Gateway Tour standards are high

Big-hitting Gunn is four under par after

36 holes but still only 24th equal

Dornoch exile Jimmy Gunn used his long-hitting powers to plunder the par-5s for a three-under-par 69 in the second round of the Gateway Tour's Desert Spring tournament at Arrowhead Golf Club, Arizona.
Gunn had an eagle at the 511yd second hole and birdies at the long sixth, the long 10th, the par-4 15th and the long 18th. He came home in three-under-par 33, have earlier bogeyed the fourth, fifth and seventh.
But you need to play well to earn a crust on the Gateway Tour. Gunn's scores of 71 and 69 for four-under-par 140 have him in "only" joint 24th place behind leader Drew Stultz who is on 11 under par 133 with scores of 65 and 68.
Stultz leads by one from fellow Americans Nathan Ashley (69-65) on 134 and Josh Persons (66-69) on 135.
Gunn has earned $8,369 from eight tournaments this year, having missed the cut four times.
In his first-round 71, he had a double bogey 6 at the 11th and bogeys at the short third and 16th. He compensated with birdies at the long second, the short eighth, the long 10th, the 12th and the short 14th in halves of 35 and 36.