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Betfred British Masters
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Round 1 Review

Fox and Olesen on route 66

Ryan Fox and Thorbjørn Olesen carded six under par rounds of 66 at The Belfry to share the first round lead at the Betfred British Masters hosted by Danny Willett.

 

Olesen, who represented Team Europe at the 2018 Ryder Cup, set the clubhouse target after a blemish-free round on the Brabazon Course with Fox, who won his second DP World Tour title at February’s Ras al Khaimah Classic, matching him late in the day to join him at the top of the leaderboard.

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The pair sit one stroke ahead of Germany’s Hurly Long, Scotsman Richie Ramsay and Ashun Wu of China, who each carded five under par rounds of 67.

 

Rasmus Højgaard, who won the ISPS HANDA UK Championship at The Belfry in 2020, is one stroke further back alongside Italy’s Edoardo Molinari and South African duo Brandon Stone and Justin Walters.

 

Tournament host Danny Willett carded a one over par round of 73, but raised £4,000 for the tournament’s Official Charity Prostate Cancer UK. Title sponsors Betfred have pledged to donate £1,000 for every birdie and £2,000 for every eagle made by the 2016 Masters Tournament champion, with Willett carding four birdies on day one.

Ryan Fox: “It's a fun golf course to play. I grew up on this kind of grass as well. So it fits quite nicely in my head. Kind of know what it's going to do and how it's going to react and just went out and tried to hit a couple of shots and did that well.”
Thorbjørn Olesen: " I played really well, though I've had some good rounds this year but just haven't finished it off. To get up-and-down on the last and not make a bogey all day is great for the momentum heading into the second round."
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