70	204
T35	Richie Ramsay	-9	69	67	68	204
T35	Matthias Schwab	-9	68	69	67	204
T35	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	-9	64	73	67	204
T35	Julian Suri	-9	66	70	68	204
T44	Mikko Korhonen	-8	68	70	67	205
T44	Pablo Larrazabal	-8	66	70	69	205
T44	Alexander Levy	-8	67	69	69	205
T44	Richard Mansell (a)	-8	68	70	67	205
T44	Callum Shinkwin	-8	71	65	69	205
T44	Sami Valimaki	-8	67	70	68	205
T50	Matt Ford	-7	69	66	71	206
T50	Alvaro Hernandez Cabezuela	-7	72	65	69	206
T50	James Morrison	-7	68	69	69	206
T50	Adrian Otaegui	-7	69	67	70	206
T50	Ashun Wu	-7	70	66	70	206
T55	Ross Fisher	-6	69	69	69	207
T55	Nicolai Højgaard	-6	69	68	70	207
T55	Joost Luiten	-6	65	70	72	207
T55	Marcel Schneider	-6	67	69	71	207
T55	Sebastian Soderberg	-6	70	68	69	207
T55	Toby Tree	-6	65	69	73	207
T55	Dale Whitnell	-6	71	66	70	207
T55	Lars van Meijel	-6	69	68	70	207
T63	Kristoffer Broberg	-5	68	70	70	208
T63	Aaron Cockerill	-5	69	68	71	208
T63	Rhys Enoch	-5	72	66	70	208
T63	Ben Evans	-5	70	67	71	208
T63	Jake McLeod	-5	68	69	71	208
T63	Matthieu Pavon	-5	70	68	70	208
T63	Eddie Pepperell	-5	68	68	72	208
T63	Oliver Wilson	-5	73	62	73	208
T71	Grant Forrest	-4	68	66	75	209
T71	Matthew Jordan	-4	68	69	72	209
T71	Haydn Porteous	-4	68	70	71	209
T74	Raphael Jacquelin	-3	69	68	73	210
T74	Niall Kearney	-3	69	69	72	210
T76	Tapio Pulkkanen	-2	69	68	74	211
T76	Darius van Driel	-2	68	69	74	211
CUT	Marcus Armitage	-3	71	68		139
CUT	SSP Chawrasia	-3	70	69		139
CUT	Dave Coupland	-3	67	72		139
CUT	Victor Dubuisson	-3	71	68		139
CUT	Ignacio Elvira Mijares	-3	72	67		139
CUT	Scott Fernandez	-3	69	70		139
CUT	Gregory Havret	-3	72	67		139
CUT	David Law	-3	69	70		139
CUT	Garrick Porteous	-3	70	69		139
CUT	Ricardo Santos	-3	70	69		139
CUT	Jack Senior	-3	69	70		139
CUT	Matthew Southgate	-3	67	72		139
CUT	Jeff Winther	-3	69	70		139
CUT	Jorge Campillo	-2	70	70		140
CUT	Ashley Chesters	-2	68	72		140
CUT	Alejandro Del Rey (a)	-2	70	70		140
CUT	Benjamin Hebert	-2	68	72		140
CUT	Berry Henson	-2	70	70		140
CUT	Calum Hill	-2	71	69		140
CUT	Liam Johnston	-2	72	68		140
CUT	Tom McKibbin	-2	70	70		140
CUT	Andrea Pavan	-2	69	71		140
CUT	Max Schmitt	-2	69	71		140
CUT	Connor Syme	-2	71	69		140
CUT	Chris Wood	-2	70	70		140
CUT	Sebastian Heisele	-1	69	72		141
CUT	Rikard Karlberg	-1	71	70		141
CUT	Clement Sordet	-1	70	71		141
CUT	Oliver Farr	E	69	73		142
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	E	70	72		142
CUT	Oliver Fisher	E	73	69		142
CUT	Peter Hanson	E	69	73		142
CUT	David Horsey	E	75	67		142
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	E	72	70		142
CUT	Ondrej Lieser (a)	E	72	70		142
CUT	Jose-Filipe Lima	E	71	71		142
CUT	Bernd Ritthammer	E	69	73		142
CUT	Borja Virto	E	72	70		142
CUT	Richard Bland	1	69	74		143
CUT	Carlos Pigem	1	70	73		143
CUT	Adrien Saddier	1	72	71		143
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	1	69	74		143
CUT	Suradit Yongcharoenchai	1	69	74		143
CUT	Paul Dunne	2	72	72		144
CUT	Pedro Figueiredo	2	72	72		144
CUT	Julien Guerrier	2	69	75		144
CUT	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	2	77	67		144
CUT	Richard McEvoy	2	75	69		144
CUT	Robin Roussel	2	73	71		144
CUT	Cormac Sharvin	2	73	71		144
CUT	Joel Stalter	2	73	71		144
CUT	Gaganjeet Bhullar	3	74	71		145
CUT	Lucas Bjerregaard	3	75	70		145
CUT	Tom Gandy	3	72	73		145
CUT	Janne Kaske	3	69	76		145
CUT	Maximilian Kieffer	3	72	73		145
CUT	Ross McGowan	3	75	70		145
CUT	Renato Paratore	3	71	74		145
CUT	Benjamin Poke	3	77	68		145
CUT	Antoine Rozner	3	78	67		145
CUT	Euan Walker (a)	3	72	73		145
CUT	Luis Claverie	4	71	75		146
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	4	72	74		146
CUT	Johannes Veerman	4	70	76		146
CUT	Fabrizio Zanotti	4	71	75		146
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	5	71	76		147
CUT	Ajeetesh Sandhu	5	75	72		147
CUT	Samuel Del Val	6	73	75		148
CUT	Romain Langasque	6	77	71		148
CUT	Lee Slattery	7	76	73		149
CUT	Steven Tiley	7	74	75		149
CUT	Tyler Koivisto	8	79	71		150
CUT	Ivan Cantero Gutierrez	11	74	79		153
WD	David Drysdale	3	74			74