McARTHUR SUFFERS PUTTING COLLAPSE WITH
A 78 IN CHALLENGE OF IRELAND


From Michael Gibbons
Challenge Tour Press Officer

Andrew McArthur struggled to a second round 78 to fall from eight under to two under at the halfway stage of the Challenge of Ireland presented by Glasson.
The Scot suffered a putting collapse that he could not recover from on a blustery day at the Glasson Golf Hotel and Country Club, missing from two feet to bogey the par five second hole before four putting the par four fourth.
“I dug my own grave today,” said McArthur, who now trials Frenchman Michael Lorenzo-Vera by six shots going into the weekend.
“It was difficult enough in those conditions without doing that – it was a day I’ll have to try and forget as quickly as possible and try and get things going again tomorrow.”
Despite his poor second round, McArthur is the only Scot under par at the €150,000 Challenge Tour event, with Scott Henderson on level par after a second consecutive 72.
Joining McArthur and Henderson for the weekend action are Jack Doherty and George Murray – both on one over after respective second rounds of 72 and 74 – as well as Eric Ramsay who carded a 72.
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
136 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 63 73;
139 Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 67 72; Liam Bond (Wal) 73 66; Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 69 70;
140 Leif Westerberg (Swe) 71 69;
141 Alvaro Velasco (Esp) 69 72; Stuart Manley (Wal) 70 71;
142 Andrew McArthur (Sco) 64 78; Francis Valera (Esp) 71 71; Gareth Maybin (Irl) 69 73; Julio Zapata (Arg) 69 73; Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 70 72; Tim Dykes (Wal) 68 74; Justin Kehoe (Irl) 69 73;
143 John Mellor (Eng) 70 73; Ally Mellor (Eng) 74 69; Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 71 72; Matthew Cort (Eng) 70 73; Magnus Persson (Swe) 71 72; David Mortimer (Irl) 72 71; Peter Kaensche (Nor) 70 73; Andrew Butterfield (Eng) 74 69;
144 Oskar Bergman (Swe) 71 73; Stuart Davis (Eng) 67 77; Scott Henderson (Sco) 72 72 ; Gary Clark (Eng) 73 71; Jamie Little (Eng) 70 74;
145 Jack Doherty (Sco) 73 72; Didier De Vooght (Bel) 67 78; Peter Baker (Eng) 72 73; Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 70 75; Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 69 76; Martin Wiegele (Aut) 70 75; Mark Murphy (Irl) 67 78; Matthew Richardson (Eng) 70 75; George Murray (Sco) 71 74;
146 Colm Moriarty (Irl) 72 74; Stephen Scahill (Nzl) 69 77; John E Morgan (Eng) 69 77; Mickael Dieu (Fra) 71 75; Richard O'hanlon (Eng) 71 75; Gary Cullen (Eng) 70 76; Roope Kakko (Fin) 71 75; Eric Ramsay (Sco) 74 72;
147 Oliver Whiteley (Eng) 72 75; Warren Bladon (Eng) 68 79; Thomas Nielsen (Den) 72 75; Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 71 76; David Dixon (Eng) 74 73; Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 72 75; Gustavo Acosta (Arg) 73 74; Mark Campbell (Irl) 73 74; Paul Nilbrink (Nor) 71 76; Raphaël Eyraud (Fra) 76 71; Kieran Staunton (Eng) 71 76; Michael Hoey (Nir) 74 73; Juan Abbate (Arg) 71 76; Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 70 77; Leslie Walker (Irl) 72 75; Ross Mcgowan (Eng) 75 72; Craig Smith (Wal) 72 75;
148 Rodolfo Gonzalez (Arg) 72 76; Glen Robinson (Irl) 73 75; Toni Karjalainen (Fin) 70 78; Kariem Baraka (Ger) 73 75; Phil Worthington (Eng) 72 76; Soren Juul (Den) 73 75; Gary Madden (Irl) 74 74; Van Phillips (Eng) 72 76;
149 Robert Coles (Eng) 74 75; Klas Eriksson (Swe) 75 74; Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 75 74; Christian Reimbold (Ger) 72 77; Padraig Dooley (Irl) 74 75; Adam Frayne (Eng) 74 75; Gustavo Rojas (Arg) 71 78;
150 Julien Xanthopoulos (Fra) 74 76; Olivier David (Fra) 72 78; Jamie Donaldson (Wal) 70 80; Paul Dwyer (Eng) 73 77; Jose Luis Adarraga Gomez (Esp) 76 74; Jan-Are Larsen (Nor) 76 74; Pontus Ericsson (Swe) 71 79; Hernan Rey (Arg) 75 75; Jamie McLeary (Sco) 73 77; Carlos Del Moral (Esp) 75 75; Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 71 79; Stephen Browne (Irl) 73 78; François Calmels (Fra) 74 77; Simon Thornton (Irl) 72 79; Kevin Harper (Eng) 76 75; Ben Willman (Eng) 71 80; David P Jones (Irl) 71 80; Jorge Benedetti (Col) 75 76; John Dwyer (Irl) 72 79; Damian Mooney (Nir) 72 79; James Ablett (Eng) 77 74; James H Williams (Wal) 71 80; Mark Sheppard (Wal) 74 77;
152 Robert Dinwiddie (Eng) 74 78; Robin Swane (Ned) 73 79; Gavin Mcneill (Irl) 70 82; Marco Crespi (Ita) 76 76; Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 76 76; Miguel Rodriguez (Arg) 73 79; Denny Lucas (Eng) 73 80; Anthony Grenier (Fra) 73 80; Antti Ahokas (Fin) 74 79; Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 75 78; Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 75 78; Mark Staunton (Irl) 72 81;
154 Gareth Wright (Wal) 78 76; Mark O'Sullivan (Irl) 72 82; Pablo Del Grosso (Arg) 71 83; Alex R Sundsten (Nor) 77 77; Martin Lemesurier (Eng) 76 78; Seamus Power (Am) ; (Irl) 75 79;
155 Michael Curtis (Irl) 78 77; Paolo Terreni (Ita) 75 80; Matthew King (Eng) 73 82; Tobias Dier (Ger) 78 77; Johan Sköld (Swe) 77 78; Daniel De Leon (Mex) 78 77; Peter Whiteford (Sco) 80 75; Jon Bevitt (Eng) 78 77; Ted Higgins (Irl) 81 74; Joe Lyons (Am) (Irl) 77 78;
156 Anthony Tarchetti (Eng) 78 78; Carlos Balmaseda (Esp) 75 81; Cédric Menut (Fra) 78 78; Jorge Bartolome (Esp) 73 83; Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 77 79; Peter Williamson (Irl) 72 84;
157 Scott Jamieson (Sco) 78 79; Noel Fox (Irl) 76 81; Craig Williams (Wal) 77 80;
158 Tiago Cruz (Por) 80 78; Jerome Theunis (Bel) 77 81; Julien Foret (Fra) 77 81;
159 Daniel Sugrue (Irl) 74 85; Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 79 80; Michael Mcgeady (Irl) 76 83; Alessio Bruschi (Ita) 72 87; Greg Bowden (Irl) 73 86;
160 Jason Kelly (Nor) 77 83; Tim Rice (Irl) 80 80; Kevin McGrath (Irl) 79 81;
161 Mark Laskey (Wal) 79 82;
162 Daniel Barbetti (Arg) 81 81; Simon Harrison (Eng) 84 78;
163 Julien Van Hauwe (Fra) 83 80; Shane Franklin (Irl) 74 89;
171 Adian Dooley (Am) (Irl) 89 82;
Disqualified - Paul McDonald (Irl) 76.
Withdrew - Mervyn Owens (Irl) 83.

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