DP World Tour : Estrella Damm Cataluna Championship Tee Times Leaderboard
Aaron Cockerill has picked up where he left off with his opening -5 67, this morning at the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship with 5 birdies T1 at -9 thru 12 holes.
Bogey's at 13, 14 stalled his round, however re bounced back with solid pars 15-17 then with a stunning 235yd 2nd at the par 5 18th to 3', he missed the eagle 3, tapped in for birdie 4.
His 67 69 finds him T6 at -8.
FYI <>> Estrella Damm is the flagship beer of the Barcelona brewing company...
Bryan Angus 26/05/08 1130am est.
Final EDIT >>> 26 /05/08 2pm
Stefano Mazzoli and Lucas Bjerregaard both credited a different approach to their individual games as they head into the weekend tied at the top of the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship leaderboard on -11
While he’s yet to crack the top 20 on Tour it was rookie Mazzoli, who secured promotion to the DP World Tour by a top eight finish on the 2025 Road to Mallorca Rankings, that set the early target on Friday with a bogey free 67.
Having opened with a 66, the Italian made a quick start to the second round with back-to-back birdies from the first before converting an impressive approach to the fifth hole for a third gain of the day.
What followed was a remarkable run of 11 straight pars before a birdie-birdie finish led him to set the pace, nearly chipping in for eagle at the last as the rest of the field endeavoured to catch him.
Great news considering Mazzoli has missed seven of his last nine cuts !
“I am pretty pleased with how I played today, and yesterday, I am really relieved in how I was able to keep calm on the course and control myself,” he said after his round.
“I wasn’t really able to do that the past few weeks and that was how you step up and the most important thing for me.
Lucas Bjerregaard was also quick to credit a different mental approach as he matched Mazzoli with his own final hole birdie to cap off a second round 67.
Playing in just his third DP World Tour event of the season the two time DP World Tour winner, who finished 145th on last year’s Race to Dubai Rankings, has admittedly struggled over the past few years but looked fairly comfortable as he chased down the lead on day two and a birdie on the final hole of his round helped him to match Mazzoli and take a share of the 36-hole lead.
Reflecting on his round and his general approach to this year, Bjerregaard said he was trying to take the pressure off himself as he searches for his first win since the 2018 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. "I'm trying to take a little different approach to it this year and take it a little more as it comes."
A shot behind the pair at the top is South African Yurav Premlall, who carded the lowest round of his DP World Tour career with an eight-under-par 64 to head into the weekend on -10.
"There was a couple of stressful situations I put myself in, but other than that, I gave myself a lot of good looks and putted nicely and took advantage of the chances I had. So yeah, it's nice. It's been a while since I've been on top of the leaderboard, but yeah, that's always nice.
JC Ritchie, who also carded a second-round 64, lies a shot further back on -9 alongside Ricardo Gouveia.
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