{"id":1249110,"date":"2024-01-25T14:20:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T14:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/callum-shinkwin-leads-in-ras-al-khaimah-despite-missing-sub-60-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T15:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:45:41","slug":"callum-shinkwin-leads-in-ras-al-khaimah-despite-missing-sub-60-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/callum-shinkwin-leads-in-ras-al-khaimah-despite-missing-sub-60-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Callum Shinkwin leads in Ras Al Khaimah despite missing sub-60 opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

England\u2019s Callum Shinkwin claimed a two-shot lead in the Ras Al Khaimah Championship after threatening to record just the second sub-60 round in DP World Tour history.<\/p>\n

Shinkwin covered his first 14 holes at Al Hamra Golf Club in 10 under par, meaning he needed to play the remaining four in three under to match Oliver Fisher\u2019s 59 in the 2018 Portugal Masters.<\/p>\n

However, the 30-year-old \u2013 whose run of eight successive birdies from the 16th to the fifth was just one short of the world record shared by James Nitties and former Open champion Mark Calcavecchia, could only par the sixth before dropping a shot on the next.<\/p>\n

Shinkwin bounced back to two-putt from 70 feet for birdie on the par-five eighth and parred the ninth to complete a superb 62, equalling the lowest round of his career.<\/p>\n