JAMIE McLEARY SHARES COLOMBIA LEAD, SALTMAN MISSES CUT
McLeary, pictured, shot a second-round 69 (three under par) for a three-under 36-hole tally of 141 - a figure matched by England's Chris Hanson(72-69), Daniel Brooks (68-73) and Nick Dougherty (71-70).But at the other end of the scoreboard Lloyd Saltman and Chris Doak fell out of the tournament.
Saltman had a second-round 78 for an eight-over tally of 152 - three shots too many to beat the cut.
Chris Doak had a nightmare tournament, bowing out with a horrendous total of 160, made up of rounds of 79 and 81.
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Jamie McLeary and Raymond Russell will both be eyeing a tilt at the title at the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Classic after McLeary joined five others at the top of the leaderboard on three under going into the weekend, while Russell was just two shots off the pace.
McLeary’s performance was particularly impressive considering he double-bogeyed the par five fifth after a birdie on the first, before grinding his way back with six birdies and just one more dropped shot earning him a three under par round of 69.
The 2009 Scottish Hydro Challenge champion was delighted with the comeback, which included birdies at the seventh, eighth, 12th, 15th and the par five 18th.
“I made a couple of mental errors at the start, especially that double-bogey,” he admitted. “I played pretty solid though, I holed a couple of decent putts, like you need to do on a day like today and I got up and down on some of the par fives.
“There were still a couple of shots I left out there but I'm sure it’s the same with everyone so I'm hoping the weekend goes well.
“I think the course suits me, I like playing in the wind, being from Scotland and having played so much links golf. I'm hopefully going to keep it going now at the weekend.”
Russell, meanwhile, has started 2012 on fine form after a tied sixth place finish at the season-opening Gujarat Kensville Challenge, where he threatened the leaderboard all week.
The European Tour winner has followed that up with a solid first two days in Country Club de Barranquilla, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, as he added to his opening round of 71 with a level par 72 to finish the day one under par for the tournament, in tied 14th.
Having bogeyed the par three third hole, Russell then gained a shot at the par five seventh to reach the turn in 36 before he picked up another shot at the 11th hole. A bogey immediately followed on the 12th hole and when another dropped shot at the 15th took him to one over par for the day, he used his experience to bounce straight back with a birdie three at the 16th.
“I had a funny day today,” he said, “I could have got it going but didn’t get it going, had chances and then got a couple of breaks.
“Par was about right, I probably didn’t deserve to shoot any better or any worse. It doesn’t look like it on the scorecard but there were highs and lows.
“You’re trying to get yourself into a position for nine holes left on Sunday. The wind is the same direction, it might change a little bit come Sunday but it’s been the same direction since we got here. That makes it a little bit easier but if it starts changing direction, that’s when it could get pretty interesting.
“I’ll fancy my chances if I’m there on Sunday, there are a lot of lads with lots of experience so it’s just a case of using your head and if I get a chance, hopefully I can play well enough and see where it gets me.”
Callum Macaulay (+1), Scott Henry (+2) and Jack Doherty (+5) were the other Scots to make the cut, which stood at five over par.
Meanwhile, Nick Dougherty proved that form is temporary but class is permanent as an impressive two under par round of 70 handed him a joint overnight lead alongside McLeary and four others.
The three-time European Tour winner joined McLeary along with Daniel Brooks, Espen Kofstad, Chris Hanson and Sebastian L Saavedra on three under par as the race for the title in the $250,000 event was poised for an exciting weekend with seven more players just one shot back.
SECOND ROUND SCOREBOARDMcLeary’s performance was particularly impressive considering he double-bogeyed the par five fifth after a birdie on the first, before grinding his way back with six birdies and just one more dropped shot earning him a three under par round of 69.
The 2009 Scottish Hydro Challenge champion was delighted with the comeback, which included birdies at the seventh, eighth, 12th, 15th and the par five 18th.
“I made a couple of mental errors at the start, especially that double-bogey,” he admitted. “I played pretty solid though, I holed a couple of decent putts, like you need to do on a day like today and I got up and down on some of the par fives.
“There were still a couple of shots I left out there but I'm sure it’s the same with everyone so I'm hoping the weekend goes well.
“I think the course suits me, I like playing in the wind, being from Scotland and having played so much links golf. I'm hopefully going to keep it going now at the weekend.”
Russell, meanwhile, has started 2012 on fine form after a tied sixth place finish at the season-opening Gujarat Kensville Challenge, where he threatened the leaderboard all week.
The European Tour winner has followed that up with a solid first two days in Country Club de Barranquilla, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, as he added to his opening round of 71 with a level par 72 to finish the day one under par for the tournament, in tied 14th.
Having bogeyed the par three third hole, Russell then gained a shot at the par five seventh to reach the turn in 36 before he picked up another shot at the 11th hole. A bogey immediately followed on the 12th hole and when another dropped shot at the 15th took him to one over par for the day, he used his experience to bounce straight back with a birdie three at the 16th.
“I had a funny day today,” he said, “I could have got it going but didn’t get it going, had chances and then got a couple of breaks.
“Par was about right, I probably didn’t deserve to shoot any better or any worse. It doesn’t look like it on the scorecard but there were highs and lows.
“You’re trying to get yourself into a position for nine holes left on Sunday. The wind is the same direction, it might change a little bit come Sunday but it’s been the same direction since we got here. That makes it a little bit easier but if it starts changing direction, that’s when it could get pretty interesting.
“I’ll fancy my chances if I’m there on Sunday, there are a lot of lads with lots of experience so it’s just a case of using your head and if I get a chance, hopefully I can play well enough and see where it gets me.”
Callum Macaulay (+1), Scott Henry (+2) and Jack Doherty (+5) were the other Scots to make the cut, which stood at five over par.
Meanwhile, Nick Dougherty proved that form is temporary but class is permanent as an impressive two under par round of 70 handed him a joint overnight lead alongside McLeary and four others.
The three-time European Tour winner joined McLeary along with Daniel Brooks, Espen Kofstad, Chris Hanson and Sebastian L Saavedra on three under par as the race for the title in the $250,000 event was poised for an exciting weekend with seven more players just one shot back.
Par 144 (2x72)
141 J McLeary (Sco) 72 69, C Hanson (Eng) 72 69, E Kofstad (Nor) 70 71, S Saavedra (Arg) 69 72, N Dougherty (Eng) 71 70, D Brooks (Eng) 68 73
142 P Archer (Eng) 71 71, M Villegas (Col) 68 74, J Lima (Por) 70 72, S Rivas (Col) 74 68, B Barham (Eng) 74 68, J Rivas (Col) 71 71
143 T Hatton (Eng) 73 70, M Cryer (Eng) 74 69, D Larrazabal (Ven) 71 72, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 72 71, R Russell (Sco) 71 72
144 L Goddard (Eng) 72 72, S Kim (Kor) 72 72, C Suneson (Esp) 73 71, M Haines (Eng) 69 75
145 C Macaulay (Sco) 75 70, M Hurtado (Col) 74 71, F Damus (Arg) 75 70, P Pinto (Arg) 70 75, F Ojeda Racioppi (Arg) 73 72, S Fernandez (Arg) 74 71, M Carlsson (Swe) 74 71, M Glauert (Ger) 72 73, A Hartø (Den) 75 70, M Madsen (Den) 76 69
146 C Lloyd (Eng) 73 73, S Henry (Sco) 76 70, M Ruiz (Par) 74 72, J Huldahl (Den) 73 73
147 J Garrido (Col) 72 75, L Jensen (Den) 70 77, J Clavijo (Col) 73 74, G Clark (Eng) 73 74, S Tiley (Eng) 73 74, F De Vries (Ned) 75 72, P Relecom (Bel) 73 74, C Brazillier (Fra) 74 73, C Ford (Eng) 74 73, J Osmar (Col) 73 74, D Gaunt (Aus) 76 71, C Ricardo (am) (Col) 72 75
148 A Butterfield (Eng) 74 74, C Paisley (Eng) 77 71, A Echavarria (Col) 74 74, A Wagner (Arg) 75 73, S Franky (Col) 78 70, J Amaya (Col) 75 73, J Luna (Col) 73 75
149 J Abbott (Eng) 76 73, P Del Grosso (Arg) 79 70, S Benson (Eng) 74 75, R Quiros (Esp) 76 73, N Lemke (Swe) 79 70, P Dwyer (Eng) 76 73, C Monasterio (Arg) 76 73, D Lokke (Den) 77 72, D Vancsik (Arg) 77 72, E Aristizabal (Col) 75 74, J Doherty (Sco) 73 76, A Knappe (Ger) 77 72, P Reed (USA) 73 76, H Cespedes (Par) 74 75, E Arrazola Jr (am) (Col) 73 76
MISSED THE CUT
150 J Heath (Eng) 77 73, U Weinhandl (Aut) 75 75, L Marelli (Arg) 78 72, S Piaget (Mon) 77 73, A Perrino (Ita) 74 76, V Riu (Fra) 73 77, N Meitinger (Ger) 73 77, Å Nilsson (Swe) 76 74, F Keenan (Eng) 77 73, R Dinwiddie (Eng) 74 76
151 J Fransson (Swe) 77 74, S Jeppesen (Swe) 77 74, J Corchelo (Col) 73 78, B Parker (Eng) 76 75, E Dominguez (Arg) 75 76, J Gibb (Eng) 75 76, E Argiro (Arg) 77 74, N Kearney (Irl) 79 72, L Posada (Col) 76 75
152 M Delpodio (Ita) 79 73, M Kieffer (Ger) 75 77, J Busby (Eng) 74 78, A Parr (Can) 80 72, A Pinedo (Col) 76 76, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 79 73, C Slover (USA) 75 77, O Alvarez (Col) 78 74, R Romero (Col) 75 77, L Saltman (Sco) 74 78, O Villada (Col) 78 74, M Relancio (Arg) 76 76
153 J Palmer (Eng) 80 73, R Schneider (Fra) 76 77, A Zarlenga (Arg) 78 75, O Patino (Col) 79 74, J Day (Eng) 83 70, J Monroy (Arg) 80 73, A Byeong-Hun (Kor) 79 74, D Suarez (Col) 75 78
154 C Arenas (Col) 78 76, E Calisto (Ecu) 78 76, E Gomez (Col) 76 78, R Neil-Jones (Eng) 79 75, B Chapellan (Fra) 74 80
155 A Gee (Eng) 84 71, A John (Ger) 82 73, M Merizalde (Col) 81 74, O Suarez (Col) 77 78, H Dobson (Eng) 77 78
156 J Bastidas (Col) 80 76, J Hoyos (Col) 77 79, R Salazar (Col) 82 74,
157 R Steiner (Aut) 75 82
158 L Jimenez (Col) 80 78, R Echenique (Arg) 80 78, J Hansen (Den) 81 77, R Barcelos (Bra) 82 76
159 J Gidney (Eng) 82 77, A Berrio (Col) 84 75, S Sojo (am) (Col) 81 78,
160 R Ruiz (Col) 76 84, C Doak (Sco) 79 81
161 J Albuquerque (Bra) 79 82
162 E Echeverri (Col) 83 79
164 G Lopez (Col) 81 83, S Giraldo (Col) 81 83, H Baquero (am) (Col) 83 81,
167 L Contreras (Col) 84 83
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