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Round 4 - Edoardo Molinari wins in a playoff April 17, 2017
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Round 4 - Edoardo Molinari wins in a playoff

April 17, 2017

Edoardo Molinari won the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco on Sunday, beating Paul Dunne on the first playoff hole for his first European Tour title in seven years.

Molinari sank a two-foot par putt after Dunne had missed his putt for par from six feet, securing victory for the Italian after a 5-under 68 saw him join Dunne at the top of the leaderboard.

Molinari, a former Ryder Cup player, last won on the tour at the Johnnie Walker Championship in 2010. The Trophee Hassan was his third tour title.

''Fantastic. It's been a while,'' Molinari said. ''I've been through some very hard times in the last few years and to get this, I'm very, very pleased.''

England's Paul Waring was third at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam club on 8 under.

Dunne held the overnight lead and was seeking his maiden title as a professional but closed with a 1-under 72. He also had to make birdie on the last hole of his final round to force the playoff with Molinari.

Molinari had eagled No. 18, one of two eagles for him on the back nine, to go to 9 under and open a two-shot lead. He made four birdies in his closing round but his eagle threes on the two par fives coming home set up his victory.

Dunne made a clutch up-and-down birdie on No. 18 to take the tournament to an extra hole.

Both men made hard work of No. 18 in the playoff, with Molinari ending up over the back of the green with his third shot and Dunne in a greenside bunker.

Molinari put his fourth shot closer, though, and rolled in for par to clinch the title. Dunne's second place was still a career-best finish for the 24-year-old Irishman.

Round 3 - Paul Dunne takes over lead

April 16, 2017

Paul Dunne will take a 2-shot lead into the final round of the European Tour's Trophee Hassan II with a 4-under 69 on Saturday giving him a chance at his first professional title.

The Irishman had six third-round birdies, including on the last hole, to get to 8 under overall and increase his advantage over second-placed Renato Paratore. The one slip from Dunne was a double-bogey on No. 13.

Paratore surged up the leaderboard after a course-record 7-under 66 at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Morocco. The Italian fired in eight birdies and made just one bogey to jump 38 places.

Lasse Jensen (70), Paul Waring (69) and Pablo Larrazabal (69) were tied for third on 5 under, a shot behind Paratore and three off the lead.

Round 2 - Gregory Havret leads at halfway

April 15, 2017

Gregory Havret took the outright lead at the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco as he moved to 6 under par after the second round on Friday.

The Frenchman made four birdies and an eagle at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam for his second straight 3-under 70, opening a one-shot lead over Lucas Bjerregaard and Trevor Fisher Jr.

Denmark's Bjerregaard carded a 2-under 71 and South Africa's Fisher Jr. a 3-under 70.

Havret was part of a four-way tie for the lead overnight but pushed clear and could have had more of an advantage heading to the weekend if he hadn't bogeyed his last two holes. His last victory on the European Tour was nine years ago.

Bjerregaard, who also had a share of the first-round lead, had four birdies and two bogeys.

Fisher Jr. put himself in contention with six birdies, although he also made double bogey on No. 16, his seventh hole.

Paul Dunne, Gregory Bourdy, and James Morrison, another of the overnight leaders, are all another shot back in a tie for fourth at 4 under.

Round 1 - Four share first round lead

April 14, 2017

Gary Stal, Gregory Havret, James Morrison, and Lucas Bjerregaard made 3-under-par 70s to share the lead after the first round of the European Tour's Trophee Hassan II in Morocco on Thursday.

Stal was the early pacesetter while Havret and Morrison also made five birdies and two bogeys to be part of the leading group at the Royal Dar Es Salam club.

Bjerregaard's adventurous round included an eagle, six birdies, and five bogeys.

Former Ryder Cup player Edoardo Molinari birdied his last two holes to move a shot off the lead. He was one of nine players on 2 under and just a shot behind. Another of those chasers was Alexander Levy, who finished with a birdie, then an eagle after holing his approach, and then a three-putt bogey.

On a day where scoring wasn't easy and no one shot lower than 70, 52 players were on level par or better and within three shots of the lead. The European Tour said it was the first round in 57 rounds so far this season where no player broke 70.

Stal has just one tour victory, the 2015 Abu Dhabi Championship where he won ahead of Rory McIlroy, but he set the clubhouse target despite a bogey on his final hole.

Englishman James Heath's 4-over 77 was unremarkable except for his experience on No. 17, where he decided to remove his trousers, shoes, and socks to play a chip out of shallow water in shirt, cap, and underwear. He made bogey.

Scores

1 ITA Edoardo Molinari -9 - 71 74 70 68 283
2 IRL Paul Dunne -9 - 73 69 69 72 283
3 ENG Paul Waring -8 - 74 71 69 70 284
T4 DNK Lasse Jensen -6 - 75 69 70 72 286
T4 FRA Victor Dubuisson -6 - 73 71 72 70 286
T6 ENG Chris Hanson -5 - 74 70 72 71 287
T6 ENG Daniel Brooks -5 - 73 71 73 70 287
T8 ENG Ashley Chesters -4 - 73 74 72 69 288
T8 ESP Carlos Pigem -4 - 75 72 69 72 288
T8 ENG Jordan Smith -4 - 73 75 70 70 288
T8 ITA Renato Paratore -4 - 73 74 66 75 288
T8 RSA Trevor Fisher Jnr -4 - 71 70 74 73 288
T13 RSA Haydn Porteous -3 - 77 70 74 68 289
T13 ENG James Morrison -3 - 70 72 79 68 289
T13 SWE Jens Fahrbring -3 - 73 75 74 67 289
T13 NED Joost Luiten -3 - 75 72 71 71 289
T13 FRA Matthieu Pavon -3 - 72 73 72 72 289
T13 ESP Pablo Larrazabal -3 - 72 73 69 75 289
T19 FRA Benjamin Hebert -2 - 75 68 78 69 290
T19 SCO David Drysdale -2 - 72 76 71 71 290
T19 RSA Dylan Frittelli -2 - 71 72 72 75 290
T19 FRA Gregory Havret -2 - 70 70 75 75 290
T19 FRA Joel Stalter -2 - 76 72 71 71 290
T19 ESP Jorge Campillo -2 - 74 69 74 73 290
T19 POR Ricardo Melo Gouveia -2 - 75 69 73 73 290
T19 GER Sebastian Heisele -2 - 72 73 73 72 290
T27 ENG Chris Paisley -1 - 76 72 71 72 291
T27 SCO Duncan Stewart -1 - 72 72 74 73 291
T27 DNK Lucas Bjerregaard -1 - 70 71 74 76 291
T27 ENG Max Orrin -1 - 71 76 75 69 291
T27 SWE Pelle Edberg -1 - 71 73 75 72 291
T27 SWE Rikard Karlberg -1 - 75 73 71 72 291
T27 FRA Romain Wattel -1 - 72 76 73 70 291
T34 ENG Aaron Rai Par - 72 75 72 73 292
T34 FRA Alexander Levy Par - 71 75 74 72 292
T34 ENG Anthony Wall Par - 74 73 70 75 292
T34 FRA Gary Stal Par - 70 75 75 72 292
T34 FRA Gregory Bourdy Par - 71 71 73 77 292
T34 RSA Jaco Van Zyl Par - 71 75 74 72 292
T34 SWE Jeff Winther Par - 72 74 73 73 292
T34 ENG Laurie Canter Par - 74 73 74 71 292
T34 FRA Michael Lorenzo-Vera Par - 72 72 72 76 292
T34 FIN Mikko Ilonen Par - 72 73 75 72 292
T34 ENG Richard Bland Par - 74 73 75 70 292
T34 AUS Wade Ormsby Par - 75 71 76 70 292
T46 SWE Joakim Lagergren 1 - 75 73 73 72 293
T46 FRA Sebastien Gros 1 - 77 70 76 70 293
T48 SCO Adrien Saddier 2 - 73 73 75 73 294
T48 ESP Alejandro Canizares 2 - 72 76 75 71 294
T48 SWE Anton Karlsson 2 - 72 73 74 75 294
T48 RSA Dean Burmester 2 - 78 70 70 76 294
T48 ENG Mark Foster 2 - 72 74 75 73 294
T48 ITA Matteo Manassero 2 - 72 74 72 76 294
T48 ARG Ricardo Gonzalez 2 - 74 71 71 78 294
T48 SWE Sebastian Soederberg 2 - 73 73 75 73 294
T56 ESP Adrian Otaegui 3 - 73 72 73 77 295
T56 SWE Johan Edfors 3 - 73 71 80 71 295
T56 FRA Julien Guerrier 3 - 76 71 76 72 295
T56 ENG Steven Tiley 3 - 75 72 72 76 295
T60 MAR Ayoub Lguirati 4 - 76 71 77 72 296
T60 USA Daniel Im 4 - 74 73 74 75 296
T60 ENG Lee Slattery 4 - 74 72 73 77 296
T60 ENG Matthew Nixon 4 - 74 73 72 77 296
T60 ENG Tom Lewis 4 - 75 68 75 78 296
65 ENG Matthew Southgate 6 - 75 73 75 75 298
T66 FRA Damien Perrier 9 - 74 74 76 77 301
T66 SWE Jens Dantorp 9 - 73 74 79 75 301
T66 ENG Marcus Armitage 9 - 76 70 76 79 301
CUT SWE Richard S. Johnson 10 - 72 76 74 80 302
CUT ARG Rafa Echenique 12 - 73 74 79 78 304
CUT ENG Ben Evans 14 - 72 75 79 80 306
CUT ENG Andrew Marshall 3 - 75 74 - - 149
CUT RSA Brandon Stone 3 - 75 74 - - 149
CUT FRA Clement Sordet 3 - 71 78 - - 149
CUT ENG David Howell 3 - 73 76 - - 149
CUT ENG Eddie Pepperell 3 - 73 76 - - 149
CUT GER Florian Fritsch 3 - 76 73 - - 149
CUT ENG Garrick Porteous 3 - 76 73 - - 149
CUT ESP Nacho Elvira 3 - 73 76 - - 149
CUT FRA Julien Quesne 3 - 73 76 - - 149
CUT NIR Michael Hoey 3 - 76 73 - - 149
CUT FIN Mikko Korhonen 3 - 74 75 - - 149
CUT SWE Niclas Fasth 3 - 78 71 - - 149
CUT ITA Nino Bertasio 3 - 72 77 - - 149
CUT ENG Robert Dinwiddie 3 - 76 73 - - 149
CUT ENG Robert Rock 3 - 72 77 - - 149
CUT BEL Thomas Detry 3 - 72 77 - - 149
CUT FRA Thomas Linard 3 - 77 72 - - 149
CUT ENG Callum Shinkwin 4 - 76 74 - - 150
CUT ESP Eduardo De La Riva 4 - 77 73 - - 150
CUT USA Erik Compton 4 - 75 75 - - 150
CUT KOR Jeung-Hun Wang 4 - 77 73 - - 150
CUT SWE Johan Carlsson 4 - 75 75 - - 150
CUT GER Marcel Siem 4 - 75 75 - - 150
CUT FRA Raphael Jacquelin 4 - 74 76 - - 150
CUT RSA Richard Sterne 4 - 76 74 - - 150
CUT SCO Richie Ramsay 4 - 74 76 - - 150
CUT SCO Scott Jamieson 4 - 72 78 - - 150
CUT SWE Alexander Bjoerk 5 - 80 71 - - 151
CUT ENG David Horsey 5 - 73 78 - - 151
CUT MOR Faycal Serghini 5 - 76 75 - - 151
CUT ENG Jamie Rutherford 5 - 78 73 - - 151
CUT SWE Pontus Widegren 5 - 75 76 - - 151
CUT AUS Richard Green 5 - 77 74 - - 151
CUT FRA Romain Langasque 5 - 77 74 - - 151
CUT MOR Younes El Hassani 5 - 77 74 - - 151
CUT WAL Jamie Donaldson 6 - 77 75 - - 152
CUT ENG Nathan Kimsey 6 - 80 72 - - 152
CUT WAL Stuart Manley 6 - 72 80 - - 152
CUT DEN Thomas Bjorn 6 - 77 75 - - 152
CUT MAR Ahmed Marjan 7 - 77 76 - - 153
CUT GER Alexander Knappe 7 - 75 78 - - 153
CUT GER Bernd Ritthammer 7 - 77 76 - - 153
CUT AUS Nathan Holman 7 - 78 75 - - 153
CUT ENG Oliver Fisher 7 - 77 76 - - 153
CUT NED Reinier Saxton 7 - 76 77 - - 153
CUT SWE Robert Karlsson 7 - 77 76 - - 153
CUT SCO Stephen Gallacher 7 - 78 75 - - 153
CUT RSA Zander Lombard 7 - 76 77 - - 153
CUT MOR Ayoub Id-Omar 8 - 78 76 - - 154
CUT ENG Gary King 8 - 76 78 - - 154
CUT ENG James Heath 8 - 77 77 - - 154
CUT POR Jose-Filipe Lima 8 - 77 77 - - 154
CUT RSA Justin Walters 8 - 75 79 - - 154
CUT BEL Nicolas Colsaerts 8 - 77 77 - - 154
CUT ENG Paul Maddy 8 - 77 77 - - 154
CUT ESP Pep Angles 8 - 79 75 - - 154
CUT ENG Richard McEvoy 8 - 75 79 - - 154
CUT ENG Simon Dyson 8 - 79 75 - - 154
CUT MOR Yassine Touhami 8 - 82 72 - - 154
CUT RSA Hennie Otto 9 - 75 80 - - 155
CUT ENG Sam Walker 9 - 78 77 - - 155
CUT SCO Scott Henry 9 - 79 76 - - 155
CUT - Craig Hinton 10 - 78 78 - - 156
CUT NED Dylan Boshart 11 - 77 80 - - 157
CUT CHI Felipe Aguilar 11 - 78 79 - - 157
CUT RSA Jaco Ahlers 11 - 81 76 - - 157
CUT GER Maximilian Kieffer 11 - 80 77 - - 157
CUT ENG Richard Finch 11 - 81 76 - - 157
CUT KOR Yong-Eun Yang 11 - 79 78 - - 157
CUT - Abdelhaq Sabi 13 - 80 79 - - 159
CUT CAN Mike Weir 14 - 81 79 - - 160
CUT ESP Santiago Luna 14 - 82 78 - - 160
RET ENG John Parry 7 - 80 - - - 80

 

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