Swede Langfors grabs lead at European Tour’s World Super 6

PERTH: Little-known Swede Per Langfors hit a stunning 64 to be the outright leader after 54 holes at the European Tour’s World Super 6 in Perth yesterday. Langfors, playing in only his fifth event at his level,

compiled the round of the day, sinking seven birdies and an eagle, offset by a bogey on the 13th.

He was 10 under for the tournament which under its innovative rules has seen three days of stroke play, cutting the field, with only the top 24 players qualifying for today. They will now go head-to-head in six hole knockout matchplay to decide a winner at the Lake Karrinyup Country Club. A bonus for the top eight on the leaderboard was a bye into the second round on day four.

That means the remaining 16 players are split into eight matches, with half of them getting knocked out of the tournament in the first round. The winners are then paired against the eight players who enjoyed a bye.

“It feels really good, I’m excited for the matchplay,” said Langfors, who played for four years on the Nordic

League in Sweden before coming through qualifying to make his European Tour debut last year.

“It’s so fun, I mean I’m just enjoying every second of it.” He topped Ireland’s Paul Dunne, Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan and Australian Brad Kennedy by a stroke, with a group of four players including Belgian World Cup winner Thomas Pieters a shot further back.

Like Langfors, Reitan was a big mover, carding a seven-under-par 65, while Dunne stroked a 66. “The main goal today was just get into the matchplay, so it was nice to have done that,” said Dunne, who won the British Masters in 2017.

“I like the idea of the format. It’s intense, which is good. I think I will be mentally sharp right from the getgo in the morning and just try and make as many putts as I can.” — AFP