Paul Lawrie misses cut with a bogey at the 18th

BARRY HUME ONE SHOT OFF THE
PACE IN SINGAPORE MASTERS

Indian stalwart Jyoti Randhawa is in prime position after he grabbed the halfway lead after a strong four-under-par 68 in the Clariden Leu Singapore Masters on Friday.
Randhawa romped home with seven birdies against three dropped shots on a windy day at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club.
Randhawa is at the top of the pile of 11-under-par 133, one shot ahead of Glasgow's Barry Hume, a former Scottish amateur champion, pictured right.

Malaysia’s Iain Steel, 35, who has Scottish blood in his veins, moved up the leaderboard with a 65 to be joint third alongside England's Gary Lockerbie.

The humble Hume was happy to be among the frontrunners in lone second position after five birdies and despite a double bogey on the 17th hole, the 25-year-old Scot is optimistic of his chances at the top.
“Although it is always disappointing to double bogey the 17th, my golf overall has been good so I am not too worried about that. There are a lot of players here who are going to miss out so I am happy that I made the cut, but I have probably done better so far than I thought I would,” said Hume, who retained his card this season when South African Anton Haig pulled out of the Volvo Masters of Asia, the season-ending event on the Asian Tour last year.
“It is one of those breaks that people get in their career and I hope that is the one that changes my career and sends it the way I want it to go,” said Hume.

Apart from Barry, the only Scots to survive the halfway cut at two-under-par 142, were Andrew Coltart (joint eighth on 138 after a 70) and Far East-based Ross Bain and Simon Yates.

There were a cluster of big names among the non-qualifiers - Lee Westwood, Ian Woosnam, Paul Lawrie, David Howell and Darren Clarke to name but five.

Paul Lawrie had halves of 34 and 38 in a 72 for one-under-par 143. Paul birdied the first, second and 13th but bogeyed the fifth, 10th, 11th and 18th. That bogey at the last made all the difference in the final analysis.

Other Scots who failed to beat the cut were Stephen Gallachger on 143, Andrew Oldcorn on 144, Marc Warren 146, David Drysdale 149, Steven O'Hara on 151 and Scott Drummond on 153.

LEADING HALFWAY SCORES

Par 144 (2 x 72)
133 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 65-68.
134 Barry Hume (Sco) 65-69.
135 Iain Steel (Mas) 70-65, Gary Lockerbie (Eng) 68-67.
136 Peter Lawrie (Ire) 66-70, Liang Wen-chong (Chi) 64-72
137 Marcus Fraser (Aus) 64-73
138 Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 68-70, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 69-69, Andrew Coltart (Sco) 69-69
139 Simon Khan (Eng) 69-70, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 69-70, Jean Van De Velde (Fra) 68-71, Scott Barr (Aus) 70-69, Mark Pilkington (Wal) 72-67, Angelo Que (Phi) 66-73, Ross Bain (Sco) 69-70, Matthew Zions (Aus) 68-71, Richard Bland (Eng) 72-67, Mark Bro (NZ) 66-73, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 66-73, Lin Wen-tang (Tpe) 69-70, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69-70
140 David Lynn (Eng) 72-68, Simon Dyson (Eng) 71-69, Steve Webster (Eng) 71-69, Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 72-68, Hendrik Buhrmann (SAf) 71-69, Peter Senior (AUS) 70-70, David Carter (Eng) 74-66, Ross Fisher (Eng) 74-66, Adam Blyth (Aus) 67-73, Graeme Storm (Eng) 66-74, Chinarat Phadungsil (Tha) 69-71, Anthony Wall (Eng) 68-72, Frankie Minoza (Phi) 69-71, Phillip Price (Wal) 69-71.
Other scores included:

141 Simon Yates (Sco) 68 73 (36-37).

NON-QUALIFIERS (143 and over) included:

143 Lee Westwood (Eng) 70 73, Paul Lawrie (Sco) 71 72 (34-38), Stephen Gallacher (Sco) 72 71 (34-37).

144 Andrew Oldcorn (Sco) 70 74 (36-38).

146 Marc Warren (Sco) 73 73 (36-37).

149 David Drysdale (Sco) 78 71 (35-36).

151 Steven O'Hara (Sco) 77 74 (38-36).

153 Scott Drummond (Sco) 73 80 (40-40).