JAMIE McLEARY MOVES INTO CONTENTION WITH A ROLLER-COASTER ROUND OF 69

CHALLENGE TOUR REPORT FROM SWITZERLAND
By NEIL AHERN
Jamie McLeary moved into contention after the second round at the Credit Suisse Challenge following a roller-coaster round, seven birdies, a triple bogey and two bogeys giving him a two-under-par 69 and moving him to tied seventh spot.
The Edinburgh resident was three shots off the eight under par lead set by Welshman Garry Houston and Finland’s Janne Mommo heading into the weekend’s play and he was happy with his game as he chases a second Challenge Tour title at Golf Sempachersee, near Lucerne in Switzerland.
“I got off to a great start with three birdies in the first three holes,” said the 31 year old. “I got a bit put off during my swing on the 13th for the triple bogey and it snowballed from there but that wasn’t my major problem. I had a difficult bunker shot and caught it clean and it went over the green and I was in long grass hacking out.
“I had a couple of bad breaks for the two bogeys in the two holes after that but I played pretty good otherwise, for both days. I scored well and I played a lot better today than I did yesterday.
“I had 13 birdies in my first two days and you’d expect to be about ten under doing that so it’s a bit disappointing but it’s nice to be there or thereabouts. I just have to cut out a couple of silly errors but I'm reading the greens well and taking the chances so I just need more of that.”
SCOTS DOWN THE FIELD
Callum Macaulay (71), Andrew McArthur (71) and Chris Doak (70) were all tied for 38th place on two under par.
Meanwhile, Houston and Mommo were tied for the lead going into the weekend’s play after they both carded six under par second rounds of 65 to add to respective opening rounds of 69 and take to the top on eight under par.
Incredibly, Houston soared to the summit despite being diagnosed with vertigo just last Sunday before almost pulling out of the tournament due to an onset of symptoms.
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 142 (2x71)

134 G Houston (Wal) 69 65, J Mommo  (Fin) 69 65

135 L Goddard  (Eng) 71 64, A Kaleka  (Fra) 70 65, A Perrino  (Ita) 69 66

136 J Busby (Eng) 69 67, A Domingo (Esp) 68 68, G Stal  (Fra) 69 67, J Hansen  (Den) 62 74

137 J McLeary  (Sco) 68 69, R Kakko  (Fin) 74 63, S Wakefield (Eng) 67 70, M Rominger  (Sui) 69 68, L Jensen (Den) 66 71, C Hanson (Eng) 68 69, C Moriarty (Irl) 67 70

138 D Vancsik (Arg) 68 70, J Gibb (Eng) 69 69, B Parker  (Eng) 70 68, D Brooks (Eng) 69 69, P Archer (Eng) 68 70, H Joannes  (Bel) 67 71, J Clément  (Sui) 69 69, D Gaunt (Aus) 69 69

139 S Pinckney (USA) 69 70, S Tiley (Eng) 67 72, D Ulrich (Sui) 68 71, A Hartø  (Den) 69 70, A Gee  (Eng) 72 67, R Steiner (Aut) 68 71, A Velasco (Esp) 72 67, M Delpodio  (Ita) 71 68, A Snobeck  (Fra) 67 72, J Heath  (Eng) 69 70, S Davis (Eng) 71 68, B Chapellan (Fra) 70 69, B Rusch (am) (Sui) 69 70

140 O Wilson (Eng) 66 74, S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) 70 70, A Levy (Fra) 67 73, V Riu  (Fra) 70 70, A McArthur  (Sco) 69 71, M Carlsson  (Swe) 70 70, J Mikkelsen (Nor) 69 71, P Baker (Eng) 72 68, A Tadini (Ita) 70 70, C Macaulay  (Sco) 69 71, M Nixon (Eng) 72 68, C Doak (Sco) 70 70

141 B Koepka  (USA) 71 70, M Haines  (Eng) 73 68, N Bertasio (Ita) 71 70, B Evans  (Eng) 70 71, S Benson (Eng) 73 68, A Bernadet  (Fra) 72 69, B Etchart  (Esp) 73 68, M Bothma (RSA) 71 70, N Meitinger  (Ger) 69 72, M Madsen  (Den) 71 70, M Kieffer (Ger) 72 69, J Wahlqvist (Swe) 68 73

MISSED THE CUT 

142 F Fritsch  (Ger) 69 73, D Lokke (Den) 69 73, R Russell (Sco) 74 68, D Geminiani (Ita) 71 71, J Bragulat  (Esp) 72 70, J Abbott (Eng) 69 73, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 72 70, B Ritthammer (Ger) 71 71, E De La Riva  (Esp) 69 73, C Aguilar  (Esp) 70 72, W Besseling  (Ned) 74 68, T Remkes (Ned) 71 71, N Lemke (Swe) 70 72, C Blaesi  (Sui) 70 72, M Ford (Eng) 66 76, N Dougherty  (Eng) 71 71, F De Vries  (Ned) 74 68, R Dinwiddie  (Eng) 74 68

143 E Bertheussen (Nor) 70 73, S Grant  (Irl) 70 73, K Benz (Sui) 71 72, F Praegant (Aut) 71 72, F Delamontagne  (Fra) 73 70, J Rask (Swe) 75 68, A Tampion  (Aus) 72 71, M Brown (Nzl) 73 70, J Barnes (Eng) 74 69, E Kofstad (Nor) 72 71, P Edberg (Swe) 71 72, R Echenique (Arg) 75 68, J Walters (RSA) 70 73, N Sulzer  (Sui) 70 73, Å Nilsson (Swe) 69 74, S Franky (Col) 75 68

144 N Ravano (Ita) 70 74, S Buhl (Ger) 71 73, M Glauert (Ger) 71 73, P Fendt (Aut) 72 72, C Brazillier  (Fra) 75 69, P Relecom  (Bel) 71 73, F Calmels  (Fra) 76 68, I Elvira  (Esp) 73 71, B Pastore (Ita) 75 69, M Dobias (am) (Sui) 75 69

145 A Knappe (Ger) 7174, J Schmid (Sui) 73 72, S Jeppesen  (Swe) 73 72, F Svanberg  (Sui) 73 72, J Parry (Eng) 71 74, P Gustafsson (Swe) 70 75, R Quiros  (Esp) 72 73, M Cryer (Eng) 74 71, A Maestroni  (Ita) 70 75, P Karantzias (Gre) 72 73, B Åkesson (Swe) 71 74, E Amacher (am) (Sui) 73 72,

146 H Bacher (Aut) 73 73, B Barham (Eng) 73 73, J Doherty  (Sco) 77 69, G Lockerbie  (Eng) 74 72, J Burnier (Sui) 75 71, R Harrison (Eng) 74 72, S Henry  (Sco) 74 72,

147 G Watremez (Bel) 73 74, A Ahokas (Fin) 73 74, E Pepperell (Eng) 75 72, J Girrbach (am) (Sui) 72 75,

148 T Hatton (Eng) 77 71, R McGowan  (Eng) 74 74, P Dwyer (Eng) 76 72, J Lima  (Por) 73 75, R De Sousa (Sui) 73 75, G Dear (Sco) 77 71,

149 M Crespi  (Ita) 75 74, C Gane (Eng) 75 74, M Iten (am) (Sui) 74 75,

150 J Huldahl (Den) 75 75, A Parr (Can) 75 75, A Hortal  (Esp) 73 77, J Dantorp (Swe) 78 72, C Russo (Fra) 74 76

151 J Kaske (Fin) 74 77, N D'Incau  (Sui) 76 75

152 F McGuirk  (Eng) 73 79, P Erofejeff (Fin) 76 76, R Wiederkehr (Sui) 77 75, J Maurer  (Aut) 75 77, M Eggenberger (am) (Sui) 79 73

153 J Johnson (Eng) 76 77, I Giner (Esp) 75 78

154 D McKenzie (Aus) 76 78

155 P Gal  (Cze) 77 78, M Higley (Eng) 74 81

160 U Weinhandl (Aut) 76 84

175 J Svoboda (Cze) 91 84