{"id":83067,"date":"2024-04-19T10:47:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T10:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/?p=83067"},"modified":"2024-04-19T10:47:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T10:47:36","slug":"li-and-hend-one-back-of-catlin-at-the-top-while-moroccans-lguirati-and-raouzi-make-the-weekend-at-2024-saudi-open-presented-by-pif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/?p=83067","title":{"rendered":"Li and Hend one back of Catlin at the top while Moroccans Lguirati and Raouzi make the weekend at 2024 Saudi Open presented by PIF"},"content":{"rendered":"[mhc_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; gradient_background=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#444444&#8243; gradient_style=&#8221;horizontal&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; video_hide=&#8221;off&#8221; video_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_advanced_padding=&#8221;on&#8221; remove_padding=&#8221;on&#8221; 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background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221;]\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li style=\"direction: ltr;\">John Catlin birdied the 18<sup>th<\/sup> to remain at the top of the 2024 Saudi Open presented by PIF leaderboard<\/li>\n<li style=\"direction: ltr;\">Haotong Li and Scott Hend are one back after making the most of easier morning conditions to put themselves into contention at Riyadh Golf Club<\/li>\n<li style=\"direction: ltr;\">Moroccan Ayoub Lgiurati and Othman Raouzi made the cut as Saudi amateur Khalid Walid Attieh missed out by one stroke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Ain Alalam &#8211; Rashad Iskandrni<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\">Haotong Li and Scott Hend made the most of the calm morning conditions to head into the weekend one shot behind pacesetter John Catlin, who leads on 10-under-par after day two of the 2024 Saudi Open presented by PIF.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\">Catlin birdied the 18<sup>th<\/sup> hole as the sun set on a warm day at Riyadh Golf Club to ensure he heads into Friday ahead of Chinese star and DP World Tour member Li, who shot a scintillating 65, and Australian Hend. Steve Lewton\u2019s 64 was the best round of the day and sees him in third place alongside David Puig, who finished his round with a triple bogey on the ninth hole.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\">Amateur Khalid Walid Attieh looked set to make history as the first Saudi player to make the cut since the tournament was elevated to the Asian Tour, however three bogeys on the back nine saw him miss out by one, with a putt just sliding by at the last.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\">Moroccan golfers Ayoub Lguirati and Othman Raouzi, who were two of the golfers given special invites to the tournament as part of Golf Saudi\u2019s strategic partnership with the Arab Golf Federation, finished on one-under-par and even par respectively to extend their participation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\">Lguirati said: \u201cIt was a positive day for me with only one bogey and one birdie. I stuck to my strategy all day and ended with a good result in a tough competition. I am very happy to have made the cut in this tournament and to play over the next two days.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\">\u201cI usually play on the second tier Asian Development Tour but with the help of the Royal Moroccan Golf Association and Golf Saudi I have been able to reach this level and I continue improving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\">Meanwhile, Li is excited to challenge for the 2024 Saudi Open presented by PIF trophy as he looks to put some recent poor form behind him. Four birdies in five holes on his back nine catapulted him up the leaderboard.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\">Li said: \u201cI played really well and wasted some chances. The course played a lot easier compared to yesterday, because of no wind and easier pin positions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\">\u201cI am still struggling a little bit off the tee, but except for that everything\u2019s pretty solid overall. I am here to try and get the job done and get the trophy! So hopefully I have a hot start tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\">Li will play alongside Hend and Catlin on Friday, but will be wary of Asian Tour Order of Merit leader Puig in the penultimate group, who won the PIF Moment of the Day for a stunning front nine of 29, which included five birdies and an eagle in his first six holes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"direction: ltr;\">For more social content, follow @thesaudiopen on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thesaudiopen\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thesaudiopen\">TikTok<\/a>, while the fan zone at Riyadh Golf Club will be open from 9am \u2013 11pm Friday and Saturday with tickets available to buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tixr.com\/groups\/saudiopen\/events\/saudi-open-presented-by-pif-100010\">here<\/a>, starting from 50 SAR.<\/p>\n[\/mhc_text][\/mhc_column][mhc_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][mhc_image admin_label=&#8221;\u0635\u0648\u0631\u0629&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;right&#8221; hoverfx=&#8221;none&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; image_mask=&#8221;off&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;0&#8243; align=&#8221;right&#8221; force_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-19-at-3.55.41-AM-1.jpeg&#8221;] [\/mhc_image][\/mhc_column][\/mhc_row][\/mhc_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[mhc_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; gradient_background=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#444444&#8243; gradient_style=&#8221;horizontal&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; video_hide=&#8221;off&#8221; video_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_advanced_padding=&#8221;on&#8221; remove_padding=&#8221;on&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; column_paddings=&#8221;padding-0pct&#8221; column_match_heights=&#8221;off&#8221; background_leak=&#8221;bottom&#8221; background_leak_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; background_leak_size=&#8221;25&#8243; separator_top=&#8221;off&#8221; separator_bottom=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image_size=&#8221;cover&#8221; background_image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_image_position_x=&#8221;center&#8221; background_image_position_y=&#8221;center&#8221;][mhc_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][mhc_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][mhc_image admin_label=&#8221;\u0635\u0648\u0631\u0629&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ain6.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; hoverfx=&#8221;scaleup&#8221; sticky=&#8221;on&#8221; image_mask=&#8221;off&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;0&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221; force_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; alt=&#8221;\u0645\u0648\u0642\u0639 \u0639\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u0647\u0648 \u0645\u0648\u0642\u0639 \u062a\u0633\u0648\u064a\u0642\u064a \u0648\u0641\u0642 \u0648\u062b\u064a\u0642\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631.&#8221;] [\/mhc_image][mhc_search_bar admin_label=&#8221;\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0637 \u0628\u062d\u062b&#8221; post_type=&#8221;all&#8221; show_terms=&#8221;off&#8221; terms_tax=&#8221;post_tag&#8221; placeholder=&#8221;\u0627\u0628\u062d\u062b [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}