Debutant Drummond lying joint fourth after 36 holes
CALI TAKES SECOND-ROUND
EUROPEAN SENIORS TOUR
LEAD AT BARBADOS OPEN
By STEVEN FRANKLIN
Press Officer, European Seniors Tour
BBC golf presenter Gary Lineker proved he is a pretty decent golfer himself by finishing joint runner-up in the amateur competition at the DGM Barbados Open, the opening event of the 2007 European Seniors Tour season.
However, the Seniors Tour professionals still have one more round to play and Italy’s Giuseppe Cali heads the leaderboard at Royal Westmoreland by three strokes with a 36-hole total of seven-under-par 137.
The DGM Barbados Open has a pro-am format. The professionals compete for a $250,000 prize fund in a 54-hole stroke-play event. At the same time they accompany amateur partners who maintain a better-ball score with their professional for a concurrent amateur competition.
Lineker, the former England footballer, carded better ball scores of 61, 65 and 67 for a 23-under-par total of 193, tying Bob Briscoe in second place.
Laura Mahony won the amateur event with a total of 29-under-par.
Now the attention will focus on the climax to the professional event, with Cali looking to wrap up the first title of the year and the third of his European Seniors Tour career.
The Italian has so far carded scores of 68 and 69 for 137 and will go into the final round with a three- stroke advantage over England’s Bob Cameron. Jamaica’s Delroy Cambridge is one stroke farther back in third place.
Nick Job of England, the first-round leader after a bogey-free 67, is in a six-way tie for fourth place on 142.
Job was tied with Cali around the turn but the Londoner ran into problems on the back nine, the worst of which saw him make 7 at the long 16th en route to a 75.
Also among those on 142 is European Seniors Tour debutant Ross Drummond from Prestwick. The four times Scottish professional champion and long-time European Tour regular added a 70 to his opening 72.
Defending champion José Rivero of Spain is in the group a shot further back.
Further down the field, Adan Sowa of Argentina celebrated a notable personal achievement when he recorded the first hole-in-one of his professional career. Sowa delivered the perfect blow with a five-iron at the 12th hole to win 198 bottles of wine – one for every yard of the hole - courtesy of Hardys, the No. 1 Australian wine brand in the UK and sponsor of the European Seniors Tour Hole-in-One prize.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
137 Giuseppe Cali (Ita) 68 69.
140 Bob Cameron (Eng) 70 70.
141 Delroy Cambridge (Jam) 71 70.
142 Gordon J Brand (Eng) 72 70, Juan Quiros (Spa) 73 69, Ian Mosey (Eng) 69 73, Ross Drummond (Sco) 72 70, Doug Johnson (US) 72 70, Nick Job (Eng) 67 75.
143 José Rivero (Esp) 69 74, Luis Carbonetti (Arg) 69 74, Alan Tapie (USA) 70 73, Tony Johnstone (Zim) 72 71.
144 Antonio Garrido (Spa) 69 75.
145 Denis O'Sullivan (Ire) 70 75.
146 Jerry Bruner (US) 69 77, Martin Poxon (Eng) 74 72, Bob Lendzion (US) 75 71, Jimmy Heggarty (NIr) 72 74, John Chillas (Sco) 73 73, Glenn Ralph (Eng) 78 68.
147 Andrew Murray (Eng) 76 71, Adan Sowa (Arg) 74 73, Gavan Levenson (SAf) 73 74.
148 Bruce Heuchan (Can) 75 73, Bill Hardwick (Can) 75 73, Pete Oakley (US) 71 77, Mike Miller (Sco) 74 74.
149 Maurice Bembridge (Eng) 73 76, Bob Boyd (US) 72 77, Tony Charnley (Eng) 76 73, Bertus Smit (SAf) 75 74, Tim Rastall (Eng) 76 73, Victor Garcia (Spa) 74 75.
150 David J Russell (Eng) 72 78, Kevin Spurgeon (Eng) 72 78, David Creamer (Eng) 75 75, John Benda (US) 74 76.
151 Neville Clarke (SAf) 79 72, Horacio Carbonetti (Arg) 78 73.
152 Emilio Rodriguez (Spa) 80 72153 Manuel Piñero (Esp) 76 77.
154 Gery Watine (Fra) 79 75.
155 Martin Gray (Sco) 78 77.
157 Ray Carrasco (US) 76 81, Guillermo Encina (Chi) 77 80, Tommy Horton (Eng) 78 79.
160 Brian Evans (Eng) 79 81.
EUROPEAN SENIORS TOUR
LEAD AT BARBADOS OPEN
By STEVEN FRANKLIN
Press Officer, European Seniors Tour
BBC golf presenter Gary Lineker proved he is a pretty decent golfer himself by finishing joint runner-up in the amateur competition at the DGM Barbados Open, the opening event of the 2007 European Seniors Tour season.
However, the Seniors Tour professionals still have one more round to play and Italy’s Giuseppe Cali heads the leaderboard at Royal Westmoreland by three strokes with a 36-hole total of seven-under-par 137.
The DGM Barbados Open has a pro-am format. The professionals compete for a $250,000 prize fund in a 54-hole stroke-play event. At the same time they accompany amateur partners who maintain a better-ball score with their professional for a concurrent amateur competition.
Lineker, the former England footballer, carded better ball scores of 61, 65 and 67 for a 23-under-par total of 193, tying Bob Briscoe in second place.
Laura Mahony won the amateur event with a total of 29-under-par.
Now the attention will focus on the climax to the professional event, with Cali looking to wrap up the first title of the year and the third of his European Seniors Tour career.
The Italian has so far carded scores of 68 and 69 for 137 and will go into the final round with a three- stroke advantage over England’s Bob Cameron. Jamaica’s Delroy Cambridge is one stroke farther back in third place.
Nick Job of England, the first-round leader after a bogey-free 67, is in a six-way tie for fourth place on 142.
Job was tied with Cali around the turn but the Londoner ran into problems on the back nine, the worst of which saw him make 7 at the long 16th en route to a 75.
Also among those on 142 is European Seniors Tour debutant Ross Drummond from Prestwick. The four times Scottish professional champion and long-time European Tour regular added a 70 to his opening 72.
Defending champion José Rivero of Spain is in the group a shot further back.
Further down the field, Adan Sowa of Argentina celebrated a notable personal achievement when he recorded the first hole-in-one of his professional career. Sowa delivered the perfect blow with a five-iron at the 12th hole to win 198 bottles of wine – one for every yard of the hole - courtesy of Hardys, the No. 1 Australian wine brand in the UK and sponsor of the European Seniors Tour Hole-in-One prize.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
137 Giuseppe Cali (Ita) 68 69.
140 Bob Cameron (Eng) 70 70.
141 Delroy Cambridge (Jam) 71 70.
142 Gordon J Brand (Eng) 72 70, Juan Quiros (Spa) 73 69, Ian Mosey (Eng) 69 73, Ross Drummond (Sco) 72 70, Doug Johnson (US) 72 70, Nick Job (Eng) 67 75.
143 José Rivero (Esp) 69 74, Luis Carbonetti (Arg) 69 74, Alan Tapie (USA) 70 73, Tony Johnstone (Zim) 72 71.
144 Antonio Garrido (Spa) 69 75.
145 Denis O'Sullivan (Ire) 70 75.
146 Jerry Bruner (US) 69 77, Martin Poxon (Eng) 74 72, Bob Lendzion (US) 75 71, Jimmy Heggarty (NIr) 72 74, John Chillas (Sco) 73 73, Glenn Ralph (Eng) 78 68.
147 Andrew Murray (Eng) 76 71, Adan Sowa (Arg) 74 73, Gavan Levenson (SAf) 73 74.
148 Bruce Heuchan (Can) 75 73, Bill Hardwick (Can) 75 73, Pete Oakley (US) 71 77, Mike Miller (Sco) 74 74.
149 Maurice Bembridge (Eng) 73 76, Bob Boyd (US) 72 77, Tony Charnley (Eng) 76 73, Bertus Smit (SAf) 75 74, Tim Rastall (Eng) 76 73, Victor Garcia (Spa) 74 75.
150 David J Russell (Eng) 72 78, Kevin Spurgeon (Eng) 72 78, David Creamer (Eng) 75 75, John Benda (US) 74 76.
151 Neville Clarke (SAf) 79 72, Horacio Carbonetti (Arg) 78 73.
152 Emilio Rodriguez (Spa) 80 72153 Manuel Piñero (Esp) 76 77.
154 Gery Watine (Fra) 79 75.
155 Martin Gray (Sco) 78 77.
157 Ray Carrasco (US) 76 81, Guillermo Encina (Chi) 77 80, Tommy Horton (Eng) 78 79.
160 Brian Evans (Eng) 79 81.
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