CHALLENGE TOUR IN FRANCE
Doak, McArthur, O'Hara in top 14
at halfway stage in St Omer Open
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Australia’s Wade Ormsby fired a sensational round of 65, which included a closing eagle, to take a one shot lead at the halfway stage of the SAINT-OMER Open presented by Neuflize OBC.
The 29 year old from Adelaide started the day on one under par, five strokes behind overnight leader Fredrik Andersson Hed of Sweden. But he defied windy afternoon conditions at Aa St Omer Golf Club in Lumbres, France, to rocket to the top of the leaderboard.
Ormsby sits on seven under par, one shot clear of England’s James Morrison, who followed his opening round of 67 with a solid 69.
Swede Christian Nilsson also carded a round of 69 to improve to five under par, with his compatriot Andersson Hed a further shot back on four under following a two over 73.
Ormsby chipped in for a three at the par five ninth, his final hole, to crown a superb round.
He said: “I stood on the ninth tee thinking about a birdie, so to chip in for eagle was a big bonus. It was a great finish to a very pleasing round. I haven’t struck the ball that well for a very long time, particularly on the back nine.
“When I stood on the practice ground and started hitting balls on Monday, I knew I was going to be in for a better week,” he added.
“My confidence started coming back, and all of a sudden the putts start dropping too. So instead of just chasing the cut line, you’re starting to chase the leaders instead. Now I am the leader by one, which is obviously a great position to be in.”
When asked how his second round compared to his efforts on the previous day, second placed Morrison said: “It was probably equally as good. The forecast was for wind, which did arrive, making an already tough course even tougher. So again I had to be patient, which I was.
“The only bogey I made was due to a plugged lie in the bunker. But to have only one bogey after 36 holes round here must mean I’m playing pretty well. So I’m very happy.”
Nilsson led for much of the day, before bogeying the 16th and 18th holes to slip back to five under par.
But the Swede was still upbeat, saying: “The most important thing is to stay patient. You’re going to make three puts and bogeys on this course, so you have to take the rough with the smooth.
“So far I’ve been able to stay patient. It’s difficult at times, but you’ve just got to knuckle down, keep working at it and hope for the best. Overall, I’m pretty happy with the way I’m playing.”
Nilsson’s fellow Swede Andersson Hed was less happy with his round, but was pleased still to be in contention.
He said: “I didn’t play particularly well, but it wasn’t a complete disaster. It was just one of those days when it doesn’t quite go your way, so in the end I wasn’t too unhappy with a 73. I got off to a bad start, and had to try to fight my way back.
“I got a shot back on the ninth, but then gave another one away with a really poor shot on the tenth. Then a bad decision on the 13th cost me another shot, but I got it back with two lovely shots on the next hole. So it was that kind of round, a bit up and down.”
England’s Adam Gee and Australians Adam Carolan and Andrew Tampion are tied for fifth on five under par, while Simon Wakefield fired a superb 66 to join José-Filipe Lima and Matthew Millar on two under.
COLIN FARQUHARSON'S SCOTSWATCH. Only two Scots failed to beat the halfway cut at 146 or better. Andrew Coltart missed it by one with scores of 76 and 71 for 147. Andrew Oldcorn missed it by a large margin with a total of 154 (79-75). European Tour player Chris Doak, former Scottish amateur champion Andrew McArthur and Steven O'Hara are sharing the top Scot honour in joint 14th place on 142. Doak scored 72-70, McArthur 70-72 and O'Hara 72-70.
Jamie McLeary shot a second-round 69 to be tied for 32nd place on 144 with George Murray (71-73).
Peter Whiteford did not do so well, slumping from a first-day 69 to a 76 for 145 and a share of 43rd place.
Greig Hutcheon and Eric Ramsay have matched shot for shot so far with rounds of 75 and 71 for 146, which got them through with nothing to spare in joint 60th place.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
135 Wade Ormsby (Aus) 70 65
136 James Morrison 67 69
137 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 68 69
138 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 65 73
139 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 69 70, Tony Carolan (Aus) 66 73, Adam Gee 70 69
140 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 69 71, Matthew Millar (Aus) 71 69, Simon Wakefield 74 66
141 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 67 74, Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 69 72, Kane Webber (USA) 70 71
142 Ben Evans 68 74, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 70 72, Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 71 71, Sion Bebb 70 72, Peter Baker 73 69, Stuart Manley 71 71, Steven O'Hara 72 70, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 73 69, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 71 71, Andrew McArthur 70 72, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 71 71, Chris Doak 72 70
143 Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 70 73, Iain Pyman 71 72, John Parry 73 70, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 70 73, Unho Park (Aus) 75 68, Kasper Jorgensen (Den) 69 74
144 George Murray 71 73, Andrew Butterfield 71 73, Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 73 71, Matthew Cort 73 71, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 76 68, Javier Colomo (Spa) 73 71, Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 69 75, Jamie McLeary 75 69, Dennis Kupper (Ger) 71 73, Ricardo Santos (Por) 71 73, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 73 71
145 Chris Gane 72 73, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 72 73, Kalle Brink (Swe) 70 75, Daniel Denison 72 73, Andre Bossert (Swi) 72 73, Julien Clement (Swi) 74 71, Michael Curtain (Aus) 66 79, Francois Calmels (Fra) 71 74, Anthony Grenier (Fra) 75 70, Peter Whiteford 69 76, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 76 69, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 72 73, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 71 74, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 74 71, Mark f Haastrup (Den) 72 73, Cedric Menut (Fra) 74 71, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 75 70
146 Jonathan Caldwell 73 73, Robert Coles 74 72, Branden Grace (Rsa) 71 75, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 69 77, Ben Mason 74 72, Julien Grillon (Fra) 75 71, Eric Ramsay 75 71, Peter Kaensche (Nor) 74 72, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 75 71, Santiago Luna (Spa) 74 72, Garry Houston 74 72, Jamie Moul 72 74, Greig Hutcheon 75 71, Richard McEvoy 72 74, Matthew Zions (Aus) 73 73, Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 76 70, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 73 73, Adrien Bernadet (Fra) 73 73, Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 74 72
MISSED THE CUT
147 Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 75 72, Colm Moriarty 76 71, Zane Scotland 73 74, Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 74 73, John Mellor 75 72, Mark Tullo (Chi) 77 70, Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den) 76 71, Andrew Coltart 76 71, Benjamin Miarka (Ger) 74 73, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 70 77, Raphael De Sousa (Swi) 71 76, Scott Barr (Aus) 77 70, Marcus Higley 73 74, Lee S James 74 73, Sebastien Delagrange (Fra) 76 71
148 Simon Robinson 73 75, Roope Kakko (Fin) 74 74, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 74 74, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 73 75, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 74 74, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 73 75, Julien Quesne (Fra) 73 75, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 73 75, Gregory Molteni (Ita) 72 76, Carl Suneson (Spa) 75 73, Andrew Marshall 75 73, Raphael Pellicioli (Fra) 72 76
149 Miguel Rodriguez (Arg) 77 72, Liam Bond 71 78, Kyron Sullivan 75 74, Nicolas Vanhootegem (Bel) 77 72, Gary Lockerbie 72 77, Gary Boyd 71 78, Richard Treis (Ger) 75 74, John E Morgan 79 70, A-Shun Wu (Chn) 78 71, Roland Steiner (Aut) 73 76
150 Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 74 76, Marco Ruiz (Par) 76 74, Dominique Nouailhac (Fra) 74 76, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 73 77, Phillip Archer 76 74, Victor Riu (Fra) 73 77, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 73 77, Philip Golding 78 72
151 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 74 77, Wil Besseling (Ned) 76 75, Sam Walker 74 77, Christoph Gunther (Ger) 77 74, Antti Ahokas (Fin) 75 76, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 78 73, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 75 76, Nicolas Meitinger (Ger) 76 75
152 Raphael Eyraud (Fra) 74 78, Michael Mcgeady 75 77, Alan Wagner (USA) 76 76, Johan Wahlqvist (Swe) 76 76, Lloyd Kennedy 76 76
153 Ivo Giner (Spa) 77 76, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 79 74, Bjorn Pettersson (Swe) 79 74, Jerome Theunis (Bel) 76 77, Rory Hie (Ina) 74 79
154 Nathan T Smith (USA) 77 77, Andrew Oldcorn 79 75, Lars Brovold (Nor) 70 84, Michele Reale (Ita) 75 79
156 Federico Colombo (Ita) 72 84, Mathieu Decottignies Lafon (Fra) 78 78, Simon Thornton 73 83
157 Matthew Morris 77 80, Andrew Willey 77 80
158 Jun Zhou (Chn) 74 84
160 Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 77 83
161 Mark Pilkington 83 78
WD: Simon Griffiths 80
RTD: Joel Sjoholm 73, Phillip Price 77
at halfway stage in St Omer Open
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Australia’s Wade Ormsby fired a sensational round of 65, which included a closing eagle, to take a one shot lead at the halfway stage of the SAINT-OMER Open presented by Neuflize OBC.
The 29 year old from Adelaide started the day on one under par, five strokes behind overnight leader Fredrik Andersson Hed of Sweden. But he defied windy afternoon conditions at Aa St Omer Golf Club in Lumbres, France, to rocket to the top of the leaderboard.
Ormsby sits on seven under par, one shot clear of England’s James Morrison, who followed his opening round of 67 with a solid 69.
Swede Christian Nilsson also carded a round of 69 to improve to five under par, with his compatriot Andersson Hed a further shot back on four under following a two over 73.
Ormsby chipped in for a three at the par five ninth, his final hole, to crown a superb round.
He said: “I stood on the ninth tee thinking about a birdie, so to chip in for eagle was a big bonus. It was a great finish to a very pleasing round. I haven’t struck the ball that well for a very long time, particularly on the back nine.
“When I stood on the practice ground and started hitting balls on Monday, I knew I was going to be in for a better week,” he added.
“My confidence started coming back, and all of a sudden the putts start dropping too. So instead of just chasing the cut line, you’re starting to chase the leaders instead. Now I am the leader by one, which is obviously a great position to be in.”
When asked how his second round compared to his efforts on the previous day, second placed Morrison said: “It was probably equally as good. The forecast was for wind, which did arrive, making an already tough course even tougher. So again I had to be patient, which I was.
“The only bogey I made was due to a plugged lie in the bunker. But to have only one bogey after 36 holes round here must mean I’m playing pretty well. So I’m very happy.”
Nilsson led for much of the day, before bogeying the 16th and 18th holes to slip back to five under par.
But the Swede was still upbeat, saying: “The most important thing is to stay patient. You’re going to make three puts and bogeys on this course, so you have to take the rough with the smooth.
“So far I’ve been able to stay patient. It’s difficult at times, but you’ve just got to knuckle down, keep working at it and hope for the best. Overall, I’m pretty happy with the way I’m playing.”
Nilsson’s fellow Swede Andersson Hed was less happy with his round, but was pleased still to be in contention.
He said: “I didn’t play particularly well, but it wasn’t a complete disaster. It was just one of those days when it doesn’t quite go your way, so in the end I wasn’t too unhappy with a 73. I got off to a bad start, and had to try to fight my way back.
“I got a shot back on the ninth, but then gave another one away with a really poor shot on the tenth. Then a bad decision on the 13th cost me another shot, but I got it back with two lovely shots on the next hole. So it was that kind of round, a bit up and down.”
England’s Adam Gee and Australians Adam Carolan and Andrew Tampion are tied for fifth on five under par, while Simon Wakefield fired a superb 66 to join José-Filipe Lima and Matthew Millar on two under.
COLIN FARQUHARSON'S SCOTSWATCH. Only two Scots failed to beat the halfway cut at 146 or better. Andrew Coltart missed it by one with scores of 76 and 71 for 147. Andrew Oldcorn missed it by a large margin with a total of 154 (79-75). European Tour player Chris Doak, former Scottish amateur champion Andrew McArthur and Steven O'Hara are sharing the top Scot honour in joint 14th place on 142. Doak scored 72-70, McArthur 70-72 and O'Hara 72-70.
Jamie McLeary shot a second-round 69 to be tied for 32nd place on 144 with George Murray (71-73).
Peter Whiteford did not do so well, slumping from a first-day 69 to a 76 for 145 and a share of 43rd place.
Greig Hutcheon and Eric Ramsay have matched shot for shot so far with rounds of 75 and 71 for 146, which got them through with nothing to spare in joint 60th place.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
135 Wade Ormsby (Aus) 70 65
136 James Morrison 67 69
137 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 68 69
138 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 65 73
139 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 69 70, Tony Carolan (Aus) 66 73, Adam Gee 70 69
140 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 69 71, Matthew Millar (Aus) 71 69, Simon Wakefield 74 66
141 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 67 74, Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 69 72, Kane Webber (USA) 70 71
142 Ben Evans 68 74, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 70 72, Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 71 71, Sion Bebb 70 72, Peter Baker 73 69, Stuart Manley 71 71, Steven O'Hara 72 70, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 73 69, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 71 71, Andrew McArthur 70 72, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 71 71, Chris Doak 72 70
143 Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 70 73, Iain Pyman 71 72, John Parry 73 70, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 70 73, Unho Park (Aus) 75 68, Kasper Jorgensen (Den) 69 74
144 George Murray 71 73, Andrew Butterfield 71 73, Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 73 71, Matthew Cort 73 71, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 76 68, Javier Colomo (Spa) 73 71, Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 69 75, Jamie McLeary 75 69, Dennis Kupper (Ger) 71 73, Ricardo Santos (Por) 71 73, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 73 71
145 Chris Gane 72 73, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 72 73, Kalle Brink (Swe) 70 75, Daniel Denison 72 73, Andre Bossert (Swi) 72 73, Julien Clement (Swi) 74 71, Michael Curtain (Aus) 66 79, Francois Calmels (Fra) 71 74, Anthony Grenier (Fra) 75 70, Peter Whiteford 69 76, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 76 69, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 72 73, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 71 74, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 74 71, Mark f Haastrup (Den) 72 73, Cedric Menut (Fra) 74 71, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 75 70
146 Jonathan Caldwell 73 73, Robert Coles 74 72, Branden Grace (Rsa) 71 75, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 69 77, Ben Mason 74 72, Julien Grillon (Fra) 75 71, Eric Ramsay 75 71, Peter Kaensche (Nor) 74 72, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 75 71, Santiago Luna (Spa) 74 72, Garry Houston 74 72, Jamie Moul 72 74, Greig Hutcheon 75 71, Richard McEvoy 72 74, Matthew Zions (Aus) 73 73, Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 76 70, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 73 73, Adrien Bernadet (Fra) 73 73, Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 74 72
MISSED THE CUT
147 Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 75 72, Colm Moriarty 76 71, Zane Scotland 73 74, Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 74 73, John Mellor 75 72, Mark Tullo (Chi) 77 70, Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den) 76 71, Andrew Coltart 76 71, Benjamin Miarka (Ger) 74 73, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 70 77, Raphael De Sousa (Swi) 71 76, Scott Barr (Aus) 77 70, Marcus Higley 73 74, Lee S James 74 73, Sebastien Delagrange (Fra) 76 71
148 Simon Robinson 73 75, Roope Kakko (Fin) 74 74, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 74 74, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 73 75, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 74 74, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 73 75, Julien Quesne (Fra) 73 75, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 73 75, Gregory Molteni (Ita) 72 76, Carl Suneson (Spa) 75 73, Andrew Marshall 75 73, Raphael Pellicioli (Fra) 72 76
149 Miguel Rodriguez (Arg) 77 72, Liam Bond 71 78, Kyron Sullivan 75 74, Nicolas Vanhootegem (Bel) 77 72, Gary Lockerbie 72 77, Gary Boyd 71 78, Richard Treis (Ger) 75 74, John E Morgan 79 70, A-Shun Wu (Chn) 78 71, Roland Steiner (Aut) 73 76
150 Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 74 76, Marco Ruiz (Par) 76 74, Dominique Nouailhac (Fra) 74 76, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 73 77, Phillip Archer 76 74, Victor Riu (Fra) 73 77, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 73 77, Philip Golding 78 72
151 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 74 77, Wil Besseling (Ned) 76 75, Sam Walker 74 77, Christoph Gunther (Ger) 77 74, Antti Ahokas (Fin) 75 76, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 78 73, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 75 76, Nicolas Meitinger (Ger) 76 75
152 Raphael Eyraud (Fra) 74 78, Michael Mcgeady 75 77, Alan Wagner (USA) 76 76, Johan Wahlqvist (Swe) 76 76, Lloyd Kennedy 76 76
153 Ivo Giner (Spa) 77 76, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 79 74, Bjorn Pettersson (Swe) 79 74, Jerome Theunis (Bel) 76 77, Rory Hie (Ina) 74 79
154 Nathan T Smith (USA) 77 77, Andrew Oldcorn 79 75, Lars Brovold (Nor) 70 84, Michele Reale (Ita) 75 79
156 Federico Colombo (Ita) 72 84, Mathieu Decottignies Lafon (Fra) 78 78, Simon Thornton 73 83
157 Matthew Morris 77 80, Andrew Willey 77 80
158 Jun Zhou (Chn) 74 84
160 Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 77 83
161 Mark Pilkington 83 78
WD: Simon Griffiths 80
RTD: Joel Sjoholm 73, Phillip Price 77
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