August 01-04
Vierumäki Resort, Vierumäki, Finland
€200,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
Rikard Karlberg carded a round of 69, three under par, on day two of the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge to take a one-shot lead into the weekend at Vierumäki Resort.
The Swede is going in search of his first win since 2015 when he defeated Martin Kaymer in a sudden-death play-off at the Italian Open to clinch his sole European Tour title.
He will begin the weekend with a narrow advantage over six players, including compatriot Oscar Lengden, overnight leader Darius van Driel, French duo Clément Berardo and Joël Stalter, England’s Mark Young and yesterday’s hole-in-one hero Mark Flindt Haastrup.
Karlberg made his second European Challenge Tour start of the season at the Euram Bank Open two weeks ago, where he fired a pair of six under par 66s over the weekend to finish in a tie for fourth place.
After a year hiatus from the game due to ill health and four missed cuts in five starts on the European Tour this season, the 32-year-old is delighted to be back at the top of the leaderboard.
Karlberg is back!
— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) August 2, 2019
A year away from the game can't keep the Swede off the top of the leaderboard 🇸🇪
Nine under par. He leads the way after day two.#FinnishChallenge pic.twitter.com/nywud442sx
‘’I was away from the game last season so it is just great to be back out there competing,’’ he said. ‘’It’s taken me a while to find my rhythm again on tour, but I’ve been really relaxed this week and just enjoying being on the course.
‘’It’s been a long time since I was in contention, so I’m just going to go out there and enjoy the moment. You often find that the most relaxed man is the guy who finishes at the top of the leaderboard at the end of the week, so that is what I’m aiming towards over the weekend.’’
Overnight leader van Driel registered an impressive 63, nine under par, on the first day of the tournament and spared little time extending that advantage, carding back-to-back birdies on his opening two holes.
However it would be a day of two halves for the Dutchman, who is bidding to win his second Challenge Tour title following his maiden triumph at the 2018 Euram Bank Open, as he signed for a one over par round of 73 to finish the day on eight under par, one behind Karlberg.
The leader will begin his third round at 12:05pm local time, alongside chasing pair Haastrup, who followed his hole-in-one on day one with a second consecutive 68, and 2016 Swedish Challenge champion Stalter.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total |
1 |
KARLBERG Rikard | SWE |
-9 |
66 |
69 |
135 |
2 |
BERARDO Clément | FRA |
-8 |
67 |
69 |
136 |
2 |
HAASTRUP Mark Flindt | DEN |
-8 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
2 |
LENGDEN Oscar | SWE |
-8 |
68 |
68 |
136 |
2 |
STALTER Joël | FRA |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
136 |
2 |
VAN DRIEL Darius | NED |
-8 |
63 |
73 |
136 |
2 |
YOUNG Mark | ENG |
-8 |
71 |
65 |
136 |
8 |
ROUSSEL Robin | FRA |
-7 |
72 |
65 |
137 |
8 |
SCIOT-SIEGRIST Robin | FRA |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
8 |
SENIOR Jack | ENG |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
137 |
8 |
TINNING Nicolai | DEN |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
137 |
12 |
ABBOTT Jamie | ENG |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
12 |
DUBOIS Edouard | FRA |
-6 |
67 |
71 |
138 |
12 |
EASTON Bryce | RSA |
-6 |
66 |
72 |
138 |
12 |
GIRRBACH Joel | SUI |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
12 |
HAVRET Grégory | FRA |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
12 |
JORDAN Matthew | ENG |
-6 |
70 |
68 |
138 |
12 |
LANDO CASANOVA Jérôme | FRA |
-6 |
69 |
69 |
138 |
12 |
LIMA José-Filipe | POR |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
12 |
MOYNIHAN Gavin | IRL |
-6 |
68 |
70 |
138 |
12 |
SANTOS Ricardo | POR |
-6 |
71 |
67 |
138 |
22 |
BALDWIN Matthew | ENG |
-5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
22 |
BLAND Richard | ENG |
-5 |
69 |
70 |
139 |
22 |
BLOMSTRAND Christofer | SWE |
-5 |
67 |
72 |
139 |
22 |
FOOS Dominic | GER |
-5 |
67 |
72 |
139 |
22 |
HUIZING Daan | NED |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
22 |
ITEN Marco | SUI |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
22 |
KAKKO Roope | FIN |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
139 |
22 |
LINDELL Oliver | FIN |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
22 |
ROZNER Antoine | FRA |
-5 |
68 |
71 |
139 |
22 |
SHARVIN Cormac | NIR |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
139 |
32 |
BRAEUNIG Christian | GER |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
32 |
FERGUSON Ewen | SCO |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
32 |
GLENNEMO Jacob | SWE |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
32 |
HILL Calum | SCO |
-4 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
32 |
HØJGAARD Rasmus | DEN |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
32 |
JENSEN Lasse | DEN |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
32 |
JOANNES Hugues | BEL |
-4 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
32 |
MACCARIO Federico | ITA |
-4 |
69 |
71 |
140 |
32 |
MADDY Paul | ENG |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
140 |
32 |
MATUS Stanislav | CZE |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
140 |
32 |
SCHMITT Max | GER |
-4 |
74 |
66 |
140 |
43 |
ANGLES Pep | ESP |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
43 |
BENSON Seve | ENG |
-3 |
73 |
68 |
141 |
43 |
COCKERILL Aaron | CAN |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
43 |
DE SOUSA Raphaël | SUI |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
43 |
GALIANO AGUILAR Mario | ESP |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
43 |
GARCIA-HEREDIA Alfredo | ESP |
-3 |
73 |
68 |
141 |
43 |
HIDALGO Angel | ESP |
-3 |
73 |
68 |
141 |
43 |
JOHANSEN Eirik Tage | NOR |
-3 |
67 |
74 |
141 |
43 |
MCCARTHY Nick | ENG |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
43 |
PETROZZI Gian-Marco | ENG |
-3 |
68 |
73 |
141 |
43 |
PORTEOUS Garrick | ENG |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
141 |
43 |
SCALISE Lorenzo | ITA |
-3 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
43 |
STEWART Duncan | SCO |
-3 |
73 |
68 |
141 |
43 |
TILEY Steven | ENG |
-3 |
69 |
72 |
141 |
57 |
DAWSON Robin | IRL |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
142 |
57 |
ECKHARDT Albert | FIN |
-2 |
74 |
68 |
142 |
57 |
GRANBERG Joonas | FIN |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
142 |
57 |
LAPORTA Francesco | ITA |
-2 |
74 |
68 |
142 |
57 |
MURRAY Tom | ENG |
-2 |
73 |
69 |
142 |
57 |
NEMECZ Lukas | AUT |
-2 |
68 |
74 |
142 |
57 |
RUSCH Benjamin | SUI |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
142 |
57 |
SALMINEN Mikael | FIN |
-2 |
68 |
74 |
142 |
57 |
SIMONSEN Martin | DEN |
-2 |
69 |
73 |
142 |
57 |
SNECK Kalle | FIN |
-2 |
74 |
68 |
142 |
67 |
FORD Matt | ENG |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
67 |
GREHAN Stuart | IRL |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
67 |
HENRY Scott | SCO |
-1 |
75 |
68 |
143 |
67 |
PIGEM Carlos | ESP |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
143 |
67 |
QUESNE Julien | FRA |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
143 |
67 |
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN Nicolai | GER |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
143 |
67 |
WIEGELE Martin | AUT |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
143 |
74 |
BERGAMASCHI Filippo | ITA |
0 |
75 |
69 |
144 |
74 |
BOOTE David | WAL |
0 |
75 |
69 |
144 |
74 |
CHO Rak hyun | KOR |
0 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
74 |
EDBERG Pelle | SWE |
0 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
74 |
ENOCH Rhys | WAL |
0 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
74 |
FORSSTRÖM Simon | SWE |
0 |
76 |
68 |
144 |
74 |
GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Sebastian | ESP |
0 |
72 |
72 |
144 |
74 |
PERRIER Damien | FRA |
0 |
73 |
71 |
144 |
74 |
SAXTON Reinier | NED |
0 |
71 |
73 |
144 |
74 |
THOMSON Jonathan | ENG |
0 |
74 |
70 |
144 |
84 |
ARMITAGE Marcus | ENG |
1 |
75 |
70 |
145 |
84 |
COUSSAUD Ugo | FRA |
1 |
73 |
72 |
145 |
84 |
ECCLES Ben | AUS |
1 |
74 |
71 |
145 |
84 |
ELVIRA Manuel | ESP |
1 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
84 |
EVANS Ryan | ENG |
1 |
70 |
75 |
145 |
84 |
FENASSE Mathieu | FRA |
1 |
77 |
68 |
145 |
84 |
GASPAR Miguel | POR |
1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
84 |
LIPPARELLI Edoardo Raffaele | ITA |
1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
84 |
PIAGET Sandro | MON |
1 |
71 |
74 |
145 |
84 |
RIU Victor | FRA |
1 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
84 |
TARRIO BEN Santiago | ESP |
1 |
69 |
76 |
145 |
95 |
AHOKAS Antti | FIN |
2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
95 |
CANTERO GUTIERREZ Ivan | ESP |
2 |
66 |
80 |
146 |
95 |
CUARTERO BLANCO Emilio | ESP |
2 |
72 |
74 |
146 |
95 |
GROS Sébastien | FRA |
2 |
77 |
69 |
146 |
95 |
HANSON Chris | ENG |
2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
95 |
LINARD Thomas | FRA |
2 |
71 |
75 |
146 |
95 |
MYLLYMAKI Aleksi | FIN |
2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
95 |
RUUSKA Lauri | FIN |
2 |
74 |
72 |
146 |
95 |
SCHNEIDER Marcel | GER |
2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
95 |
SCHWARTZ Antoine | FRA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
95 |
SJÖHOLM Joel | SWE |
2 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
106 |
BAEK Peter Launer | DEN |
3 |
76 |
71 |
147 |
106 |
BESSELING Wil | NED |
3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
106 |
COOPER Joe | USA |
3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
106 |
DEAN Joe | ENG |
3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
106 |
EGGENBERGER Mathias | SUI |
3 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
106 |
ERKENBECK James | USA |
3 |
72 |
75 |
147 |
106 |
GAVINS Daniel | ENG |
3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
106 |
GLOET Christian | DEN |
3 |
76 |
71 |
147 |
106 |
HULDAHL Jeppe Pape | DEN |
3 |
74 |
73 |
147 |
106 |
KOEPKA Chase | USA |
3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
106 |
NEIL Bradley | SCO |
3 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
106 |
VIRTO Borja | ESP |
3 |
70 |
77 |
147 |
106 |
ZUNIC Jordan | AUS |
3 |
73 |
74 |
147 |
119 |
BERNA MANZANARES Daniel | ESP |
4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
119 |
BOURDY Grégory | FRA |
4 |
76 |
72 |
148 |
119 |
COUPLAND Dave | ENG |
4 |
78 |
70 |
148 |
119 |
GAGNE Luis | CRC |
4 |
73 |
75 |
148 |
119 |
MEJOW Philipp | GER |
4 |
75 |
73 |
148 |
119 |
SAULO (AM) Ilari | FIN |
4 |
74 |
74 |
148 |
125 |
DEL VAL Samuel | ESP |
5 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
125 |
EROFEJEFF Peter | FIN |
5 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
125 |
FERNANDEZ Scott | ESP |
5 |
72 |
77 |
149 |
125 |
KIM Minkyu | KOR |
5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
125 |
NIENABER Wilco | RSA |
5 |
74 |
75 |
149 |
125 |
ORRIN Max | ENG |
5 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
125 |
POKE Benjamin | DEN |
5 |
76 |
73 |
149 |
125 |
ROSS Craig | SCO |
5 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
125 |
VAN DOREN Yente | BEL |
5 |
75 |
74 |
149 |
134 |
BESSA Tomás | POR |
6 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
134 |
GEYGER Nico | CHI |
6 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
134 |
GREGORY Scott | ENG |
6 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
134 |
HIETALA (AM) Alex | FIN |
6 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
134 |
KARLSSON (AM) Rasmus | FIN |
6 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
134 |
NILEHN Fredrik | SWE |
6 |
76 |
74 |
150 |
134 |
VALASEK Peter | SVK |
6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
134 |
VALIMAKI Sami | FIN |
6 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
142 |
GAL Petr | CZE |
7 |
81 |
70 |
151 |
142 |
Hundebøll JØRGENSEN Oliver | DEN |
7 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
142 |
LANGFORS Per | SWE |
7 |
79 |
72 |
151 |
142 |
McGOWAN Ross | ENG |
7 |
77 |
74 |
151 |
142 |
YAMAC (AM) Taner | TUR |
7 |
78 |
73 |
151 |
147 |
FORD Charlie | ENG |
8 |
77 |
75 |
152 |
147 |
GALLIANO Luca | SUI |
8 |
78 |
74 |
152 |
147 |
WITTMANN Sebastian | AUT |
8 |
83 |
69 |
152 |
150 |
JONASSON Erik | SWE |
9 |
76 |
77 |
153 |
151 |
JUSSLIN Toffe | FIN |
11 |
78 |
77 |
155 |
152 |
LEITMANNSTETTER Aaron | GER |
12 |
80 |
76 |
156 |
153 |
CELIK (AM) Berk | TUR |
17 |
77 |
84 |
161 |
154 |
KAPLAN (AM) Orkunhan | TUR |
18 |
79 |
83 |
162 |
155 |
MURRAY Michael | USA |
21 |
85 |
80 |
165 |