This is what is called a dream tournament start for the Frenchman. Four strokes ahead of his pursuers, the winner of the Mauritius Open in December, returned a card of 63 (-9) – his lowest score in his career – on the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea course. With a performance without bogey and a total of 9 birdies including six birdies on the first nine holes, the 30-year-old is the provisional leader of the tournament after this first round: “It’s a difficult course, you have to keep working and concentrating on the shots. That’s what I did. I didn’t have many chances on the back nine, but when I had a chance I took it. It was a pure golf day, one of those days where you wish you could play like this all the time. »
Behind him, the South Korean Sanghyun Park and the Briton Andy Sullivan are positioned second in the leaderboard at -5. The local made 6 birdies and a bogey: “I’m happy with my game. The course was quite difficult, but I did well. It’s been a long time since I played on the DP World Tour and especially in Korea, so I’m very happy. »
The English player, Andy Sullivan to make him 7 birdies and 2 bogeys: “I still played very solidly. I feel like my game is going in the right direction, so I have to keep persevering. »
At -4, they are five to share 4th position. We can count the Germans Yannick Paul and Alexander Knappe, the Swede Alexander Björk, the Spaniard Pablo Larrazabál and the local Hyungjoon Lee. In 9th position at -3, they are 13 to close the top 10 with in particular Robert Macintyre, the Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts and the Spaniard Jorge Campillo.
Robin Sciot-Siegrist follows at -2
Robin Sciot-Siegrist is one shot away from the top 10, at -2. The 29-year-old player is in 22nd position, he made an eagle (at hole n°18), 2 birdies and 2 bogeys. Further down the par, we can count Jeong weon Ko, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Julien Guerrier and Matthieu Pavon in 47th position. Romain Langasque, Clément Sordet and Alexander Levy are at +1 in 68th position ahead of David Ravetto 91st at +2.
2023-04-27 10:34:53
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