Hole in one helps Callum claim

10th place at halfway in S Africa

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

Former British boys champion Pablo Martin has his sights set on claiming a second victory in seven days after taking the halfway lead in the South African Open Championship at Western Cape today.
Martin, the only player to win European Tour titles as an amateur and a professional, won the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Sunday.
And the 23 year old Spaniard is on track for back-to-back wins after adding a 68 to his opening 65 at Pearl Valley Golf Estates.
That gave the Martub an 11 under par halfway total of 133 and a two shot lead over Denmark’s Anders Hansen, who carded a 69.
Starting on the back nine, Martin birdied the tenth, 12th and 16th before running up a double bogey six on the 17th.
However, he bounced straight back with a birdie on the 18th to reach the turn in 34 and, after another bogey on the first, rolled in a hat-trick of birdies from the third.
Hansen carded six birdies in his round, but also ran up a double bogey six on the first and dropped another shot on the eighth.
None of the afternoon starters was able to challenge Martin’s lead, including overnight leader Martin Erlandsson.
Erlandsson carded an opening 64 on Thursday but bogeyed the first and never got any momentum going.
The Swede dropped another shot on the tenth and carded two more bogeys and two birdies on the way home to return a disappointing 74 and lie five shots off the pace on six under.
Another Spaniard, Alejandro Cañizares, moved into third with 67 to reach eight under, one shot ahead of in-form Italian Edoardo Molinari and South African Louis Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen has had 13 top-ten finishes on The European Tour without a victory, but is desperate to break his duck in an event that has been won by a home player eight years running.
Shot of the day came from Tulliallan's Callum Macaulay, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, who fired a hole-in-one on the 15th in a round of 69.
That left him in a share of tenth place on five under par 139.

All six Scots in the field survived the halfway cut which eliminated all those on 146 or higher.

Andrew Coltart is on 141, Richie Ramsay and Alan McLean are on 142, Peter Whiteford and David Drysdale 145.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

Par 144 (2x72)

133 Pablo Martin (Spa) 65 68
135 Anders Hansen (Den) 66 69
136 Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 69 67
137 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 68 69, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 68 69
138 James Kingston (Rsa) 72 66, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 64 74, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 69 69, Dawie Van der Walt (Rsa) 65 73
139 Callum Macaulay 70 69, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 71 68, Richard Finch 68 71, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 71 68
140 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 69 71, Richard McEvoy 71 69, Michael Hoey 70 70, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 71 69
141 Damien McGrane 69 72, Jean Hugo (Rsa) 72 69, Chris Swanepoel (Rsa) 72 69, Andrew Coltart 74 67, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 70 71, George Coetzee (Rsa) 74 67, Kenneth Ferrie 71 70, Michiel Bothma (Rsa) 68 73, Carl Suneson (Spa) 71 70
142 Scott Dunlap (USA) 72 70, Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 69 73, Richie Ramsay 67 75, Soren Hansen (Den) 70 72, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 69, Alan McLean 69 73, Branden Grace (Rsa) 72 70, Tyrone Ferreira (Rsa) 71 71
143 Brandon Pieters (Rsa) 74 69, Steve Basson (Rsa) 73 70, Gareth Maybin 75 68, Rhys Davies 73 70, Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 76 67, Andre Cruse (Rsa) 72 71, John Bickerton 73 70, Dion Fourie (Rsa) 71 72, JG Claassen (Rsa) 74 69, Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 72 71, Peter Karmis (Rsa) 70 73, Keith Horne (Rsa) 71 72, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 68 75, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 69 74, Dylan Frittelli (Rsa) 69 74
144 Jacques Blaauw (Rsa) 69 75, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 74 70, Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 71 73, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 72 72, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 73 71, Simon Khan 73 71, Sam Hutsby 71 73, Marco Ruiz (Par) 74 70, Oliver Bekker (Rsa) 72 72, Gary Murphy 75 69, Louis Moolman (Rsa) 70 74, Grant Muller (Rsa) 72 72, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 74 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 79 65, James Kamte (Rsa) 70 74
145 TC Charamba (Zim) 73 72, Doug McGuigan 70 75, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 76 69, Robert Rock 71 74, Thabang Simon (Rsa) 75 70, Markus Brier (Aut) 71 74, Ryan Dreyer (Rsa) 73 72, David Hewan (Rsa) 77 68, Richard Bland 73 72, Peter Whiteford 73 72, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 77 68, Paul Waring 73 72, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 73 72, James Morrison 72 73, David Drysdale 75 70, Lindani Ndwandwe (Rsa) 72 73
PLAYERS WHO MISSED THE CUT
146 Titch Moore (Rsa) 73 73, Anton Haig (Rsa) 75 71, Phillip Price 72 74, Josh Cunliffe (Rsa) 73 73, Jake Roos (Rsa) 73 73, Jamie Elson 70 76, Christiaan Basson (Rsa) 76 70, Shane Lowry 78 68, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 76 70
147 Desvonde Botes (Rsa) 74 73, Merwe Bennie Van Der (Rsa) 72 75, Mark Haastrup (Den) 76 71, Keenan Davidse (Rsa) 76 71, Tyrone Van Aswegen (Rsa) 76 71, Albert Pistorius (Rsa) 76 71
148 Alex Haindl (Rsa) 82 66, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 76 72, Robert Coles 73 75, Ryan Cairns (Zim) 79 69, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 76 72, Gavan Levenson (Rsa) 72 76, Charl Coetzee (Rsa) 76 72, Neil Schietekat (Rsa) 74 74, Ross McGowan 77 71
149 Andrew Butterfield 77 72, Stuart Clark 72 77, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 77 72, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 77 72, Andrew Curlewis (Rsa) 78 71, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 73 76, Julien Quesne (Fra) 76 73, Hendrik Buhrmann (Rsa) 74 75, David Dixon 75 74, Sam Little 74 75, Trevor Fisher Jnr (Rsa) 75 74, Barry Lane 76 73
150 John Parry 76 74, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 75 75, Shaun Norris (Rsa) 78 72, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 74 76, Mark Murless (Rsa) 74 76, Irvin Mazibuko (Rsa) 79 71
151 Gary Clark 75 76, Gary Boyd 77 74, Neil Cheetham 79 72, Chris Williams (Rsa) 71 80, Ariel Canete (Arg) 72 79
152 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 82 70, Adrian Ford (Rsa) 75 77, Warren Abery (Rsa) 80 72, Justin Walters (Rsa) 75 77, Derick Petersen (Rsa) 81 71, Bradford Vaughan (Rsa) 74 78, Oliver Fisher 75 77, Desmond Terblanche (Rsa) 73 79, Alan Michell (Rsa) 79 73
153 Clinton Whitelaw (Rsa) 77 76, Reggie Adams (Rsa) 77 76, Prinavin Nelson (Rsa) 79 74, Eugen Marugi (Rsa) 78 75
154 Gary Lockerbie 79 75, Trevor Dodds (Nam) 77 77, Jaco Ahlers (Rsa) 76 78, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 75 79
156 Christian Ries (Rsa) 76 80, Peter Baker 77 79
157 Merrick Bremner (Rsa) 82 75, Nic Henning (Rsa) 75 82, Wayne Westner (Rsa) 77 80
158 Divan Van Den Heever (Rsa) 79 79, Heinrich Bruiners (Rsa) 83 75
159 Tyrone Mordt (Rsa) 81 78, Leon Knoll (Rsa) 81 78
160 Dean Lambert (Rsa) 76 84

Corey Pavin receives PGA Recognition Award

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United States Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin has become the first overseas winner of the PGA Recognition Award.

The California-born golfer was presented with the accolade at the PGA’s annual luncheon and charity fundraiser at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel todayn Friday.

Pavin follows in the footsteps of rival Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie in being honoured by the PGA in recognition of his achievements in the sport.

The 50-year-old boasts an impressive haul of 15 titles on the US PGA Tour, a tally that includes the highlight of his career - his US Open triumph at Shinnecock Hills in 1995. His longevity and success was illustrated this year by the fact that only five other players in action on the US Tour had won more titles than Pavin – Tiger Woods (66), Phil Mickelson (36), Vijay Singh (34), Davis Love III (20) and Ernie Els (16).

Pavin’s last victory came in 2006 at the US Bank Championship in Milwaukee and was memorable for his record for the fewest number of strokes needed to complete nine holes at a US PGA Tour event (eight-under-par 26).

In addition to his US success, Pavin regularly competed on the international circuit where he notched up 12 victories. Three of those came during his first full season as a professional in 1983, including the German Open and South African PGA Championship.

A past Walker Cup player, Pavin earned three successive Ryder Cup appearances, tasting victory in 1991 and 1993.

PGA chief executive Sandy Jones paid tribute to Pavin’s achievements saying: “We are absolutely delighted Corey has accepted the invitation to receive his award. It is especially appropriate he becomes our first overseas winner because in the early days of his career he probably bucked the trend by travelling extensively outside the US.

"As a result he made a name for himself by winning in his first full season as a professional both in Europe and in South Africa. Corey is a proven winner and will no doubt be a wonderful Ryder Cup captain. It will be an intriguing contest with Colin Montgomerie leading the European team against a US team that I’m sure will be ingrained with Corey’s tenacity.”

As well as celebrating Pavin’s career, the luncheon also raised money for the PGA Benevolent Fund while a special cheque presentation of £30,000 was made to the Golf Foundation by PGA

captain Jim Farmer on behalf of the Association.

Picture above: Corey Pavin (right) receives the PGA Recognition Award from PGA chairman Phil Weaver. Image by courtesy of Tom Dulat/Getty Images.