SURRY FROM THE FRINGE GOES TOP

(heading devised by Scott Crockett, European Tour Chief Press Officer)
A chip in from the fringe at the fourth hole helped Steve Surry take the second-round lead in the SWALEC Wales Challenge at The Vale Hotel Golf and Spa Resort near Cardiff, the Englishman also showing there was no substitute for success.
The 27 year old from Bath currently leads the EuroPro Tour Order of Merit, after winning the opening event of the season at Collingtree Park and recording another couple of top ten finishes, and carried on tapping into the rich vein of form on the European Challenge Tour circuit with a second consecutive 71 for a two under par total of 142.
It gave Surry a one-shot clubhouse lead over Spaniard Jorge Campillo and overnight leader Matthew Cort of England, but also bucked the general trend at the National Course where most players struggled to cope with the demands of the 7,266 yard layout playing its full length thanks to pre-tournament rain and heavy showers.
“The key in difficult conditions is that you have to strike the ball well and I feel like I’ve been doing that over the first two days,” said Surry who, aside from his masterstroke at the fourth, also birdied the demanding 16th and 17th holes, no mean feat on holes playing on average well over their par of four.
Another key for the Englishman was the presence of his Cumberwell Park clubmate Harry Bird as caddie, a vital element in helping keep his clubs and equipment dry in the rain, Bird having also been on the bag during his climb to the top of the EuroPro Tour rankings.
“It does help a lot because having to cope with umbrellas and everything like that is not easy when you are on your own,” said Surry, adding, “I’d better say that of course considering he is standing here listening to this conversation!”
Second placed Campillo, who finished fifth in the Credit Suisse Challenge three weeks ago, admitted his four years at college in Indiana had stood him in good stead for being able to play in difficult conditions.
“Coming from Spain, it is obvious that I prefer playing in warm sunshine but my time in Indiana certainly taught me how to cope with other things, especially wind as it can get very windy there,” he said.
The 23 year old Spaniard carded four birdies in total in his second round 71, which he added to his opening 72, the highlight being chip ins at both the fifth and seventh holes, which helped make up for his only real mistake of the day at the par five 13th where he made double bogey seven after pulling his second shot into the water hazard.
Campillo was joined in second spot by one of the overnight leaders, England’s Matthew Cort, who could not quite reproduce the fireworks of his opening 68 but the 34 year old from Leicester admirably steadied his ship after a rocky first ten holes, eight pars to finish seeing him card a 75 for a one under par total of 143.

SECOND ROUND QUALIFIERS
Par 144 (2x72)
142 S Surry (Eng) 71 71
143 M Cort (Eng) 68 75, J Campillo (Spa) 72 71, R Treis (Ger) 70 73
144 J Parry (Eng) 68 76, K Jorgensen (Den) 73 71, O Farr (Wal) 73 71
145 G Hutcheon (Sco) 69 76, R Davies (Wal) 77 68, N Colsaerts (Bel) 73 72, J Morrison (Eng) 73 72
146 A Bernadet (Fra) 74 72, J Grillon (Fra) 74 72
147 T Whitehouse (Eng) 77 70, G Shaw (NIrl) 72 75, J Quesne (Fra) 74 73, J McLeary (Sco) 73 74, A Hogberg (Swe) 70 77, C Gane (Eng) 72 75, R McEvoy (Eng) 72 75, J Frazer (Wal) 75 72
148 J Little (Eng) 75 73, R Karlberg (Swe) 73 75, A Belt (Eng) 69 79, S Jeppesen (Swe) 75 73, C Moriarty (Irl) 74 74, M McGeady (Irl) 74 74, A McArthur (Sco) 78 70, R Steiner (Aut) 76 72, G Houston (Wal) 74 74, F Colombo (Ita) 76 72, S Walker (Eng) 73 75
149 S Thornton (Irl) 78 71, G Murray (Sco) 75 74, P Whiteford (Sco) 72 77, D Kupper (Ger) 75 74, D Nouailhac (Fra) 71 78, M Wiegele (Aut) 76 73
150 C Brazillier (Fra) 74 76, R Santos (Por) 78 72, R Coles (Eng) 74 76, S Juul (Den) 76 74, A Tampion (Aus) 74 76, E Molinari (Ita) 78 72, P Del Grosso (Arg) 74 76, A Grenier (Fra) 73 77, S Robinson (Eng) 72 78, J Abbate (Arg) 74 76, J Doherty (Sco) 74 76, D Wardrop (Eng) 78 72, C Lee (Sco) 74 76, T Ferreira (Rsa) 75 75, L Saltman (Sco) 79 71, P Kaensche (Nor) 73 77, G Clark (Eng) 75 75
151 J Granberg (Fin) 75 76, T Haylock (Eng) 78 73, L Gagli (Ita) 77 74, Z Scotland (Eng) 76 75, O Floren (Swe) 73 78, A Summers (Aus) 77 74, J Lima (Por) 76 75, P Golding (Eng) 77 74, N Meitinger (Ger) 74 77, A Butterfield (Eng) 72 79, M Zions (Aus) 74 77, S Bebb (Wal) 72 79, B Evans (Eng) 80 71
MISSED THE CUT
152 A Constable (Wal) 76 76, M Crespi (Ita) 78 74, S Webster (Eng) 74 78, N Fox (Irl) 77 75, A Murray (Irl) 78 74, J Ruth (Eng) 79 73, T Cruz (Por) 79 73, M Laskey (Wal) 77 75, C Russo (Fra) 78 74, G Molteni (Ita) 76 76, A Mellor (Eng) 77 75, L Bond (Wal) 78 74, J Boerdonk (Ned) 80 72, D Marmion (Eng) 73 79
153 R Saxton (Ned) 75 78, C Smith (Wal) 71 82, A Gee (Eng) 75 78, M Kramer (Ger) 79 74, L Westerberg (Swe) 78 75, B Miarka (Ger) 77 76, N Lemke (Swe) 76 77, T Sundstrom (Fin) 79 74, A Hansen (Den) 79 74, J Heath (Eng) 79 74, M Mills (Eng) 70 83, B Pettersson (Swe) 75 78, B Etchart (Spa) 78 75
154 L Kennedy (Eng) 78 76, R Russell (Sco) 77 77, F Praegant (Aut) 74 80, J Larsen (Nor) 78 76
155 D Brooks (Eng) 78 77, A Willey (Eng) 80 75, A Kaleka (Fra) 78 77, M Rominger (Swi) 77 78, J Bjerhag (Swe) 78 77, D Griffiths (Eng) 79 76, P Bocian (Swe) 77 78, S Jamieson (Sco) 78 77, G Woodman (Eng) 75 80, A Runcie (Wal) 77 78
156 R Thomas (Wal) 80 76, C Carranza (Arg) 76 80, P Price (Wal) 80 76, R Steele (Eng) 79 77, O David (Fra) 79 77, P Drost (Den) 76 80, E Saltman (Sco) 81 75, T Dykes (Wal) 77 79, J McCreadie (Sco) 75 81, D Denison (Eng) 77 79, J Colomo (Spa) 78 78, R Harris (Eng) 79 77
157 M Griffiths (Wal) 81 76, M Delpodio (Ita) 78 79, J Skold (Swe) 80 77, C Mills (Wal) 78 79
158 J Billot (Fra) 82 76, K Sullivan (Wal) 80 78, R Dinsdale (Wal) 79 79, L Thompson (Eng) 80 78, L Rooke (Wal) 78 80, M Haastrup (Den) 75 83, G Davies (Eng) 79 79
159 T Laitto (Fin) 81 78, F Fritsch (Ger) 83 76, J Guerrier (Fra) 78 81, D Froreich (Ger) 83 76, R Hooper (Wal) 82 77
160 L James (Eng) 78 82
161 N Turner (Irl) 79 82, S Grant (Irl) 82 79, D Sandberg (Swe) 79 82
162 M Pilkington (Wal) 81 81, V Riu (Fra) 77 85, J Vickery (Wal) 80 82
163 A Bruschi (Ita) 82 81, G Paddison (Nzl) 79 84
165 E Ramsay (Sco) 81 84, R Charania (Ken) 86 79, G Woolgar (Eng) 82 83, V Thorne (Wal) 85 80
166 T Jones (Eng) 85 81
168 H Thethy (Ken) 85 83
RTD: S Dodd (Wal) 75, N Harris (Eng) 83
WD: L Richard (Bel) 86
DQ: P Baker (Eng)




142 S Surry (Eng) ,
143 J Campillo (Esp) , M Cort (Eng) ,
144 J Parry (Eng) ,
145 R Davies (Wal) , J Morrison (Eng) ,
146 J Grillon (Fra) , A Bernadet (Fra) ,
147 A Högberg (Swe) , R McEvoy (Eng) , J Frazer (am) (Wal) ,
148 S Walker (Eng) , A McArthur (Sco) , R Karlberg (Swe) , A Belt (Eng) ,
149 G Murray (Sco) , M Wiegele (Aut) , D Nouailhac (Fra) ,
150 P Kaensche (Nor) , D Wardrop (Eng) , G Clark (Eng) , S Robinson (Eng) , L Saltman (Sco) , C Lee (Sco) ,
151 P Golding (Eng) , O Floren (Swe) , T Haylock (Eng) , Z Scotland (Eng) , J Lima (Por) ,
152 J Boerdonk (Ned) , A Murray (Irl) , M Crespi (Ita) , L Bond (Wal) , D Marmion (Eng) , M Laskey (Wal) , N Fox (Irl) ,
153 J Heath (Eng) , M Mills (Eng) , L Westerberg (Swe) , C Smith (Wal) , B Pettersson (Swe) , R Saxton (Ned) , A Gee (Eng) ,
154 R Russell (Sco) , J Larsen (Nor) , L Kennedy (Eng) ,
155 S Jamieson (Sco) , M Rominger (Sui) , A Kaleka (Fra) , D Griffiths (Eng) , P Bocian (Swe) , D Brooks (Eng) , A Runcie (am) (Wal) ,
156 E Saltman (Sco) , R Thomas (Wal) , P Price (Wal) , T Dykes (Wal) , P Drost (Den) , O David (Fra) , J McCreadie (Sco) , D Denison (Eng) ,
157 J Sköld (Swe) , M Griffiths (Wal) ,
158 J Billot (Fra) , M Haastrup (Den) , L Rooke (Wal) , R Dinsdale (Wal) ,
159 F Fritsch (Ger) ,
163 G Paddison (Nzl) , A Bruschi (Ita) ,
165 E Ramsay (Sco) , R Charania (Ken) , G Woolgar (Eng) ,
166 T Jones (Eng) ,
168 H Thethy (Ken) ,