European Tour: Andy Sullivan is at T3 at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters after the first round.

Commercial Bank Qatar Masters: Nicolai Hojgaard is atop the leaderboard following the completion of the opening round.

Nicolai Hojgaard  sits atop the European Tour'sCommercial Bank Qatar Masters after the completion of the first round. The Dane shot a round of -7 to gain an edge on Joost Luiten in second place and Jeff Winther, Andy Sullivan, Carlos Pigem, Thomas Pieters, Jorge Campillo and Lorenzo Gagli who sit tied for third place. Hojgaard leads by 1 shots after posting 9 birdies en route to an opening round 64.

"It was a good day", Hoigaard said. "I started out slow, was playing really bad on the first four, five, six holes - I was still two under at that point but I was just playing it all over the place. My putter was just on fire today, that's the difference. When I came to the back nine I was hitting fairways, hitting it close and rolling the putter. You just hit the button and you keep going. I was hitting the fairway, I was hitting greens, I was getting close on the par fives. 

"My putter was just the difference today. I was playing okay with the long game but I was just holing everything. The back nine is a bit more tricky off the tee so I would say it was more of a three wood on the back nine, I was hitting a lot of three woods and it was pretty good."

Andy Sullivan, currently number 135 in the world golf ranking, carded a opening round 66 to find himself in T3 position and trailing leader Nicolai Hojgaard by 2 shots. Sullivan, currently ranked 135 in the world golf ranking, logged 6 birdies in his opening round.

Scott Jamieson is at -4 after the opening round at position T9. The Scotsman posted a 67 at Education City GC in the opening round of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.

David Drysdale carded a opening round 67 to find himself in T9 position and trailing leader Nicolai Hojgaard by 3 shots. Drysdale turned in 5 birdies in his opening round.

Marcus Armitage carded a opening round 67 to find himself in T9 position and trailing leader Nicolai Hojgaard by 3 shots. Armitage, currently ranked 489 in the world golf ranking, registered 7 birdies in his opening round.

Ross Fisher, currently number 170 in the world golf ranking, carded a opening round 68 to find himself in T16 position and trailing leader Nicolai Hojgaard by 4 shots. Fisher, currently ranked 170 in the world golf ranking, turned in 6 birdies in his opening round.

MacIntyre, Robert is at -3 after the opening round at position T16. The Scotsman finished the round at Education City GC in 68 strokes in the opening round of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.

Dave Coupland carded a opening round 68 to find himself in T16 position and trailing leader Nicolai Hojgaard by 4 shots. Coupland posted 6 birdies in his opening round.

David Horsey carded a opening round 69 to find himself in T27 position and trailing leader Nicolai Hojgaard by 5 shots. Horsey recorded 4 birdies in his opening round.

The Commercial Bank Qatar Masters is part of the European Tour. The tournament is being played from March 5th until the 8th of March 2020 at Education City GC in Doha, Qatar. This year a total prize money of USD 1,750,000 will be awarded to the players. The course for the tournament at Education City GC plays at Par 71.

Last year Justin Harding was able to secure his first European Tour title ever at the Commercial Bank Quatar Masters. The South African impressed with a birdie series of five birdies on the back nine. In the end, Harding won two shots ahead of a group of nine.

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