HENDERSON CLICKS WITH A 65

TO MOVE INTO TOP 20 OF
CHALLENGE TOUR EVENT

By MICHAEL GIBBONS, Challenge Tour Press Officer

Aberdeen’s Scott Henderson, pictured right, produced a sparkling second round of seven-under-par 65 to move into contention at the European Challenge Tour’s Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata on Italy’s south-east coast today.
Henderson, who opened his week with a two-over-73 at Riva dei Tessali, made his comeback with seven birdies and 11 pars at the Metaponto Golf Club to move to five under for the tournament, joint 18th on 138 and just six shots behind leader Fredrik Widmark of Sweden with 36 holes to play.
Henderson will return to Riva dei Tessali for the weekend action, where he will be joined by fellow Scot George Murray, who just made the two under par cut mark of 141 with nothing to spare with rounds of 69 and 72.
There was disappointment for the six other Scots in the field, as Jack Doherty (one under 142 ), Peter Whiteford (one under 142 ), Jamie McLeary (two over 145), Eric Ramsay (two over 145), Andrew McArthur (three over 146) and Graham Gordon (six over 149) were all forced to catch early flights home.

The best-placed Scottish-based player at halfway is Gareth Wright, the Welsh son of the West Linton club professional. Gareth had 70 and 66 for 136.

SCOREBOARD

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS:
Par 143 (71 72 or 72 71).
132 Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 69 63.
133 Michael Hoey (NIr) 66 67; Raphaël Eyraud (Fra) 67 66; John E Morgan (Eng) 66 67.
135 Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 68 67; Stuart Cage (Eng) 67 68; Joost Luiten (Ned) 65 70.
136 Liam Bond (Wal) 70 66; Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 72 64; Gareth Wright (Wal) 70 66; Nicolas Vanhootegem (Bel) 66 70; Chris Gane (Eng) 68 68.
137 Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 68 69; Stuart Manley (Wal) 69 68; Giorgio Grillo (Ita) 71 66; Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 67 70; Ben Mason (Eng) 70 67.
138 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 68; Marco Crespi (Ita) 67 71; Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 72 66; Cédric Menut (Fra) 68 70; Scott Henderson (Sco) 73 65; James Morrison (Eng) 67 71; Tobias Dier (Ger) 71 67; Robin Swane (Ned) 67 71.
139 Raphaël De Sousa (Sui) 67 72; Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 71 68; Matteo Del Podio (Ita) 73 66; Lars Brovold (Nor) 71 68; Van Phillips (Eng) 65 74; Paul Nilbrink (Nor) 69 70; Anthony Grenier (Fra) 72 67; Francis Valera (Esp) 71 68; Andrea Zanini (Ita) 70 69; Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 71 68; Ricardo Santos (Por) 70 69; Brett Taylor (Eng) 74 65; Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 72 67; Andrea Zani (Ita) 71 68.
140 Marco Cidonio (Ita) 73 67; Michael Jonzon (Swe) 71 69; David Dixon (Eng) 68 72; Toni Karjalainen (Fin) 73 67; Nicola Maestroni (Ita) 71 69; Alessandro Napoleoni (Ita) 69 71; Niki Zitny (Aut) 68 72; Miguel Rodriguez (Arg) 69 71; Peter Baker (Eng) 70 70; Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Esp) 71 69; Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 70 70; Simon Lilly (Eng) 71 69; Matteo Peroni (Ita) 70 70; Martin Wiegele (Aut) 69 71; André Bossert (Sui) 68 72; Jamie Donaldson (Wal) 71 69.
141 Tim Milford (Eng) 75 66; Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 68 73; Morten Hedegaard (Den) 68 73; Peter Kaensche (Nor) 70 71; Per Barth (Swe) 72 69; Ben Willman (Eng) 72 69; Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 70 71; Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 70 71; Kariem Baraka (Ger) 68 73; George Murray (Sco) 69 72.
MISSED CUT
142 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 67 75; Roope Kakko (Fin) 68 74; Gary Clark (Eng) 70 72; Tiago Cruz (Por) 70 72; Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 71 71; Peter Whiteford (Sco) 72 70; Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den) 72 70; Jamie Little (Eng) 71 71; Jack Doherty (Sco) 72 70; Tuomas Tuovinen (Fin) 74 68; Jose Luis Adarraga Gomez (Spa) 75 67; Francisco Cea (Esp) 72 70.
143 Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 71 72; Ari Savolainen (Fin) 73 70; Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 72 71; Simon Robinson (Eng) 75 68; Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 75 68; Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 73 70; Julien Grillon (Fra) 72 71; Ross McGowan (Eng) 73 70; Nicolas Sulzer (Sui) 73 70; Kevin Harper (Eng) 72 71; Kieran Staunton (Eng) 74 69; Pablo Larrazabal (Esp) 73 70; Stephen Browne (Ire) 68 75; Jan-Are Larsen (Nor) 72 71.
144 Julien Van Hauwe (Fra) 71 73; Jerome Theunis (Bel) 70 74; Stefano Reale (Ita) 72 72. Renato De Rosa (Ita) 74 70; Philip Rowe (Eng) 74 70; Emmanuele Lattanzi (Ita) 71 73; Jacob Okello (Ken) 72 72; Paul Dwyer (Eng) 72 72; Manuel Kempe (Ger) 71 73; Matthew King (Eng) 77 67; Kasper Linnet Jorgensen (Den) 72 72; Damian Mooney (Nir) 73 71; Klas Eriksson (Swe) 77 67; Julien Guerrier (Fra) 72 72; 145 Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 74 71; Christian Reimbold (Ger) 74 71; Bertrand Coathalem (Fra) 69 76; Alessio Bruschi (Ita) 73 72.
145 Leif Westerberg (Swe) 72 73; Wil Besseling (Ned) 75 70; Jamie McLeary (Sco) 70 75; Pedro Linhart (Spa) 73 72; Eric Ramsay (Sco) 71 74; Benjamin Miarka (Ger) 70 75; Ally Mellor (Eng) 72 73.
146 Andrew McArthur (Sco) 78 68, Olivier David (Fra) 75 71, Gianluca Pietrobono (Ita) 69 77, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 71 75; Paolo Terreni (Ita) 73 73; Daniel Denison (Eng) 72 74; Pontus Ericsson (Swe) 72 74; Christoffer Lange (Den) 72 74; Michele Zanini (Ita) 73 73; Michael McGeady (Ire) 74 72; Andrea Rota (Ita) 75 71; Stuart Davis (Eng) 71 75; Michele Reale (Ita) 76 70; Robert Coles (Eng) 72 74.
147 Fernando Pasqualucci (Ita) 73 74; Ivan Campi (Ita) 73 74; Robert Wiederkehr (Sui) 72 75; John Mellor (Eng) 71 76; Magnus Persson (Swe) 74 73; Julien Xanthopoulos (Fra) 74 73; Zane Scotland (Eng) 69 78; Alfredo Da Corte (Ita) 74 73; Diego Borrego (Spa) 73 74; Marc Perez Gelma (Spa) 73 74.
148 Antti Ahokas (Fin) 73 75; Marco Bernardini (Ita) 71 77.
149 Graham Gordon (Sco) 78 71; Jonathan Baglioni (Ita) 75 74.
150 Thomas Nielsen (Den) 74 76; Joachim Hassan (Ita) 71 79; Alvaro Salto (Spa) 79 71; Panu Kylliäinen (Fin) 79 71; Alessio Mastriforti (Ita) 79 71.
151 Antonio Iurilli (Ita) 73 78; Carlos De Corral (Esp) 78 73; Andrea Cerri (Ita) 76 75; Gabriel Canizares (Esp) 76 75.
152 Quentin De Valensart (Bel) 79 73; Richard Treis (Ger) 78 74; Gregory Molteni (Ita) 76 76;
153 Lasse Jensen (Den) 74 79; Soren Juul (Den) 73 80; Phil Worthington (Eng) 78 75; Giulio Grippa (Ita) 79 74.
154 Sean Whiffin (Eng) 78 76; Simone Brizzolari (Ita) 79 75; Daniele Bellacci (Ita) 80 74; Angelo Regno (Ita) 77 77.
155 Alex McGuinness (Ken) 74 81.
156 Manuel Merizalde (Col) 76 80.
157 Andrea Ranza (Ita) 76 81; Alberto Campanile (Ita) (am) 75 82.