Hong Kong Open 2012: Day 1 Leaderboard Analysis, Recap and More
Tournament favorite Rory McIlroy got off to an unimpressive start at the 2012 UBS Hong Kong Open, falling nine strokes behind newcomer Javier Colomo on Thursday.
It started out bad for the Northern Irish star; he bogeyed his first hole and couldn’t get in sync after on his way to an opening round three-over-par 73. Colomo’s career-best 64 gave him sole control of the leaderboard after Day 1.
Colomo’s countryman Miguel Angel Jiminez, 48, also won the tournament in 2008 by becoming the oldest to ever win at Hong Kong. A win in 2012 would give him the distinction of being the oldest player to ever win a tournament on the European Tour, according to an AP report (via KitsapSun.com).
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He currently sits at second place after the first round of play.
Leaderboard
*Full results available on EuropeanTour.com.
| Pos. | Player | Country | Score |
| 1 | Javier Colomo | ESP | -6 |
| T2 | Andrew Dodt | AUS | -5 |
| T2 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | ESP | -5 |
| T4 | Fredrick Andersson Hed | SWE | -4 |
| T4 | Lorenzo Gagli | ITA | -4 |
| T4 | Jose Maria Olazabal | ESP | -4 |
| T4 | Y.E. Yang | KOR | -4 |
| T4 | Zhang Lian-Wei | CHN | -4 |
| T9 | Gregory Bourdy | FRA | -3 |
| T9 | Michael Campbell | NZL | -3 |
| T9 | Marcus Fraser | AUS | -3 |
| T9 | David Horsey | ENG | -3 |
| T9 | Simon Khan | ENG | -3 |
| T9 | Mardan Mamat | SIN | -3 |
| T9 | Mattaeo Manassero | ITA | -3 |
| T9 | Joel Sjoholm | CHI | -3 |
Analysis
The world’s No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy didn’t play like himself in the first round of action at Hong Kong. McIlroy was bad enough to put himself into a position to have to fight his way into contention in order to avoid elimination after Day 2 of the action.
He blamed fatigue to attribute for this poor start.
“I felt a bit lethargic - mentally, more than physically if I’m being honest,” McIlroy said, according to Kelly Tilghman, a Golf Channel reporter (via Twitter).
McIlroy’s poor play has opened up the top of the leaderboard to several journeymen and some newcomers as well. Spaniards Javi Colomo and Miguel Angel Jimenez joined Andrew Dodt of Australia to round out the Top 3.
If McIlroy, the defending champion and tournament favorite, can’t make a late surge, the title is surely anyone’s to win.
Round 2 Tee Times (via UBSHongKongOpen.com)
| 37 | 11:30 | 11 | Edward RICHARDSON (AM) | ENG |
| 37 | 11:30 | 11 | Tim STEWART | AUS |
| 37 | 11:30 | 11 | Andrew MARSHALL | ENG |
| 38 | 11:40 | 11 | Kalle SAMOOJA | FIN |
| 38 | 11:40 | 11 | Jason KNUTZON | USA |
| 38 | 11:40 | 11 | Felipe AGUILAR | CHI |
| 39 | 11:50 | 11 | MO Joong-kyung | KOR |
| 39 | 11:50 | 11 | Ross BAIN | SCO |
| 39 | 11:50 | 11 | Victor DUBUISSON | FRA |
| 40 | 12:00 | 11 | Anthony WALL | ENG |
| 40 | 12:00 | 11 | David GLEESON | AUS |
| 40 | 12:00 | 11 | Mark FOSTER | ENG |
| 41 | 12:10 | 11 | Chiragh KUMAR | IND |
| 41 | 12:10 | 11 | Adam GROOM | AUS |
| 41 | 12:10 | 11 | Robert COLES | ENG |
| 42 | 12:20 | 11 | Zaw MOE | MYA |
| 42 | 12:20 | 11 | LIN Wen-tang | TPE |
| 42 | 12:20 | 11 | James MORRISON | ENG |
| 43 | 12:30 | 11 | Chih-Bing LAM | SIN |
| 43 | 12:30 | 11 | Guido VAN DER VALK | NED |
| 43 | 12:30 | 11 | Steve WEBSTER | ENG |
| 44 | 12:40 | 11 | Scott JAMIESON | SCO |
| 44 | 12:40 | 11 | Brett RUMFORD | AUS |
| 44 | 12:40 | 11 | Panuphol PITTAYARAT | THA |
| 45 | 12:50 | 11 | Alejandro CAСIZARES | ESP |
| 45 | 12:50 | 11 | Mars PUCAY | PHI |
| 45 | 12:50 | 11 | Daisuke KATAOKA | JPN |
| 46 | 13:00 | 11 | BAEK Seuk-hyun | KOR |
| 46 | 13:00 | 11 | ThanyakornKHRONGPHA | THA |
| 46 | 13:00 | 11 | Kwanchai TANNIN | THA |
| 47 | 13:10 | 11 | Phillip PRICE | WAL |
| 47 | 13:10 | 11 | Gary BOYD | ENG |
| 47 | 13:10 | 11 | James STEWART | HKG |
| 48 | 13:20 | 11 | Steven LAM (AM) | HKG |
| 48 | 13:20 | 11 | Jordan GIBB | ENG |
| 48 | 13:20 | 11 | Jimmy KO | HKG |
| 25 | 11:20 | 1 | Michael CAMPBELL | NZL |
| 25 | 11:20 | 1 | Digvijay SINGH | IND |
| 25 | 11:20 | 1 | LEE Sung | KOR |
| 26 | 11:30 | 1 | Chris WOOD | ENG |
| 26 | 11:30 | 1 | Joel SJЦHOLM | SWE |
| 26 | 11:30 | 1 | Arnond VONGVANIJ | THA |
| 27 | 11:40 | 1 | Juvic PAGUNSAN | PHI |
| 27 | 11:40 | 1 | Colin MONTGOMERIE | SCO |
| 27 | 11:40 | 1 | Thaworn WIRATCHANT | THA |
| 28 | 11:50 | 1 | Paul CASEY | ENG |
| 28 | 11:50 | 1 | ZHANG Lian-wei | CHN |
| 28 | 11:50 | 1 | Adilson DA SILVA | BRA |
| 29 | 12:00 | 1 | Padraig HARRINGTON | IRL |
| 29 | 12:00 | 1 | Simon DYSON | ENG |
| 29 | 12:00 | 1 | Thongchai JAIDEE | THA |
| 30 | 12:10 | 1 | John DALY | USA |
| 30 | 12:10 | 1 | Miguel Angel JIMЙNEZ | ESP |
| 30 | 12:10 | 1 | Josй Marнa OLAZБBAL | ESP |
| 31 | 12:20 | 1 | Shiv KAPUR | IND |
| 31 | 12:20 | 1 | Fredrik ANDERSSONHED | SWE |
| 31 | 12:20 | 1 | Scott BARR | AUS |
| 32 | 12:30 | 1 | Lee SLATTERY | ENG |
| 32 | 12:30 | 1 | Raphaлl JACQUELIN | FRA |
| 32 | 12:30 | 1 | CHAN Yih-shin | TPE |
| 33 | 12:40 | 1 | Grйgory BOURDY | FRA |
| 33 | 12:40 | 1 | Richard FINCH | ENG |
| 33 | 12:40 | 1 | Adam BLYTH | AUS |
| 34 | 12:50 | 1 | LU Wen-teh | TPE |
| 34 | 12:50 | 1 | Peter HEDBLOM | SWE |
| 34 | 12:50 | 1 | Mardan MAMAT | SIN |
| 35 | 13:00 | 1 | LEE In-Woo | KOR |
| 35 | 13:00 | 1 | Grйgory HAVRET | FRA |
| 35 | 13:00 | 1 | Kristoffer BROBERG | SWE |
| 36 | 13:10 | 1 | Wade ORMSBY | AUS |
| 36 | 13:10 | 1 | TANG Timothy | HKG |
| 36 | 13:10 | 1 | Rhys DAVIES | WAL |
| 13 | 7:00 | 11 | Alex CEJKA | GER |
| 13 | 7:00 | 11 | Unho PARK | AUS |
| 13 | 7:00 | 11 | S.S.P CHOWRASIA | IND |
| 14 | 7:10 | 11 | Marcus FRASER | AUS |
| 14 | 7:10 | 11 | ChinnaratPHADUNGSIL | THA |
| 14 | 7:10 | 11 | Tom LEWIS | ENG |
| 15 | 7:20 | 11 | Thomas LEVET | FRA |
| 15 | 7:20 | 11 | Angelo QUE | PHI |
| 15 | 7:20 | 11 | Scott HEND | AUS |
| 16 | 7:30 | 11 | Y. E. YANG | KOR |
| 16 | 7:30 | 11 | Gaganjeet BHULLAR | IND |
| 16 | 7:30 | 11 | Paul LAWRIE | SCO |
| 17 | 7:40 | 11 | LIANG Wenchong | CHN |
| 17 | 7:40 | 11 | Rory MCILROY | NIR |
| 17 | 7:40 | 11 | Matteo MANASSERO | ITA |
| 18 | 7:50 | 11 | Pablo LARRAZБBAL | ESP |
| 18 | 7:50 | 11 | Matt KUCHAR | USA |
| 18 | 7:50 | 11 | Anders HANSEN | DEN |
| 19 | 8:00 | 11 | Simon KHAN | ENG |
| 19 | 8:00 | 11 | Sшren KJELDSEN | DEN |
| 19 | 8:00 | 11 | Prom MEESAWAT | THA |
| 20 | 8:10 | 11 | David HORSEY | ENG |
| 20 | 8:10 | 11 | TSAI Chi-huang | TPE |
| 20 | 8:10 | 11 | Ricardo SANTOS | POR |
| 21 | 8:20 | 11 | Julien QUESNE | FRA |
| 21 | 8:20 | 11 | Josй Manuel LARA | ESP |
| 21 | 8:20 | 11 | Thammanoon SRIROJ | THA |
| 22 | 8:30 | 11 | Richard BLAND | ENG |
| 22 | 8:30 | 11 | Carlos DEL MORAL | ESP |
| 22 | 8:30 | 11 | KiradechAPHIBARNRAT | THA |
| 23 | 8:40 | 11 | Joonas GRANBERG | FIN |
| 23 | 8:40 | 11 | Andrew PARR | CAN |
| 23 | 8:40 | 11 | Jaakko MAKITALO | FIN |
| 24 | 8:50 | 11 | Ben PARKER | ENG |
| 24 | 8:50 | 11 | WONG Woon Man | HKG |
| 24 | 8:50 | 11 | Ben FOX | USA |
| 1 | 6:50 | 1 | Nils FLOREN | SWE |
| 1 | 6:50 | 1 | Panuwat MUENLEK | THA |
| 1 | 6:50 | 1 | Miguel TABUENA | PHI |
| 2 | 7:00 | 1 | Christian NILSSON | SWE |
| 2 | 7:00 | 1 | Ignacio GARRIDO | ESP |
| 2 | 7:00 | 1 | Antonio LASCUNA | PHI |
| 3 | 7:10 | 1 | Niall TURNER | IRL |
| 3 | 7:10 | 1 | Bradley DREDGE | WAL |
| 3 | 7:10 | 1 | PariyaJUNHASAVASDIKUL | THA |
| 4 | 7:20 | 1 | Jean-Baptiste GONNET | FRA |
| 4 | 7:20 | 1 | Oliver WILSON | ENG |
| 4 | 7:20 | 1 | Javier COLOMO | ESP |
| 5 | 7:30 | 1 | Elmer SALVADOR | PHI |
| 5 | 7:30 | 1 | Johan EDFORS | SWE |
| 5 | 7:30 | 1 | Lorenzo GAGLI | ITA |
| 6 | 7:40 | 1 | Tjaart VAN DER WALT | RSA |
| 6 | 7:40 | 1 | Rick KULACZ | AUS |
| 6 | 7:40 | 1 | Peter LAWRIE | IRL |
| 7 | 7:50 | 1 | David HOWELL | ENG |
| 7 | 7:50 | 1 | ThitiphunCHUAYPRAKONG | THA |
| 7 | 7:50 | 1 | Darren BECK | AUS |
| 8 | 8:00 | 1 | Andrew DODT | AUS |
| 8 | 8:00 | 1 | Berry HENSON | USA |
| 8 | 8:00 | 1 | Danny CHIA | MAS |
| 9 | 8:10 | 1 | Mikko ILONEN | FIN |
| 9 | 8:10 | 1 | Stephen GALLACHER | SCO |
| 9 | 8:10 | 1 | NamchokTANTIPOKHAKUL | THA |
| 10 | 8:20 | 1 | Kenneth FERRIE | ENG |
| 10 | 8:20 | 1 | Jyoti RANDHAWA | IND |
| 10 | 8:20 | 1 | Anthony KANG | USA |
| 11 | 8:30 | 1 | Matthew ZIONS | AUS |
| 11 | 8:30 | 1 | Andrew MCGREGOR | SCO |
| 11 | 8:30 | 1 | KIM Gi-whan | KOR |
| 12 | 8:40 | 1 | Himmat RAI | IND |
| 12 | 8:40 | 1 | Wilson CHOY | HKG |
| 12 | 8:40 | 1 | Scott STRANGE | AUS |
Prediction
Javier Colomo, 28, is playing inspired golf after losing his European Tour card earlier this season. He's got the most to lose and is playing some great golf as displayed by his career-best opening round of 64.
Despite a hot swing and plenty of motivation, compatriot, tour veteran and elder by 20 years, Jimenez is going to be the Spaniard that comes away with the $2 million purse when the weekend's play has ended.
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