ALPS OPEN'S GOSSER OPEN
Gordon Manson top Scot in Austria
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Frenchman Nicolas Joakimides returned the day's best score, a 64, to take the lead at 12-under-par 132 in Austria at the Gösser Open.
One stroke behind on 133 is Austrian Uli Weinhandl who signed for a 65 and has a real chance of winning on home soil. Weinhandl will be defending champion at next week's Lyoness Open.
The feeling of the day is kind of the same whatever players scored. They are almost all exhausted at the end of their round. The Maria Lankowitz course is quite short but very tricky and frustrating. As every hole could be a birdie hole, players get disappointed more often.
“I am three under but it could have been so much better.... I hit 16 greens and got 35 putts ... I can not read the grain ...We have no hole to hit a big drive with no stress...”
These are the sentences you can hear on course all day long.
Still, Nicolas Joakimides did well and his experience made the difference. He used to play on the European Tour but he is not the longest player in the field. For him that is not the point.
“I always did well on long courses such as Golf National during French Open so I really don't think it is a question of how long I can hit the ball. Here at Maria Lankowitz you have to be patient and but the ball on the right side.
"The grain ? Yes, I stayed short sometimes on long putts for example but I holed for par. I had three putts on the 17th but I holed a few others.”
Joakimides knows perfectly the way to adapt his game to a course. Beside playing on Alps Tour and Challenge Tour, he is on the verge to be the architect of the big project of 27 holes in the south of France.
“Almost all the courses in France are to short from the men's white tees and too long from women's red tees. I work hard on this and my course will offer 6500 metres back tee to 4500 front tee with 6 different tees."
In third position, two strokes behind the leader on 134, is Englishman Ricki Neil Jones. He scored 67 again, The cut is fixed at three under par, a very low score on the Alps Tour. Forty-one professionals and four amateurs qualified.
Frenchman Nicolas Joakimides returned the day's best score, a 64, to take the lead at 12-under-par 132 in Austria at the Gösser Open.
One stroke behind on 133 is Austrian Uli Weinhandl who signed for a 65 and has a real chance of winning on home soil. Weinhandl will be defending champion at next week's Lyoness Open.
The feeling of the day is kind of the same whatever players scored. They are almost all exhausted at the end of their round. The Maria Lankowitz course is quite short but very tricky and frustrating. As every hole could be a birdie hole, players get disappointed more often.
“I am three under but it could have been so much better.... I hit 16 greens and got 35 putts ... I can not read the grain ...We have no hole to hit a big drive with no stress...”
These are the sentences you can hear on course all day long.
Still, Nicolas Joakimides did well and his experience made the difference. He used to play on the European Tour but he is not the longest player in the field. For him that is not the point.
“I always did well on long courses such as Golf National during French Open so I really don't think it is a question of how long I can hit the ball. Here at Maria Lankowitz you have to be patient and but the ball on the right side.
"The grain ? Yes, I stayed short sometimes on long putts for example but I holed for par. I had three putts on the 17th but I holed a few others.”
Joakimides knows perfectly the way to adapt his game to a course. Beside playing on Alps Tour and Challenge Tour, he is on the verge to be the architect of the big project of 27 holes in the south of France.
“Almost all the courses in France are to short from the men's white tees and too long from women's red tees. I work hard on this and my course will offer 6500 metres back tee to 4500 front tee with 6 different tees."
In third position, two strokes behind the leader on 134, is Englishman Ricki Neil Jones. He scored 67 again, The cut is fixed at three under par, a very low score on the Alps Tour. Forty-one professionals and four amateurs qualified.
Gordon Manson, pictured above, a long-time resident of Austria, is the leading Scot on 136 after a second-round 66. Gordon was a European Tour player earlier in his career before he was appointed national coach by the Austrian Golf Federation.
Murrayshall's Gavin Dear is also in the top 20 after a 70 for 139.
But the third Scot in the field, Steven Hume, also from Perthshire, failed to make the cut by six shots despite a brilliant second-round 68, 10 shots better than his first-round effort.
Murrayshall's Gavin Dear is also in the top 20 after a 70 for 139.
But the third Scot in the field, Steven Hume, also from Perthshire, failed to make the cut by six shots despite a brilliant second-round 68, 10 shots better than his first-round effort.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
132 Nicolas JOAKIMIDES (FRA) 68 64.
133 Uli WEINHANDL (AUT) 68 65
134 Ricki NEIL-JONES (ENG) 67 67.
135 Juan Antonio BRAGULAT (ESP) 67 68, Nunzio Daniele LOMBARDI (ITA) 66 69.
136 Gordon MANSON (AUT) 70 66, Lukas NEMECZ (AUT) (amateur) 64 72.
137 Agus DOMINGO HOSPITAL (ESP) 68 69, Miguel PUJALTE SASTRE (ESP) golf son servera 69 68, Hamza AMIN (AUT) (amateur) 71 66,
Matteo DELPODIO (ITA) 68 69 »»
138 Jason KELLY (NOR) GC 68 70, Matthias MONTGAILLARD (FRA) 70 68, Peter LEPITSCHNIK (AUT) 67 71, Thomas FOURNIER (FRA) 72 66, Jason PALMER (ENG) England 67 71.
139 Gregor SLABE (SLO) 67 72, Jann SCHMID (SWI) 69 70, Matthew CRYER (ENG), Andrea SIGNOR (ITA) 68 71, Jaime CAMARGO (ESP) 68 71, Gavin DEAR (SCO) 69 70, Carlos BALMASEDA (ESP) Spain 68 71.
133 Uli WEINHANDL (AUT) 68 65
134 Ricki NEIL-JONES (ENG) 67 67.
135 Juan Antonio BRAGULAT (ESP) 67 68, Nunzio Daniele LOMBARDI (ITA) 66 69.
136 Gordon MANSON (AUT) 70 66, Lukas NEMECZ (AUT) (amateur) 64 72.
137 Agus DOMINGO HOSPITAL (ESP) 68 69, Miguel PUJALTE SASTRE (ESP) golf son servera 69 68, Hamza AMIN (AUT) (amateur) 71 66,
Matteo DELPODIO (ITA) 68 69 »»
138 Jason KELLY (NOR) GC 68 70, Matthias MONTGAILLARD (FRA) 70 68, Peter LEPITSCHNIK (AUT) 67 71, Thomas FOURNIER (FRA) 72 66, Jason PALMER (ENG) England 67 71.
139 Gregor SLABE (SLO) 67 72, Jann SCHMID (SWI) 69 70, Matthew CRYER (ENG), Andrea SIGNOR (ITA) 68 71, Jaime CAMARGO (ESP) 68 71, Gavin DEAR (SCO) 69 70, Carlos BALMASEDA (ESP) Spain 68 71.
140 Ignacio SANCHEZ PALENCIA (ESP) Spain 70 70, Paolo TERRENI (ITA) 68 72, Fredrik SVANBERG (SWI) 67 73, Juan PARRON (ESP) 73 67, Pedro ERICE (ESP) 69 71, Olivier SERRES (FRA) 70 70, Farren KEENAN (ENG) 66 74, Julien FORET (FRA) France 67 73,
Moritz MAYRHAUSER (AUT) (amateur), Martin WIEGELE (AUT) 72 68, Manuel TRAPPEL (AUT) (amateur) 74 66, Nicolo' RAVANO (ITA) 70 70, Adam HODKINSON (ENG) 72 68 »»
Claude GRENIER (AUT) 68 72, Kim Joon (ITA) 71 69, Rudy THUILLIER (FRA) 70 70.
Moritz MAYRHAUSER (AUT) (amateur), Martin WIEGELE (AUT) 72 68, Manuel TRAPPEL (AUT) (amateur) 74 66, Nicolo' RAVANO (ITA) 70 70, Adam HODKINSON (ENG) 72 68 »»
Claude GRENIER (AUT) 68 72, Kim Joon (ITA) 71 69, Rudy THUILLIER (FRA) 70 70.
Selected scores:
141 Richard KILPATRICK (NIR) 73 68, Jason BARNES (ENG) 69 72.
MISSED THE CUT
142 Justin BRINK (IRL) 71 71.
143 Mark DAVIES (ENG) 77 66.
144 Lawrence DODD (ENG) 74 70.
145 James COOKSON (ENG) 77 68.
145 James COOKSON (ENG) 77 68.
146 Steven HUME (SCO) 78 68.
149 Sam ROBINSON (ENG) 77 72.
156 Neil CHAUDHURI (ENG) 79 77.
Retired: Mark HOOPER (ENG).
*Official tour scoring and statistics provided by the
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