ROOKIE STILL LEADS ALFRED DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Rookie Anthony Michael continued his excellent start to the Alfred Dunhill Championship by moving two strokes clear at the halfway stage in Malelane.
The little-known South African carded a three-under-par 69 to follow up his 66 on day one - although his round was more up and down as it included three bogeys mixed amongst six birdies.
However, it was good enough to keep him top of the leaderboard at the Leopard Creek Country Club, where his closest challenge was coming from a trio of players in countrymen Alex Haindl and Dawie Van der Walt along with Englishman Robert Rock.
Haindl was particularly impressive storming his way around the course in a bogey-free six-under 66, a round that was set up by a set of eagles on the par-five 15th and par-five second along with two birdies.
Norwegian Marius Thorp was all alone on six under par overall after following his 67 up with a 71, while six players were further back on five under.
Defending champion Pablo Martin was one of them after a round of 70, along with another local Keith Horne, Dane Thorbjorn Olesen, Swede Oskar Henningsson and Britons Scott Jamieson and Neil Cheetham.
Open champion Louis Oosthuizen continued his woeful record at the Mpumalanga course by missing the cut for a fifth year in succession.
The 28-year-old, the highest ranked player in the field with his world ranking of 24, improved in round two with a one-under 71, but his 76 on day one proved his downfall.
The other two high-profile home-favourites, Charl Schwartzel and Richard Sterne, did survive the weekend chop, though - the former with a second successive 72 (four under overall) and the latter ending round two with a level-par 72 (one over overall).
Scott Jamieson from Glasgow is a creditable joint sixth on 139 with scores of 71 and 68. David Drysdale is joint 12th with a pair of 70s for 140.
Peter Whiteford (153) and George Murray (157) missed the cut (147 or better made it) by a considerable margin.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Anthony Michael (Rsa) 66 69
137 Alex Haindl (Rsa) 71 66, Robert Rock 67 70, Dawie Van Der Walt (Rsa) 67 70
138 Marius Thorp (Nor) 67 71
139 Neil Cheetham 71 68, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 71 68, Keith Horne (Rsa) 68 71, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 69 70, Pablo Martin (Spa) 69 70, Scott Jamieson 71 68
140 Tjaart Van Der Walt (Rsa) 70 70, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 68 72, David Drysdale 70 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 70 70, James Kingston (Rsa) 69 71, David Howell 72 68
141 Robert Dinwiddie 69 72, Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 72 69, Sebastian Buhl (Ger) 67 74, Julio Zapata (Arg) 70 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 68 73
142 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 72 70, TC Charamba (Zim) 70 72, Mark Laskey 73 69
143 Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 71 72, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 71 72, Julien Quesne (Fra) 73 70, Mark Brown (Nzl) 69 74, Trevor Fisher Jnr (Rsa) 71 72
144 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 72 72, Divan Van Den Heever (Rsa) 71 73, Alan McLean 70 74, Kyron Sullivan 72 72, Matt Ford 76 68, Seve Benson 72 72, Alex Cejka (Ger) 75 69, Lee Slattery 71 73, Grant Muller (Rsa) 70 74, Dale Whitnell 74 70, Colin Nel (Rsa) 70 74, Anders Sjostrand (Swe) 70 74, Marcus Palm (Swe) 74 70, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 71 73
145 Justin Harding (Rsa) 74 71, Damien McGrane 72 73, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 73 72, Floris De Vries (Ned) 73 72, Phillip Price 70 75, Bradford Vaughan (Rsa) 72 73, Rikard Karlberg (Swe) 77 68, Christiaan Basson (Rsa) 75 70, Tyrone Van Aswegen (Rsa) 74 71, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 73 72
146 Desvonde Botes (Rsa) 73 73, Merrick Bremner (Rsa) 72 74, Jeremy Kavanagh 69 77, Garry Houston 76 70, Grant Jackson 78 68, Jean Hugo (Rsa) 74 72, Johan Du buisson (Rsa) 71 75, Doug McGuigan 74 72, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 68 78, Kenneth Ferrie 74 72, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 74 72, Gregory Molteni (Ita) 71 75, David Dixon 74 72, Michael Hoey 74 72
MISSED THE CUT
147 Richard Bland 74 73, Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 75 72, Bjorn Akesson (Swe) 73 74, Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 71 76, Marcel Siem (Ger) 74 73, Matthew Zions (Aus) 74 73, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 76 71, Louis Calitz (Rsa) 76 71, John Bickerton 71 76, Anthony Wall 74 73, Andrew Georgiou (Rsa) 68 79, Dion Fourie (Rsa) 75 72, Gary Murphy 74 73, Josh Cunliffe (Rsa) 73 74, Tommy Fleetwood 72 75, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 74 73, Lindani Ndwandwe (Rsa) 76 71
148 John Parry 76 72, Andrew Butterfield 74 74, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 75 73, Jaco Ahlers (Rsa) 74 74, Chris Swanepoel (Rsa) 71 77, Andre Bossert (Swi) 73 75, Joel Sjoholm (Swe) 72 76, Warren Abery (Rsa) 74 74, Louis De Jager (Rsa) 75 73, Charl Coetzee (Rsa) 73 75
149 Ian Keenan 73 76, Kevin Stone (Rsa) 76 73, Gary Evans 72 77, Des Terblanche (Rsa) 75 74, Andre Cruse (Rsa) 78 71, Martin Maritz (Rsa) 73 76, Alan Michell (Rsa) 71 78
150 Andrew Johnston 73 77, Robert Coles 78 72, Steven Ferreira (Rsa) 78 72, Matt Haines 79 71, Teboho Sefatsa (Rsa) 77 73, Mark Murless (Rsa) 76 74, Darryn Lloyd (Rsa) 74 76, Clinton Whitelaw (Rsa) 74 76, Jacques Blaauw (Rsa) 72 78, Morne Buys (Rsa) 75 75, Jake Roos (Rsa) 77 73, Michiel Bothma (Rsa) 71 79, Gary Clark 75 75, Oliver Bekker (Rsa) 74 76, Louis Moolman (Rsa) 78 72, Ryan Tipping (Rsa) 75 75
151 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 77 74, James Heath 76 75, Wallie Coetsee (Rsa) 75 76, Peter Karmis (Rsa) 79 72, Ben Mannix 75 76, Omar Sandys (Rsa) 69 82
152 Brett Liddle (Rsa) 77 75, Richard McEvoy 76 76, Florian Praegant (Aut) 79 73, Guillaume Watremez (Bel) 78 74
153 Titch Moore (Rsa) 74 79, Willie Van Der Merwe (Rsa) 78 75, Peter Whiteford 77 76, Tyrone Ferreira (Rsa) 78 75, Derik Ferreira (Rsa) 76 77
154 Prinavin Nelson (Rsa) 78 76, Reggie Adams (Rsa) 75 79, Jamie Moul 76 78, Daniel Greene (Rsa) 72 82, Neil Schietekat (Rsa) 77 77
155 Henk Alberts (Rsa) 76 79, David Hewan (Rsa) 82 73
156 Jonathan Caldwell 79 77, Toto Thimba jun (Rsa) 81 75, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 81 75, Matthew Baldwin 77 79, James Kamte (Rsa) 73 83
157 George Murray 79 78, Ryan Thompson (Rsa) 77 80, Warrick Druian (Rsa) 81 76
158 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 80 78, Matt Evans 78 80, Nick Mccarthy 76 82
159 Dean Burmester (Zim) 77 82
160 Steve Basson (Rsa) 79 81, Thabang Simon (Rsa) 75 85
Withdrew: 81 Steve Surry
Rookie Anthony Michael continued his excellent start to the Alfred Dunhill Championship by moving two strokes clear at the halfway stage in Malelane.
The little-known South African carded a three-under-par 69 to follow up his 66 on day one - although his round was more up and down as it included three bogeys mixed amongst six birdies.
However, it was good enough to keep him top of the leaderboard at the Leopard Creek Country Club, where his closest challenge was coming from a trio of players in countrymen Alex Haindl and Dawie Van der Walt along with Englishman Robert Rock.
Haindl was particularly impressive storming his way around the course in a bogey-free six-under 66, a round that was set up by a set of eagles on the par-five 15th and par-five second along with two birdies.
Norwegian Marius Thorp was all alone on six under par overall after following his 67 up with a 71, while six players were further back on five under.
Defending champion Pablo Martin was one of them after a round of 70, along with another local Keith Horne, Dane Thorbjorn Olesen, Swede Oskar Henningsson and Britons Scott Jamieson and Neil Cheetham.
Open champion Louis Oosthuizen continued his woeful record at the Mpumalanga course by missing the cut for a fifth year in succession.
The 28-year-old, the highest ranked player in the field with his world ranking of 24, improved in round two with a one-under 71, but his 76 on day one proved his downfall.
The other two high-profile home-favourites, Charl Schwartzel and Richard Sterne, did survive the weekend chop, though - the former with a second successive 72 (four under overall) and the latter ending round two with a level-par 72 (one over overall).
Scott Jamieson from Glasgow is a creditable joint sixth on 139 with scores of 71 and 68. David Drysdale is joint 12th with a pair of 70s for 140.
Peter Whiteford (153) and George Murray (157) missed the cut (147 or better made it) by a considerable margin.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Anthony Michael (Rsa) 66 69
137 Alex Haindl (Rsa) 71 66, Robert Rock 67 70, Dawie Van Der Walt (Rsa) 67 70
138 Marius Thorp (Nor) 67 71
139 Neil Cheetham 71 68, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 71 68, Keith Horne (Rsa) 68 71, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 69 70, Pablo Martin (Spa) 69 70, Scott Jamieson 71 68
140 Tjaart Van Der Walt (Rsa) 70 70, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 68 72, David Drysdale 70 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 70 70, James Kingston (Rsa) 69 71, David Howell 72 68
141 Robert Dinwiddie 69 72, Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 72 69, Sebastian Buhl (Ger) 67 74, Julio Zapata (Arg) 70 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 68 73
142 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 72 70, TC Charamba (Zim) 70 72, Mark Laskey 73 69
143 Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 71 72, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 71 72, Julien Quesne (Fra) 73 70, Mark Brown (Nzl) 69 74, Trevor Fisher Jnr (Rsa) 71 72
144 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 72 72, Divan Van Den Heever (Rsa) 71 73, Alan McLean 70 74, Kyron Sullivan 72 72, Matt Ford 76 68, Seve Benson 72 72, Alex Cejka (Ger) 75 69, Lee Slattery 71 73, Grant Muller (Rsa) 70 74, Dale Whitnell 74 70, Colin Nel (Rsa) 70 74, Anders Sjostrand (Swe) 70 74, Marcus Palm (Swe) 74 70, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 71 73
145 Justin Harding (Rsa) 74 71, Damien McGrane 72 73, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 73 72, Floris De Vries (Ned) 73 72, Phillip Price 70 75, Bradford Vaughan (Rsa) 72 73, Rikard Karlberg (Swe) 77 68, Christiaan Basson (Rsa) 75 70, Tyrone Van Aswegen (Rsa) 74 71, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 73 72
146 Desvonde Botes (Rsa) 73 73, Merrick Bremner (Rsa) 72 74, Jeremy Kavanagh 69 77, Garry Houston 76 70, Grant Jackson 78 68, Jean Hugo (Rsa) 74 72, Johan Du buisson (Rsa) 71 75, Doug McGuigan 74 72, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 68 78, Kenneth Ferrie 74 72, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 74 72, Gregory Molteni (Ita) 71 75, David Dixon 74 72, Michael Hoey 74 72
MISSED THE CUT
147 Richard Bland 74 73, Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 75 72, Bjorn Akesson (Swe) 73 74, Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 71 76, Marcel Siem (Ger) 74 73, Matthew Zions (Aus) 74 73, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 76 71, Louis Calitz (Rsa) 76 71, John Bickerton 71 76, Anthony Wall 74 73, Andrew Georgiou (Rsa) 68 79, Dion Fourie (Rsa) 75 72, Gary Murphy 74 73, Josh Cunliffe (Rsa) 73 74, Tommy Fleetwood 72 75, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 74 73, Lindani Ndwandwe (Rsa) 76 71
148 John Parry 76 72, Andrew Butterfield 74 74, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 75 73, Jaco Ahlers (Rsa) 74 74, Chris Swanepoel (Rsa) 71 77, Andre Bossert (Swi) 73 75, Joel Sjoholm (Swe) 72 76, Warren Abery (Rsa) 74 74, Louis De Jager (Rsa) 75 73, Charl Coetzee (Rsa) 73 75
149 Ian Keenan 73 76, Kevin Stone (Rsa) 76 73, Gary Evans 72 77, Des Terblanche (Rsa) 75 74, Andre Cruse (Rsa) 78 71, Martin Maritz (Rsa) 73 76, Alan Michell (Rsa) 71 78
150 Andrew Johnston 73 77, Robert Coles 78 72, Steven Ferreira (Rsa) 78 72, Matt Haines 79 71, Teboho Sefatsa (Rsa) 77 73, Mark Murless (Rsa) 76 74, Darryn Lloyd (Rsa) 74 76, Clinton Whitelaw (Rsa) 74 76, Jacques Blaauw (Rsa) 72 78, Morne Buys (Rsa) 75 75, Jake Roos (Rsa) 77 73, Michiel Bothma (Rsa) 71 79, Gary Clark 75 75, Oliver Bekker (Rsa) 74 76, Louis Moolman (Rsa) 78 72, Ryan Tipping (Rsa) 75 75
151 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 77 74, James Heath 76 75, Wallie Coetsee (Rsa) 75 76, Peter Karmis (Rsa) 79 72, Ben Mannix 75 76, Omar Sandys (Rsa) 69 82
152 Brett Liddle (Rsa) 77 75, Richard McEvoy 76 76, Florian Praegant (Aut) 79 73, Guillaume Watremez (Bel) 78 74
153 Titch Moore (Rsa) 74 79, Willie Van Der Merwe (Rsa) 78 75, Peter Whiteford 77 76, Tyrone Ferreira (Rsa) 78 75, Derik Ferreira (Rsa) 76 77
154 Prinavin Nelson (Rsa) 78 76, Reggie Adams (Rsa) 75 79, Jamie Moul 76 78, Daniel Greene (Rsa) 72 82, Neil Schietekat (Rsa) 77 77
155 Henk Alberts (Rsa) 76 79, David Hewan (Rsa) 82 73
156 Jonathan Caldwell 79 77, Toto Thimba jun (Rsa) 81 75, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 81 75, Matthew Baldwin 77 79, James Kamte (Rsa) 73 83
157 George Murray 79 78, Ryan Thompson (Rsa) 77 80, Warrick Druian (Rsa) 81 76
158 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 80 78, Matt Evans 78 80, Nick Mccarthy 76 82
159 Dean Burmester (Zim) 77 82
160 Steve Basson (Rsa) 79 81, Thabang Simon (Rsa) 75 85
Withdrew: 81 Steve Surry
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