Friday, October 05, 2012

LLOYD SALTMAN HANDILY PLACED AT HALFWAY IN CHALLENGE TOUR EVENT


  Lloyd Saltman in action today (Courtesy of Getty Images(c)

FROM EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Lloyd Saltman moved into contention for the first European Challenge Tour title of his career after the Edinburgh man carded a three under par second round of 68 at the ALLIANZ Open de Lyon to enter the weekend three shots off the lead on seven under. Saltman recorded his first top 20 of the Challenge Tour season last week at the Challenge de Catalunya having returned to European golf’s second tier after a difficult year on The European Tour. 
Having followed up his four under par opening round of 67 with another steady day’s golf at Golf du Gouverneur in the East of France, the 27 year old is in confident mood as he hopes to finish his season with a flourish.“I played solid today, “said the former Walker Cup player. “I hit a lot of greens. I started off nicely, made a 20 footer on the 10th, my first, to make up for missing a similar one on the last yesterday.>“I had a poor tee shot on the 14th and put it in the water but I only made bogey so it wasn’t a disaster and then picked up a shot on the next followed by a birdie at the 18th to be out in one under.
“I picked up my shots on the back nine at the par fives and made a solid birdie at the third and another at the eighth with a good up and down. It was one of those rounds where I could have played all day, I kept giving myself birdie chances so I’m in a good position for the weekend.
“Funnily enough, I've been closer to winning on The European Tour this year, in Sweden (Nordea Masters) and Sicily (Sicilian Open) and it’s been something I've been working on - to follow up a good first round with a good second round, so I'm happy.
“I’d like to have a late surge and press into that top 45 and have a chance to get my card through the Challenge Tour and I’ve got my brother Zach on the bag this week so that’s definitely helping.
“Grand Final is definitely the goal and all it takes is a couple of good weeks. One good week can change everything so giving myself the opportunity is the big thing and I've done that after two rounds.
Chris Doak, Steven O’Hara and Raymond Russell were all two shots further back in tied 14th place in France while Scott Henry only just made the cut on one under par.
Meanwhile, England’s Sam Hutsby carded a stunning eight under par round of 63 to roar into a two-shot lead going into the weekend.
The 24 year old began the day four shots off the top but came flying out of the blocks with a birdie at the 10th hole, his first, before he gained two more shots at the 12th and 15th and a bogey at the par four 18th hole took him to the turn in two under par.
The round took flight on his back nine with three consecutive birdies from the first hole before picking up three more shots to finish the day on ten under par, two shots clear of compatriot Phillip Archer, Frenchman Baptiste Chapellan and Sweden’s Steven Jeppesen.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
 Par 142 (2x71)
132 S Hutsby  (Eng) 69 63
134 S Jeppesen  (Swe) 67 67, P Archer (Eng) 67 67, B Chapellan (Fra) 66 68
135 B Ritthammer (Ger) 68 67, A Johnston (Eng) 70 65, L Saltman (Sco) 67 68, W Besseling  (Ned) 70 65
136 B An (Kor) 71 65, G Stal  (Fra) 69 67, T Sluiter  (Ned) 69 67, C Lloyd (Eng) 70 66, R Langasque (am) (Fra) 67 69
137 S O'Hara  (Sco) 69 68, F Praegant (Aut) 69 68, R Russell(Sco) 68 69, S Tiley (Eng) 68 69, C Doak (Sco) 70 67, B Åkesson (Swe) 66 71, E Dubois (Fra) 68 69, P Dwyer (Eng) 71 66, J Guerrier  (Fra) 69 68, C Berardo (am) (Fra) 67 70
138 D Gaunt (Aus) 66 72, P Edberg (Swe) 72 66, A Tadini (Ita) 70 68, A Perrino  (Ita) 72 66, M Madsen  (Den) 65 73, S Wakefield (Eng) 68 70, A Otaegui  (Esp) 68 70, J Lagergren (Swe) 67 71, E Pepperell (Eng) 66 72, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 69 69, E De La Riva  (Esp) 68 70, C Russo (Fra) 69 69
139 C Paisley  (Eng) 70 69, R Echenique (Arg) 70 69, A Domingo (Esp) 68 71, C Gane (Eng) 72 67,
140 R Neil-Jones (Eng) 72 68, A Levy (Fra) 70 70, M Southgate  (Eng) 68 72, C Brazillier  (Fra) 68 72, S Buhl (Ger) 68 72, L Jensen (Den) 72 68, J Walters (RSA) 72 68, R Kakko  (Fin) 75 65, J Russell (USA) 72 68
141 N Henriques  (Por) 71 70, M Tullo (Chi) 69 72, S Henry  (Sco) 72 69, L Kennedy  (Eng) 71 70, T Remkes (Ned) 72 69, M Crespi  (Ita) 68 73, V Guillaume (Fra) 72 69, D Perrier (Fra) 71 70, K Le Sager  (Fra) 69 72, J Grillon  (Fra) 70 71, A Snobeck  (Fra) 72 69, J Hansen  (Den) 71 70, A Kaleka  (Fra) 72 69, J Remesy (Fra) 73 68, R Dinwiddie  (Eng) 73 68, J Huldahl (Den) 71 70
 MISSED THE CUT

142 D Brooks (Eng) 71 71, Å Nilsson (Swe) 70 72, V Riu  (Fra) 69 73, X Puig (Esp) 71 71, J Lima  (Por) 66 76, S Piaget  (Mon) 71 71, A Bernadet  (Fra) 69 73, D Vancsik (Arg) 73 69, J Gibb (Eng) 73 69, B Pastore (Ita) 72 70, A Tampion  (Aus) 71 71, J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 73 69
143 R Quiros  (Esp) 72 71, S Kim (Kor) 72 71, D Nouailhac (Fra) 75 68, J Parry (Eng) 69 74, A Campanile  (Ita) 73 70, S Pinckney (USA) 71 72, N Meitinger  (Ger) 68 75, J Abbott (Eng) 70 73, S Gros (Fra) 71 72
144 D Antonelli (Fra) 71 73, J Billot (Fra) 73 71, C Ford (Eng) 73 71, J Busby (Eng) 71 73, R Wingardh (Swe) 74 70, B Koepka  (USA) 71 73, J Wahlqvist (Swe) 74 70, S Benson (Eng) 73 71, L Weber (am) (Fra) 72 72,
145 A Velasco (Esp) 74 71, A McArthur  (Sco) 73 72,
146 S Davis (Eng) 73 73, C Aguilar  (Esp) 71 75, M Nixon (Eng) 72 74,
147 J Belot-Lacroix (Fra) 74 73, P Fendt (Aut) 72 75, R Schneider (Fra) 74 73, J Lopez Lazaro (Fra) 74 73,
148 F Calmels  (Fra) 69 79, B Barham (Eng) 75 73, L Goddard  (Eng) 71 77, F Delamontagne  (Fra) 74 74, C Gallois (Fra) 71 77, I Sanchez-Palencia  (Esp) 73 75,
150 L Richard (Bel) 76 74, A Parr (Can) 75 75, M Hill (Fra) 74 76
151 P Relecom  (Bel) 75 76, N Dougherty  (Eng) 73 78, P Valmary (Fra) 76 75
153 R Dupuis  (Fra) 76 77
158 A Guerin (Fra) 79 79
166 R Thuillier (Fra) 80 86
** M Lorenzo-Vera  (Fra) 68 WD, A Gee  (Eng) 74 DQ,

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
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