DP World Tour : Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship
Scotland's Calum Hill opened his week with -5 67, however this morning he woke up with a great swing, and went on to post a career best and Royal GC tying record -11 61 to take a four shot clubhouse lead at -16 in ideal weather in Bahrain.
He is ranked owgr #97, #194 Race to Dubai, and he missed the cut last week in Dubai. He has 2 DP World Tour wins. more to follow...
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Calum Hill powered his way into a four-shot lead after equalling the course record with a sublime 61 at the 2026 Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship.
The Scot was flawless on Friday morning as he rolled in 11 birdies to match the lowest score at the Royal Golf Club, set by Brandon Robinson Thompson during the first round of this event last year, to take control at -16
Hill, who has two DP World Tour titles to his name, overhauled first-round leader Freddy Schott after the German backed up his opening 65 with a 67 to reach -12, three ahead of Frenchman Ugo Coussaud in third.
"Today was really good," Hill said. "I started off really well and then I had a few bonus putts from really long range to really go in and I just kept making birdies. It was nice.
"That’s obviously my best round in competitive golf, in tournament golf. I haven’t kept track of what I’ve shot in practice, but I think that’s up there as one of the best rounds I’ve played.
"I knew the course record was -11, so I knew I needed to hole my last shot (to break the course record) and it looked very good in the air. I thought it had a chance but just long, but it was nice to finish off with a birdie as well. Very happy."
The Kirkcaldy native - going out in the second group of the day - opened with a birdie before picking up three in a row from the fourth to sit at top alongside Schott, who birdied the first and third, at -9.
Hill completed his second round with a hat-trick of birdies to catapult himself to -16 while Schott, two groups behind, dropped a shot at the 15th, birdied the 17th before a closing with a bogey to reach the clubhouse with a -12 total.
Coussaud finished birdie-birdie as he picked up five shots and carded one bogey in his 68 to move into solo third at -9
He is one ahead of a logjammed chasing pack, which includes South African trio JC Ritchie 65, Casey Jarvis 65 and Brandon Stone 68, Spanish triad Sergio Garcia 66, Nacho Elvira 67 and Alejandro Del Rey 71, Dutchman Joost Luiten 65, India's Shubhankar Sharma 70, New Zealand's Daniel Hillier 70, Frenchman Julien Guerrier 67 and Italy's Andrea Pavan 67 all at -8.
Play was suspended due to darkness, rd2 resumes 745am, rd3 will not start before 9am.
Bryan Angus
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