MURRAY URQUHART LEVEL
PAR AFTER TWO ROUNDS
OF SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR
QUALIFYING SCHOOL

Northern Open champion Murray Urquhart from Inverness has had two par-matching rounds of 72 in the Sunshine Tour Qualifying School at Country Club of Johannesburg in South Africa.
Urquhart, pictured right, knows the two courses being used well from previous trips so that has been a big help to the Scot who played on the Challenge Tour and Tartan Tour in 2007.
South African Louis Moolman leads with 66 and 69 for 135.
December 19 - Sunshine Tour Qualifying School.
The leading British player is second-placed Jeremy Kavanagh from Stoke Park Golf Club. He flew straight to Johannesburg from failing to make the grade at the Asian Tour Qualifying School.
The 72-hole South African event is being played over the long but more open CCJ-Woodlands course (7,411yd) and the tighter, tree-lined Observatory GC course (7,030), both with pars of 72.
Urquhart four birdies and four bogeys over CCJ-Woodlands in Round 1 and three birdies-three bogeys over Observatory.
The cut after two rounds reduced the field to 109 players with totals of 151 or better. The next cut is at the end of 54 holes - down to 64 and ties.
On Friday, after completion of the fourth round, the leading 40 players and ties will gain playing rights for the South African Tour in early 2008.
"If I am successful, it will open up a new door for me and the plan would be to play solidly in Africa for the first two months of the year," said Urquhart before flying out to South Africa on December 13.
QUALIFIERS FOR THIRD ROUND
Par 144 (2 x 72)
135 Louis Moolman 66 69
136 Jeremy Kavanagh (Eng) 68 68
138 Oliver Bekker 72 66
139 Lars Brovold (Nor) 67 72, Martin Maritz 66 73, Markus Myburgh 73 66
140 Tyrone Ferreira 71 69, Johan Kok (USA) 70 70
141 Tyrone Mordt 74 67, Branden Grace 72 69, Dawie Van der Walt 70 71
142 Neil Cheetham (Eng) 67 75, Wynand Dingle 74 68, Pelop Panagopoulos 72 70, Brandon Gouveris 71 71, Andy Turner (Eng) 73 69
143 Gerhard Trytsman 71 72, Clifford Howes 73 70, Nemanja Savic (Ser) 72 71
144 Juan Langeveld 70 74, Eugene Potgieter 72 72, Walter Leibrandt 72 72, Jann Schmid (Swi) 70 74, Atti Schwartzel 74 70, Ben Mannix (Eng) 73 71, Martin du Toit 73 71, David Hewan 71 73, Christian Ries 68 76, Murray Urquhart (Sco) 72 72, Steve Lewton (Eng) 72 72
145 Robbie Lupini 68 77, Reino Deetlefs 75 70, Darren Ryan 72 73, Graham Cox (Eng) 74 71, Louis de Jager 75 70, Ali Tsai (Tpe) 71 74, Dandre Neumeyer 68 77
146 Kenneth Dube 74 72, Justin Regier (USA) 71 75, Blanche Lamprecht 73 73, Albert Kruger 74 72, Paul McKenzie 75 71, Kyle Norris 70 76, Garry Hill 76 70, Meyer Potgieter 73 73, Danny Belch (Eng) 76 70, PH McIntyre 71 75, Jeff Inglis (Eng) 79 67, Gerhard Rautenbach 71 75, Don Black 75 71, Sandeep Grewal (Eng) 72 74, Riaan Gerber 74 72
147 Mark Fensham 72 75, Stuart Clark (Wal) 75 72, Edward Matthews 75 72, Kai Li (Chn) 71 76, TJ Bekker 75 72, Shaun Ellis 75 72, Greg Upneck 76 71, John McClean (Irl) 74 73, Jaco van der Merwe 77 70, Ruan Botha 74 73, Bennie van der Merwe 73 74
148 Ockie Strydom 74 74, Dean Nysschen (Zim) 75 73, Jon Bethwaite 73 75, Brendan Flynn 73 75, Padraig Dooley (Irl) 76 72, Nicolas Pamardo (Fra) 74 74, Louis Calitz 75 73, Brett Freeman 71 77, Jan-Carel Nel 74 74, Edward Nutt 72 76, Nico van Eeden 74 74, Mike Curtis (Zim) 74 74, Morne Buys 74 74, Niki Ferrari (Ger) 75 73, Freddie van Nieuwenhuyzen 78 70, Richard Kemp (Eng) 71 77, Dewald Gouws 74 74
149 Justin Blanckenberg 75 74, Nick Drane (Eng) 72 77, Werner Jonck 77 72, J D Yvet (Fra) 77 72, Andrew Wilson 74 75, Andre Sutherland 73 76, Sean Farrell (Zim) 73 76, Douglas Wood 77 72, Martyn Hamer (Eng) 74 75
150 Tyran van Lieshout 77 73, Norman Beggs 72 78, Michael Mudie (Eng) 73 77, Brian Gondo (Zim) 71 79, Dolf van Wyk 75 75, Paul Blackman 72 78, Johan Bekker 76 74, Seth Poulter 73 77, Johan du Buisson 77 73, Callum Scott (Eng) 73 77
151 Marno Henning 77 74, Makhosonke Mlotshwa 75 76, Eugene van Loggerenberg 73 78, Jaco Pretorius 75 76, Jonathan Evans (Eng) 76 75, Albert van Rooyen 77 74, Jamie Hall (Eng) 78 73, Hansie Dodds 75 76, Bennett van der Gryp 77 74, Ron Pike 77 74.