After a difficult start to the season, nine-time DP World Tour winner Pablo Larrazábal finally had something to smile about at the Qatar Masters.
The Spaniard made his 302nd career cut on the DP World Tour, ending a rough patch that saw him miss the cut in both Dubai and Bahrain. While he is not near the top of the leaderboard, simply making it through to the weekend marked an important step forward.
Larrazábal currently sits tied for 53rd at Doha Golf Club after two rounds of 71.
Speaking after his second round, he admitted it has been a tough few weeks.
“I’ve been struggling in the first three tournaments of the season, well of the year. I know my game is there I’ve been working as hard as ever in my life,” he said.
“I’ve been a professional golf player for 22 years, this is my 19th season on Tour and I’ve never worked as hard as now.”“Missing the cut in Dubai, missing the cut in Bahrain. But my game is there I just have to believe. This was very important for me, for my confidence, obviously for my bank account too. Very happy to play over the weekend.”
Larrazábal’s performance in Qatar was a clear improvement from last week in Bahrain where rounds of 71 and 73 left him finishing at even par and outside the cut line.
This week he opened with two bogeys and three birdies on Thursday to post 71. He repeated the same score on Friday with another mix of three birdies and two bogeys.
With confidence slowly returning, Larrazábal will now look to push higher up the leaderboard over the weekend
DP World Tour Qatar Masters Round 3 tee times
Pablo Larrazábal is set to begin his third round of the Qatar Masters at 7:15 AM, where he will head out alongside Niklas Norgaard.
All remaining players who made the cut will start their rounds from the 1st tee, with groups going out in morning waves.
Below is the full list of Round 3 tee times for the DP World Tour event:
- 6:45 AM: Mike Toorop
- 6:55 AM: Ryan Peake, Sebastian Söderberg
- 7:05 AM: Romain Langasque, Junghwan Lee
- 7:15 AM: Niklas Norgaard, Pablo Larrazábal
- 7:25 AM: Clement Charmasson, Sam Bairstow
- 7:35 AM : Bernd Wiesberger, Brandon Stone
- 7:45 AM: Oihan Guillamoundeguy, Renato Paratore
- 8:00 AM: Adrian Otaegui, Taehoon Ok
- 8:10 AM: Benjamin Follett Smith, Nathan Kimsey
- 8:20 AM: Jayden Schaper, Adri Arnaus
- 8:30 AM: Tom Vaillant, Francesco Laporta
- 8:40 AM: Antoine Rozner, Calum Hill
- 8:50 AM: Marcus Armitage, Julien Guerrier
- 9:00 AM: Andy Sullivan, Padraig Harrington
- 9:15 AM : Frederic Lacroix, Jacques Kruyswijk
- 9:25 AM: Sean Crocker, Tobias Jonsson
- 9:35 AM : Daniel Van Tonder, Nacho Elvira
- 9:45 AM : Adam Blomme, Dylan Frittelli
- 9:55 AM: Daniel Rodrigues, Matthew Jordan
- 10:05 AM: Dan Bradbury, Marcus Kinhult
- 10:15 AM: Cameron Adam, Jason Scrivener
- 10:30 AM: Todd Clements, Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- 10:40 AM : Oliver Lindell, Guido Migliozzi
- 10:50 AM: Sadom Kaewkanjana, Mikael Lindberg
- 11:00 AM: Hugo Townsend, Quentin Debove
- 11:10 AM : Jesper Svensson, Rafa Cabrera Bello
- 11:20 AM: Johannes Veerman, Grant Forrest
- 11:35 AM : Gregorio De Leo, Hennie Du Plessis
- 11:45 AM : Kazuma Kobori, Paul Waring
- 11:55 AM: David Micheluzzi, Jacob Skov Olesen
- 12:05 PM: Kota Kaneko, Angel Ayora
- 12:15 PM: Ewen Ferguson, Matt Wallace
- 12:25 PM: Daniel Hillier, Richard Sterne
- 12:35 PM: Joakim Lagergren, Patrick Reed
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