Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Round 2
Richie Ramsay shares lead after 67 at Carnoustie
FROM THE SCOTSMAN.COM WEBSITE
Richie Ramsay continued his strong showing at this year's Alfed Dunhill Links Championship to share the lead at the half way stage.
The Aberdeen golfer shot a 66 at St Andrews' Old Course, following his 67 over the links at Carnoustie yesterday.
A top 10 finish on Sunday will secure Ramsay's card for next season, but the former US Amateur champion can aim higher than that – and he has already taken the opportunity to blast those who knock the current state of Scottish golf.
Scotland's highest-ranked player in the world is Gary Orr at 140th, but they are the current world and European amateur champions and they were World Cup winners two years ago.
"In America the positive attitude they have is unbelievable, whereas Scottish scepticism can creep in and it's a difficult thing to fight," he said."It's almost like some people are waiting for you to trip up. I think we've got to be a lot more positive.
"Okay we're waiting for somebody big to come along, but we should be proud of what we've achieved."
Ramsay is joined at the top of the leaderboard by Irishmen Rory McIlroy and Michael Hoey.
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Just as he did when he took third place two years ago - in only his second professional event - Rory McIlroy tamed one of the toughest holes in golf today.
And this time his birdie 3 on the famous Road Hole 17th at St Andrews, Old Course helped the prodigiously talented 20-year-old into a share of the halfway lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
McIlroy, needing a top-two finish to go top of the European money list, is alongside fellow Northern Irishman Michael Hoey and Scot Richie Ramsay on 11 under par after a superb 65.
And what made it extra special was the fact that he is competing in the celebrity pro-am with dad Gerry, 50 this coming Monday.
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After three-putting the 16th for what was his only bogey on the opening two days McIlroy had his father come over to him to say: "You've finished 3-3 before, so why not do it again?"
The Dubai Desert Classic champion was already thinking the same, hit a drive and seven-iron to 15 feet, made the putt and then smashed another drive onto the 18th green 350 yards away - something he had never done before - and two-putted for a birdie 3.
There is a lot at stake this weekend - not least a first prize of more than £485,000 - but before transferring to Kingsbarns for the third round McIlroy added: "I think playing with my Dad will be a great distraction.
"Growing up, I never thought he'd be able to walk up the 18th at St Andrews with me in this big a tournament. It's fantastic."
Four off the lead at the start of the day, but given a chance to take over at the top with Thomas Bjorn adding only a 74 at Carnoustie to his 64 at Kingsbarns, McIlroy birdied the third and then eagled the 568yd fifth with a five-wood to 12 feet.
Three more birdies were to follow before his stumble three holes from home, but that was quickly forgotten.
SECOND ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)
ST ANDREWS
+Player's second round over Old Course today.
133 Richie Ramsay 67 66, Rory McIlroy 68 65
134 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 70 64, Simon Dyson 68 66
136 Oliver Wilson 69 67, Paul McGinley 69 67, Darren Clarke 68 68
137 Luke Donald 72 65
138 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 67, Danny Willett 71 67, James Kamte (Rsa) 69 69, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 70 68
139 Marc Warren 70 69, Lee Slattery 68 71
140 Robert Rock 72 68, Paul Waring 71 69, Soren Hansen (Den) 71 69, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 73 67, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 68, Lee Westwood 73 67, Padraig Harrington 70 70
141 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 70 71, Brad Faxon (USA) 74 67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 74 67, Simon Wakefield 69 72
142 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 73 69
143 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 74 69, Brett Quigley (USA) 72 71, Ross Fisher 72 71, Robert Dinwiddie 72 71, Benn Barham 75 68, Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 70
144 Gary Orr 73 71, Ernie Els (Rsa) 72 72, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 70 74, Adam Crawford (Aus) 74 70, Simon Khan 74 70
145 Anton Haig (Rsa) 73 72, Jean Hugo (Rsa) 76 69, David Howell 77 68, Colin Montgomerie 73 72, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 72, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 76 69, Richard Finch 71 74, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 72 73, Miles Tunnicliff 74 71
146 James Kingston (Rsa) 72 74, Nick Dougherty 78 68
147 Sam Hutsby (am) 77 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 80 67, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 73 74, Thomas Levet (Fra) 74 73
149 Phillip Archer 78 71, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 74 75
152 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 78 74
153 Simon Griffiths 79 74
CARNOUSTIE
133 Michael Hoey 67 66
135 David Dixon 68 67, Kenneth Ferrie 69 66
137 Steven O'Hara 71 66
138 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 64 74, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 71 67, Graeme Storm 69 69, Johan Edfors (Swe) 70 68, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 67 71
139 Richard Bland 72 67, Graeme McDowell 69 70, Gareth Maybin 66 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 70 69, Brett Rumford (Aus) 68 71, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 69 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 68 71, Sam Little 68 71, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 67 72
140 Gary Lockerbie 69 71, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 68, Keith Horne (Rsa) 70 70
141 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 70 71, Jamie Donaldson 73 68, Richard Green (Aus) 72 69, Mark Foster 71 70, Bradley Dredge 72 69
142 Damien McGrane 71 71, Iain Steel (Mal) 68 74
143 Gary Murphy 71 72, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 72 71, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 68 75, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 71, Peter Lawrie 73 70
144 Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 69 75, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 67 77, Chris Gaunt (Aus) 74 70, Luke Goddard 75 69, Oliver Fisher 69 75, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 72 72, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 74, Mark Murless (Rsa) 71 73, Barry Lane 71 73, Ashley Hall (Aus) 72 72
145 Callum Macaulay 72 73, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 72 73, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 74
147 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 73 74, Phillip Price 76 71, Scott Arnold (Aus) 70 77, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 72 75
148 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 76 72
149 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 75 74, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 73 76, Branden Grace (Rsa) 74 75, Pablo Martin (Spa) 74 75
152 Gavin Dear 76 76
KINGSBARNS
134 Alastair Forsyth 70 64, Ross McGowan 66 68
135 Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 67 68
136 Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 64, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 70 66
137 Wallace Booth 72 65, Paul Broadhurst 70 67
138 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 69 69, Dale Whitnell 69 69, Graham Delaet (Can) 70 68, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 69 69
139 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 71 68, Alan McLean 71 68, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 70 69, Markus Brier (Aut) 69 70, David Lynn 73 66
140 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 70 70, Steve Webster 72 68, Scott Hend (Aus) 69 71, Keir McNicoll 68 72, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 70 70
141 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 70 71, Marcel Siem (Ger) 70 71, David Horsey 70 71, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 70 71
142 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 70, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 70, David Drysdale 75 67, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 72 70, David Gleeson (Aus) 78 64, Stephen Dodd 74 68, Tano Goya (Arg) 73 69
143 Paul Lawrie 75 68, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 72 71
144 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 75 69, Chris Wood 73 71, Andrew Coltart 73 71, Scott Strange (Aus) 73 71, Scott Drummond 71 73, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 72 72, John Bickerton 74 70, Kane Webber (Aus) 71 73
145 Taco Remkes (Ned) 74 71, Shane Lowry 74 71, Bryce Molder (USA) 74 71
146 Jake Roos (Rsa) 74 72, Seve Benson 76 70
147 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 77 70, Adam Blyth (Aus) 73 74
148 Mark Brown (Nzl) 76 72
149 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 73 76, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 75 74, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 78
150 Anthony Summers (Aus) 78 72, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 75 75, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 76 74
FROM THE SCOTSMAN.COM WEBSITE
Richie Ramsay continued his strong showing at this year's Alfed Dunhill Links Championship to share the lead at the half way stage.
The Aberdeen golfer shot a 66 at St Andrews' Old Course, following his 67 over the links at Carnoustie yesterday.
A top 10 finish on Sunday will secure Ramsay's card for next season, but the former US Amateur champion can aim higher than that – and he has already taken the opportunity to blast those who knock the current state of Scottish golf.
Scotland's highest-ranked player in the world is Gary Orr at 140th, but they are the current world and European amateur champions and they were World Cup winners two years ago.
"In America the positive attitude they have is unbelievable, whereas Scottish scepticism can creep in and it's a difficult thing to fight," he said."It's almost like some people are waiting for you to trip up. I think we've got to be a lot more positive.
"Okay we're waiting for somebody big to come along, but we should be proud of what we've achieved."
Ramsay is joined at the top of the leaderboard by Irishmen Rory McIlroy and Michael Hoey.
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Just as he did when he took third place two years ago - in only his second professional event - Rory McIlroy tamed one of the toughest holes in golf today.
And this time his birdie 3 on the famous Road Hole 17th at St Andrews, Old Course helped the prodigiously talented 20-year-old into a share of the halfway lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
McIlroy, needing a top-two finish to go top of the European money list, is alongside fellow Northern Irishman Michael Hoey and Scot Richie Ramsay on 11 under par after a superb 65.
And what made it extra special was the fact that he is competing in the celebrity pro-am with dad Gerry, 50 this coming Monday.
======================
More Golf News Links:
Cabrera-Bello scoops monthly award
American duo hold early lead
Maruyama takes clubhouse lead
Ace helps Udorn to halfway lead
======================
After three-putting the 16th for what was his only bogey on the opening two days McIlroy had his father come over to him to say: "You've finished 3-3 before, so why not do it again?"
The Dubai Desert Classic champion was already thinking the same, hit a drive and seven-iron to 15 feet, made the putt and then smashed another drive onto the 18th green 350 yards away - something he had never done before - and two-putted for a birdie 3.
There is a lot at stake this weekend - not least a first prize of more than £485,000 - but before transferring to Kingsbarns for the third round McIlroy added: "I think playing with my Dad will be a great distraction.
"Growing up, I never thought he'd be able to walk up the 18th at St Andrews with me in this big a tournament. It's fantastic."
Four off the lead at the start of the day, but given a chance to take over at the top with Thomas Bjorn adding only a 74 at Carnoustie to his 64 at Kingsbarns, McIlroy birdied the third and then eagled the 568yd fifth with a five-wood to 12 feet.
Three more birdies were to follow before his stumble three holes from home, but that was quickly forgotten.
SECOND ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)
ST ANDREWS
+Player's second round over Old Course today.
133 Richie Ramsay 67 66, Rory McIlroy 68 65
134 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 70 64, Simon Dyson 68 66
136 Oliver Wilson 69 67, Paul McGinley 69 67, Darren Clarke 68 68
137 Luke Donald 72 65
138 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 67, Danny Willett 71 67, James Kamte (Rsa) 69 69, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 70 68
139 Marc Warren 70 69, Lee Slattery 68 71
140 Robert Rock 72 68, Paul Waring 71 69, Soren Hansen (Den) 71 69, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 73 67, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 68, Lee Westwood 73 67, Padraig Harrington 70 70
141 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 70 71, Brad Faxon (USA) 74 67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 74 67, Simon Wakefield 69 72
142 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 73 69
143 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 74 69, Brett Quigley (USA) 72 71, Ross Fisher 72 71, Robert Dinwiddie 72 71, Benn Barham 75 68, Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 70
144 Gary Orr 73 71, Ernie Els (Rsa) 72 72, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 70 74, Adam Crawford (Aus) 74 70, Simon Khan 74 70
145 Anton Haig (Rsa) 73 72, Jean Hugo (Rsa) 76 69, David Howell 77 68, Colin Montgomerie 73 72, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 72, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 76 69, Richard Finch 71 74, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 72 73, Miles Tunnicliff 74 71
146 James Kingston (Rsa) 72 74, Nick Dougherty 78 68
147 Sam Hutsby (am) 77 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 80 67, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 73 74, Thomas Levet (Fra) 74 73
149 Phillip Archer 78 71, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 74 75
152 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 78 74
153 Simon Griffiths 79 74
CARNOUSTIE
133 Michael Hoey 67 66
135 David Dixon 68 67, Kenneth Ferrie 69 66
137 Steven O'Hara 71 66
138 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 64 74, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 71 67, Graeme Storm 69 69, Johan Edfors (Swe) 70 68, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 67 71
139 Richard Bland 72 67, Graeme McDowell 69 70, Gareth Maybin 66 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 70 69, Brett Rumford (Aus) 68 71, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 69 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 68 71, Sam Little 68 71, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 67 72
140 Gary Lockerbie 69 71, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 68, Keith Horne (Rsa) 70 70
141 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 70 71, Jamie Donaldson 73 68, Richard Green (Aus) 72 69, Mark Foster 71 70, Bradley Dredge 72 69
142 Damien McGrane 71 71, Iain Steel (Mal) 68 74
143 Gary Murphy 71 72, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 72 71, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 68 75, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 71, Peter Lawrie 73 70
144 Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 69 75, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 67 77, Chris Gaunt (Aus) 74 70, Luke Goddard 75 69, Oliver Fisher 69 75, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 72 72, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 74, Mark Murless (Rsa) 71 73, Barry Lane 71 73, Ashley Hall (Aus) 72 72
145 Callum Macaulay 72 73, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 72 73, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 74
147 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 73 74, Phillip Price 76 71, Scott Arnold (Aus) 70 77, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 72 75
148 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 76 72
149 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 75 74, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 73 76, Branden Grace (Rsa) 74 75, Pablo Martin (Spa) 74 75
152 Gavin Dear 76 76
KINGSBARNS
134 Alastair Forsyth 70 64, Ross McGowan 66 68
135 Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 67 68
136 Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 64, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 70 66
137 Wallace Booth 72 65, Paul Broadhurst 70 67
138 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 69 69, Dale Whitnell 69 69, Graham Delaet (Can) 70 68, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 69 69
139 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 71 68, Alan McLean 71 68, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 70 69, Markus Brier (Aut) 69 70, David Lynn 73 66
140 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 70 70, Steve Webster 72 68, Scott Hend (Aus) 69 71, Keir McNicoll 68 72, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 70 70
141 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 70 71, Marcel Siem (Ger) 70 71, David Horsey 70 71, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 70 71
142 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 70, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 70, David Drysdale 75 67, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 72 70, David Gleeson (Aus) 78 64, Stephen Dodd 74 68, Tano Goya (Arg) 73 69
143 Paul Lawrie 75 68, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 72 71
144 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 75 69, Chris Wood 73 71, Andrew Coltart 73 71, Scott Strange (Aus) 73 71, Scott Drummond 71 73, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 72 72, John Bickerton 74 70, Kane Webber (Aus) 71 73
145 Taco Remkes (Ned) 74 71, Shane Lowry 74 71, Bryce Molder (USA) 74 71
146 Jake Roos (Rsa) 74 72, Seve Benson 76 70
147 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 77 70, Adam Blyth (Aus) 73 74
148 Mark Brown (Nzl) 76 72
149 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 73 76, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 75 74, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 78
150 Anthony Summers (Aus) 78 72, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 75 75, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 76 74
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