Murray, Coltart leading Scots in European Tour event
Dinwiddie takes up the running in Saint-Omer Open
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Challenge Tour No. 1 Robert Dinwiddie struck a brilliant six-under-par 65 to move to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Saint-Omer Open presented by Neuflize OBC.
The Englishman had six birdies in a bogey-free round to reach six-under 136 after two rounds, one ahead of Austria's Martin Wiegele.
Already a winner at the Kenya Open this year, Dinwiddie is among a group of Challenge Tour players trying to secure a place on The European Tour by winning this week at Aa Saint Omer Golf Club.
"You get asked a lot of questions about how important this week is, and you try to downplay the importance. Really you've just got to treat it like any other event, and just try to hit the best shot you can every time," said the 27 year old.
"I'm really happy with a 65, especially as my neck went after my first shot on the range this morning.
"I hit a couple more and it felt pretty sore, so instead if hitting any more shots I went to the physio truck to see if they could loosen it up. It was still a bit stiff but definitely helped a little bit. Luckily it didn't affect my swing, because I had thought it might. Hopefully with a little bit of rest tonight I'll be feeling even better tomorrow.
"It's a very difficult track, but I did think the pins were a little easier today - though maybe that's just because I was playing better. The greens also seem to rolling better, and the wind wasn't affecting the putting as much as yesterday. But there were still some very tricky holes out there, so I'm delighted to have kept the bogeys off the card today.
Overnight joint leader Wiegele was unable to build on his first-round 66 as a round of two birdies and two bogeys kept him five under, one ahead of England's Jamie Elson and Matt Haines and Dane Mark F Haastrup.
"I didn't play much worse than yesterday," said Wiegele, a winner in his homeland two weeks ago on The Challenge Tour.
"The wind got up pretty early again. So I was pretty pleased with how I played, but disappointed that I made a few mistakes on my back nine, which cost me some shots. But I recovered well on the last with a good bunker shot and a birdie putt from four metres, which brought me back into a good position - that was a relief, and a nice way to finish."
Haastrup, fresh from his third place finish in Portugal, was delighted to maintain his good form.
"I played very well today," he said following a 67. "I made bogeys on the greens I missed, but also made a lot of birdies. So it was an up and down day, but luckily there were more ups than downs."
SECOND ROUND
Par 142 (2x71)
136 Robert Dinwiddie 71 65
137 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 66 71
138 Jamie Elson 71 67, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 71 67, Matt Haines 70 68
139 Colm Moriarty 66 73, Andrew Marshall 68 71, Fabien Marty (Fra) 71 68, Miles Tunnicliff 71 68
140 Liam Bond 72 68, Peter Kaensche (Nor) 70 70, Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 72 68, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 68 72
141 Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 68 73, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 70 71, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 72 69, Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 73 68, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 73 68, Marcus Higley 70 71, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 73 68, David Vanegas (Col) 71 70, Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 70 71, Charles-Edouard Russo (Fra) 68 73
142 John Parry 72 70, Jordi Garcia (Spa) 69 73, Lee S James 71 71, Matthew Zions (Aus) 73 69, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 71 71, Florian Praegant (Aut) 73 69, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 70 72, Philip Golding 72 70
143 George Murray 74 69, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 68 75, Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 71 72, Andrew Coltart 71 72, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 72 71, Steven Tiley 71 72, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 70 73
144 Chris Gane 72 72, Ben Evans 70 74, Benn Barham 73 71, Ben Mason 75 69, Steven O'Hara 73 71, Scott Jamieson 74 70, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 75 69, Andrew McArthur 71 73, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 73 71, Stuart Davis 74 70, Garry Houston 72 72, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 73 71, Stuart Manley 74 70, Ghislain Rosier (Fra) 70 74, Olivier David (Fra) 72 72, Steve Surry 74 70, James Kamte (Rsa) 76 68
145 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 74 71, Floris De Vries (Ned) 72 73, Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den) 73 72, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 73 72, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 74 71, Daniel Denison 72 73, Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 71 74, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 69 76, Francois Calmels (Fra) 72 73, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 71 74, Adam Gee 73 72, Mark Tullo (Chi) 69 76, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 73 72, Michiel Bothma (Rsa) 69 76, Sam Walker 73 72, Stephan Gross Jnr (Ger) 71 74, Keith Horne (Rsa) 73 72, Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 72 73, James Ruth 75 70, Alexandre Kaleka (Fra) 74 71
MISSED THE CUT
146 Wil Besseling (Ned) 72 74, Carl Suneson (Spa) 73 73, Jamie McLeary 73 73, Peter Baker 75 71, Alan Wagner (USA) 70 76, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 74 72, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 75 71, Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 71 75
147 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 73 74, Chris Gaunt (Aus) 73 74, Luis Claverie (Spa) 72 75, Johan Axgren (Swe) 73 74, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 74 73, Julien Grillon (Fra) 77 70, Simon Wakefield 75 72, Lee Slattery 73 74, Federico Colombo (Ita) 75 72, Julien Clement (Swi) 76 71, Santiago Luna (Spa) 74 73, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 76 71, Charlie Ford 69 78, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 73 74, Edouard Dubois (Fra) 72 75, Chris Rodgers 75 72, Gary Clark 72 75, Marcus Both (Aus) 75 72, Ryan Blaum (USA) 75 72, Chris Doak 73 74
148 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 73 75, Roope Kakko (Fin) 75 73, Scott Drummond 77 71, Marius Thorp (Nor) 72 76, Oscar Floren (Swe) 75 73, Florian Fritsch (Ger) 76 72, Raymond Russell 76 72, Sam Hutsby 73 75, Rudy Thuillier (Fra) 73 75, Gary Murphy 75 73, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 78 70, Antti Ahokas (Fin) 77 71, Victor Riu (Fra) 75 73, Paul Eales 71 77
149 Raphael Eyraud (Fra) 76 73, Oliver Whiteley 75 74, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 77 72, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 77 72, Johan Lopez Lazzaro (Fra) 74 75, Lloyd Kennedy 70 79, Julien Quesne (Fra) 75 74, Eric Ramsay 74 75, Phillip Archer 75 74
150 Anthony Grenier (Fra) 76 74, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 76 74, Damien Perrier (Fra) 76 74, Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 76 74, Nicolas Meitinger (Ger) 75 75, Angelo Que (Phi) 75 75, Jaakko Makitalo (Fin) 77 73, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 74 76, Tim Stewart (Aus) 77 73, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 78 72
151 Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 76 75, Steve Lewton 75 76, Callum Macaulay 73 78, Lars Brovold (Nor) 77 74
152 David Dixon 76 76, Andrew Willey 77 75, Javier Colomo (Spa) 74 78, Adam Blyth (Aus) 72 80
153 Branden Grace (Rsa) 80 73, Zhigun Lam (Chn) 73 80
154 Julien Xanthopoulos (Fra) 77 77, Bruno-Teva Lecuona (Fra) 79 75, Roland Steiner (Aut) 78 76, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 81 73
155 Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 77 78, Louis Moolman (Rsa) 77 78
156 Baptiste Chapellan (Fra) 81 75
157 Julio Zapata (Arg) 81 76
158 Anton Haig (Rsa) 79 79
WD: Sion E Bebb (Wal) 78
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Challenge Tour No. 1 Robert Dinwiddie struck a brilliant six-under-par 65 to move to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Saint-Omer Open presented by Neuflize OBC.
The Englishman had six birdies in a bogey-free round to reach six-under 136 after two rounds, one ahead of Austria's Martin Wiegele.
Already a winner at the Kenya Open this year, Dinwiddie is among a group of Challenge Tour players trying to secure a place on The European Tour by winning this week at Aa Saint Omer Golf Club.
"You get asked a lot of questions about how important this week is, and you try to downplay the importance. Really you've just got to treat it like any other event, and just try to hit the best shot you can every time," said the 27 year old.
"I'm really happy with a 65, especially as my neck went after my first shot on the range this morning.
"I hit a couple more and it felt pretty sore, so instead if hitting any more shots I went to the physio truck to see if they could loosen it up. It was still a bit stiff but definitely helped a little bit. Luckily it didn't affect my swing, because I had thought it might. Hopefully with a little bit of rest tonight I'll be feeling even better tomorrow.
"It's a very difficult track, but I did think the pins were a little easier today - though maybe that's just because I was playing better. The greens also seem to rolling better, and the wind wasn't affecting the putting as much as yesterday. But there were still some very tricky holes out there, so I'm delighted to have kept the bogeys off the card today.
Overnight joint leader Wiegele was unable to build on his first-round 66 as a round of two birdies and two bogeys kept him five under, one ahead of England's Jamie Elson and Matt Haines and Dane Mark F Haastrup.
"I didn't play much worse than yesterday," said Wiegele, a winner in his homeland two weeks ago on The Challenge Tour.
"The wind got up pretty early again. So I was pretty pleased with how I played, but disappointed that I made a few mistakes on my back nine, which cost me some shots. But I recovered well on the last with a good bunker shot and a birdie putt from four metres, which brought me back into a good position - that was a relief, and a nice way to finish."
Haastrup, fresh from his third place finish in Portugal, was delighted to maintain his good form.
"I played very well today," he said following a 67. "I made bogeys on the greens I missed, but also made a lot of birdies. So it was an up and down day, but luckily there were more ups than downs."
SECOND ROUND
Par 142 (2x71)
136 Robert Dinwiddie 71 65
137 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 66 71
138 Jamie Elson 71 67, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 71 67, Matt Haines 70 68
139 Colm Moriarty 66 73, Andrew Marshall 68 71, Fabien Marty (Fra) 71 68, Miles Tunnicliff 71 68
140 Liam Bond 72 68, Peter Kaensche (Nor) 70 70, Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 72 68, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 68 72
141 Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 68 73, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 70 71, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 72 69, Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 73 68, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 73 68, Marcus Higley 70 71, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 73 68, David Vanegas (Col) 71 70, Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 70 71, Charles-Edouard Russo (Fra) 68 73
142 John Parry 72 70, Jordi Garcia (Spa) 69 73, Lee S James 71 71, Matthew Zions (Aus) 73 69, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 71 71, Florian Praegant (Aut) 73 69, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 70 72, Philip Golding 72 70
143 George Murray 74 69, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 68 75, Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 71 72, Andrew Coltart 71 72, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 72 71, Steven Tiley 71 72, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 70 73
144 Chris Gane 72 72, Ben Evans 70 74, Benn Barham 73 71, Ben Mason 75 69, Steven O'Hara 73 71, Scott Jamieson 74 70, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 75 69, Andrew McArthur 71 73, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 73 71, Stuart Davis 74 70, Garry Houston 72 72, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 73 71, Stuart Manley 74 70, Ghislain Rosier (Fra) 70 74, Olivier David (Fra) 72 72, Steve Surry 74 70, James Kamte (Rsa) 76 68
145 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 74 71, Floris De Vries (Ned) 72 73, Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den) 73 72, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 73 72, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 74 71, Daniel Denison 72 73, Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 71 74, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 69 76, Francois Calmels (Fra) 72 73, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 71 74, Adam Gee 73 72, Mark Tullo (Chi) 69 76, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 73 72, Michiel Bothma (Rsa) 69 76, Sam Walker 73 72, Stephan Gross Jnr (Ger) 71 74, Keith Horne (Rsa) 73 72, Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 72 73, James Ruth 75 70, Alexandre Kaleka (Fra) 74 71
MISSED THE CUT
146 Wil Besseling (Ned) 72 74, Carl Suneson (Spa) 73 73, Jamie McLeary 73 73, Peter Baker 75 71, Alan Wagner (USA) 70 76, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 74 72, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 75 71, Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 71 75
147 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 73 74, Chris Gaunt (Aus) 73 74, Luis Claverie (Spa) 72 75, Johan Axgren (Swe) 73 74, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 74 73, Julien Grillon (Fra) 77 70, Simon Wakefield 75 72, Lee Slattery 73 74, Federico Colombo (Ita) 75 72, Julien Clement (Swi) 76 71, Santiago Luna (Spa) 74 73, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 76 71, Charlie Ford 69 78, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 73 74, Edouard Dubois (Fra) 72 75, Chris Rodgers 75 72, Gary Clark 72 75, Marcus Both (Aus) 75 72, Ryan Blaum (USA) 75 72, Chris Doak 73 74
148 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 73 75, Roope Kakko (Fin) 75 73, Scott Drummond 77 71, Marius Thorp (Nor) 72 76, Oscar Floren (Swe) 75 73, Florian Fritsch (Ger) 76 72, Raymond Russell 76 72, Sam Hutsby 73 75, Rudy Thuillier (Fra) 73 75, Gary Murphy 75 73, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 78 70, Antti Ahokas (Fin) 77 71, Victor Riu (Fra) 75 73, Paul Eales 71 77
149 Raphael Eyraud (Fra) 76 73, Oliver Whiteley 75 74, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 77 72, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 77 72, Johan Lopez Lazzaro (Fra) 74 75, Lloyd Kennedy 70 79, Julien Quesne (Fra) 75 74, Eric Ramsay 74 75, Phillip Archer 75 74
150 Anthony Grenier (Fra) 76 74, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 76 74, Damien Perrier (Fra) 76 74, Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 76 74, Nicolas Meitinger (Ger) 75 75, Angelo Que (Phi) 75 75, Jaakko Makitalo (Fin) 77 73, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 74 76, Tim Stewart (Aus) 77 73, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 78 72
151 Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 76 75, Steve Lewton 75 76, Callum Macaulay 73 78, Lars Brovold (Nor) 77 74
152 David Dixon 76 76, Andrew Willey 77 75, Javier Colomo (Spa) 74 78, Adam Blyth (Aus) 72 80
153 Branden Grace (Rsa) 80 73, Zhigun Lam (Chn) 73 80
154 Julien Xanthopoulos (Fra) 77 77, Bruno-Teva Lecuona (Fra) 79 75, Roland Steiner (Aut) 78 76, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 81 73
155 Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 77 78, Louis Moolman (Rsa) 77 78
156 Baptiste Chapellan (Fra) 81 75
157 Julio Zapata (Arg) 81 76
158 Anton Haig (Rsa) 79 79
WD: Sion E Bebb (Wal) 78
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