McNicoll improves by 10 shots to

be leading Scot in Jones Cup

Safe to say that the Ocean Forest Golf Club course at Sea Island, Georgia is the only winner so far in the Jones Cup Invitational event after 36 holes.

No one in the star-studded field of amateurs from America, the US college circuit and Europe is under par after two rounds.

American Morgan Hoffman has matched the testing par of 72 for the man-sized 7,321yd course - and his par aggregate of 144 is good enough to give him a one-shot lead from Cody Gribble and the first-round leader, Kyle Stanley.

Best of the British are England's Luke Goddard and Carnoustie's Keir McNicoll on the six-over 150 mark, the same score as the leading Continental, Jorge Campillo from Spain but currently based in America and playing the college circuit.

McNicoll improved by 10 shots with a second-round 70 which was the lowest score by anyone on the second day.

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD

Par 144 (2 x 72)

144 Morgan Hoffman 72 72.

145 Cody Gribble 74 71, Kyle Stanley 70 75.

147 Matt Broome 75 72, Vaughn Snyder 76 71, Mike McCoy 72 75.

148 Adam Mitchell 74 74.

Selected scores:

150 Luke Goddard 78 72, Jorge Campillo 77 73, Keir McNicoll 80 70.

152 Gavin Dear 77 75.

156 Wallace Booth 77 79, Ben Westgate 77 79, Chris Paisley 76 80, Nigel Edwards 79 77, Dale Whitnell 74 82, Glenn Campbell 79 77, Tommy Fleetwood 79 77.

159 Sam Hutsby 80 79.

161 Tom Sherreard 82 79.

162 Steven McEwan 83 79.

165 Paul O'Hara 80 85.

166 Ben Enoch 92 74.

175 Rhys Enoch 91 84.