GREAT SCOTT! ADAM STORMS AHEAD

AT BARCLAYS SINGAPORE OPEN

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Singapore: Adam Scott of Australia put himself in a strong position of securing an unprecedented third Barclays Singapore Open title by charging into the second round clubhouse lead.
Scott, winner of the tournament in 2005 and 2006, en jo yed a magical six-hole stretch where he posted five birdies and one eagle to turn in 29 before signing off with a six-under-par 65 for a 12-under-par 130 total at the Sentosa Golf Club, Tan jong course.
Title holder Ian Poulter of England sank his longest career putt from 100 feet for birdie on the last hole to close on 63 for a 132 total, two strokes behind Scott at the US$6 million event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour.
An in-form Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland birdied the opening four holes before stumbling to a 68 to share third place with Fred Andersson Hed of Sweden and Kang Kyung-nam of Korea on a 133 total.
Asian Tour members Rikard Karlberg of Sweden , Prayad Marksaeng of Thailand , Chinese star Liang Wen-chong and Jeev Milkha Singh of India , a former Barclays Singapore Open champion in 2008, battled to a 134 total to stay in touch with the leader.
The second round play finished early,suspended due to darkness and a total of 28 players will resume their round at 7.30am on Saturday.
The projected cut figure is 139 or better to survive. 
Scott returned this morning to complete the first round and after playing 30 holes today, he was delighted to be in the running to seal a third victory in Singapore .
“Every time you have won somewhere you always en jo y going back and you have good feelings. I have had a great run in Singapore in the past and it would be nice to have another great run over the weekend and get win number three,” said the dashing 30-year-old.
He believes he will need a lot of rest to muster enough strength to maintain his lead.
“I need to rest as much as I possibly can and keep hydrated. We have a lot of golf to play in this tournament and the weather forecast is always a bit dodgy so you need to be alert at all times.”
Poulter turned in 34 but burst into life on his inward nine where he carded six birdies. But the highlight was on the last hole where his massive putt propelled him into contention.
“It was the very, very left edge of the back of the green and I reckon it is a good 100 feet, if not a touch more and I certainly can’t remember holing anything of that length in the past,” said Poulter of his 18th hole putt.
After playing on the Tan jong course today, Poulter is raring to return to the challenging Serapong and is aiming to emulate his victory feat last year.
“I’m looking forward to going back onto Serapong. It is definitely the harder of the two courses but I like that. I hear it might be a bit windy on Sunday which is good so I have to put myself up there in the hunt again,” he added.
Former Asian Tour number one Liang, who finished second last year, put himself in contention again by firing six birdies and one eagle against two bogeys.
“I have played well at the Serapong in the past and I’m confident of getting a good score during the weekend rounds. I’m feeling good about my form and hope to finish the jo b this time,” said Liang, who was one stroke behind Poulter last year.
After recovering from an elbow injury and an appendix operation three months ago, Prayad, a six-time Asian Tour winner, believes he is back to his best form after shooting four consecutive birdies from the third hole.
He added three more birdies on holes 10, 11 and 12 but shot his only blemish of the day on hole 14 where he three putted.
“My driver, putting and chipping clicked for me and that’s a recipe for a good score. It has been an up and down season for me after my injury and operation but I feel that I’m back and ready to challenge for the title,” said Prayad.
SECOND-ROUND COMPLETEDTOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
+28 Players have still to complete their second rounds, commencing at 7.30am local time on Saturday. The projected cut figure is 139 or better to make it.
The Serapong
134 Rikard Karlberg (Swe) 64 70
135 Bi-o Kim (Kor) 63 72, Jamie Donaldson 66 69
136 Tony Carolan (Aus) 66 70, Chris Wood 63 73, Markus Brier (Aut) 65 71, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 66 70, Hiroshi Iwata (Jpn) 66 70
137 Scott Hend (Aus) 64 73, Gareth Maybin 65 72, Keith Horne (Rsa) 65 72, Scott Strange (Aus) 65 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 66 71
138 Peter Lawrie 67 71, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 68 70, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 68 70, Digvijay Singh (Ind) 69 69
139 Anthony Kang (USA) 66 73, Scott Barr (Aus) 64 75
LIKELY TO MISS THE CUT
140 Ashun Wu (Chn) 67 73, Alastair Forsyth 67 73, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 66 74, Danny Chia (Mal) 67 73, Mark Foster 69 71, Chao Li (Chn) 71 69
141 Ashok Kumar (Ind) 70 71, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 62 79, Rhys Davies 73 68, Simon Griffiths 69 72, Simon Khan 68 73
142 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 67 75, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 66 76, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 73, Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 71 71, Richard Finch 65 77, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 71, Ted Oh (Kor) 66 76, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 69 73
143 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 68 75, Kang-Chun Wu (Chn) 71 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 74
144 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 69 75, Nicholas Fung (Mal) 67 77, Wei-Huang Wu (Chn) 69 75, Kodai Ichihara (Jpn) 68 76, S Sivachandran (Mal) 70 74, Sung Lee (Pkr) 71 73, Ross McGowan 70 74
145 Young jin Kim (Kor) 65 80, Lu sen Lien (Tpe) 70 75, Wen-hong Lin (Chn) 70 75, Guido Van Der Valk (Ned) 70 75, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 68 77, Young Nam (Kor) 68 77
146 Prom Meesawat (Tha) 71 75, James Kingston (Rsa) 73 73, Shaaban Hussin (Mal) 75 71, Chris Rodgers 73 73, Manav Jaini (Ind) 71 75, Shamim Khan (Ind) 71 75, Thomas Levet (Fra) 72 74
147 Gregory Foo (Sin) 73 74, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 74 73
148 Richard Moir (Aus) 71 77, Thanyakorn Khrongpha (Tha) 68 80, Panupol Pittayarat (Tha) 73 75, Artemio-hiromasa Murakami (Phi) 69 79, Quincy Quek (Sin) 71 77, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 72 76
149 Matthew Rosenfeld (USA) 74 75, Wisut Artjanawat (Tha) 74 75, Thammanoon Srirot (Tha) 70 79
150 Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 72 78
151 Corey Harris (USA) 71 80, Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 70 81
152 Vinod Kumar (Ind) 69 83
153 Johnson Poh (Sin) 74 79, Kenneth Ferrie 68 85
154 Edgar Oh (Sin) 75 79

The Tanjong
130 Adam Scott (Aus) 65 65
132 Ian Poulter 69 63
133 Graeme McDowell 65 68, Kyung-nam Kang (Kor) 66 67, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 68 65
134 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 64, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 69 65, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 69 65
135 Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 70 65, John Huh (Kor) 70 65
136 Yih-Shin Chan (Tpe) 68 68, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 68 68, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 67 69, Michael Hoey 69 67
137 Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 70 67, Steve Webster 72 65, Anders Hansen (Den) 71 66, Nick Dougherty 65 72, Mars Pucay (Phi) 72 65, Jason Knutzon (USA) 69 68
138 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 69, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 72 66, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 73 65, David Drysdale 68 70, Colin Montgomerie 70 68, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 70 68, Wen-Tang Lin (Tpe) 70 68, Antonio Lascuna (Phi) 70 68
139 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 68, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 69 70, Jay Bayron (Phi) 72 67, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 71 68, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 67, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 71 68, Marcus Both (Aus) 70 69, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 67, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 74 65, Shane Lowry 73 66, Tano Goya (Arg) 70 69, Hyung-sung Kim (Kor) 72 67
LIKELY TO MISS THE CUT
140 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 73 67, Richie Ramsay 72 68, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 70 70, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 72 68, David Horsey 71 69, Unho Park (Aus) 69 71
141 Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 70 71, Tetsuya Haraguchi (Jpn) 71 70, David Howell 69 72, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 73 68, Mark Brown (Nzl) 70 71, Namchok Tantipokakul (Tha) 72 69
142 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 72 70, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 72 70, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 74 68, Simon Dyson 73 69, Adam Blyth (Aus) 76 66
143 Ben Leong (Mal) 74 69, Zaw Moe (Kor) 70 73, Ben Fox (USA), Jerome Ng (Sin) 76 72
149 Iain Steel (Mal) 75 74, Graeme Storm 73 76
150 Michael Jonzon (Swe) 74 76, Oliver Fisher 80 70
151 Gary Murphy 79 72
152 James Morrison 79 73