Johannesburg Open reaches halfway stage

FORSYTH AND LITTLE ONLY
SCOTS TO BEAT THE CUT

Alastair Forsyth and Euan Little were the only Scots to survive the halfway cut in the Johannesburg Open at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, South Africa today.
Alastair moved up to a share of eighth place on eight-under-par 135. He has scored 67 and 68 to be three shots behind three South African joint leaders - James Kington, Hennie Otto and rookie Jakobus Roos, all on 11-under-par 132 with two rounds to play.
First-round leader Andrew McLardy, a South African whose parents hail from Helensburgh, dropped down to 135 with a 72, nine shots worse than his first round.
Euan Little made the cut with nothing to spare. Rounds of 69 and 71 put him in joint 64th place on three-under-par 140, which was the maximum figure for the final two rounds.
Steven O'Hara, David Drysdale and Alan McLean all missed out by three shots. Derek Crawford was well off the mark on 148.

LEADING QUALIFIERS
Par 143 (71+72)
Players from South Africa unless stated

132 James Kington 66 66, Hennie Otto 65 67, Jakobus Roos 67 75.
133 Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 67 66.
134 Dean Lambert 768 66, Ariel Canete (Arg) 66 68, Louis Oosthuizen 65 69.
135 Mark Murless 64 71, Magnus Persson (Swe) 68 67, Jaco Van Zyl 67 68, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 66 69, Richard Sterne 69 76, Doug McGuigan 68 67, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 64 71, Magnus Carlsson (Swe) 69 66, Alastair Forsyth (Sco) 67 68, Andrew McLardy 63 72, Matthew Zions (Aus) 67 68.
Other qualifiers included:
136 David Park (Wales) 65 71.
137 Justin Walters (Eng) 68 68, David Dixon (Eng) 66 71, Chris Gane (Eng) 765 72, Ed Rush (Eng) 70 67, Olvier Wilson (Eng) 69 68, Gareth Davies (Eng) 66 71.
138 Robert Dinwiddie (Eng) 69 69, David Higgins (Ire) 69 69, Andrew Marshall (Eng) 69 69, Ben Barhan (Eng) 68 70.
140 Euan Little 69 61.
(Players with 141 or worse failed to qualify).
Scottish non-qualifiers:
143 Steven O'Hara 71 72, David Drysdale 72 71, Alan McLean 70 73.
148 Derek Crawford 72 76.