Thursday, February 02, 2012

GRAEME BROWN WINS AGAIN ON MIDLAND ALLIANCE CIRCUIT

 Montrose Links assistant professional Graeme Brown chalked up his second Midland Golfers Alliance win in a row at a bitterly cold Arbroath links today,
Brown shot a brilliant five-under-par 65 to win the top scratc prize by three shots from local scratch amateur Steven Cargill.
There was a three way tie for the first handicap prize Cargill,  Ewan Rae (Arbroath) and Roy Farquhar (Carnoustie) all returned net 68s. Winners of the William Hill-sponsored team competition were Harry Salmond (Tulliallan), Jim Irwin (Muckhart) and Gibby Wilkie (Muckhart) with a net score of 60, which was matched by two other teams.
The winners had the better inward half.
LEADING SCRATCH SCORES
Par 70 
65 G Brown (Montrose Links).
68 S Cargill (Arbroath).
69 S Clark (Elie), R Bell (Downfield).
70 S Graham (Arbroath), C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst).
73 E Rae (Arbroath), P Jamieson (Dunblane New), C West (Scotscraig).
74 D Mitchell (Monifieth), P Brookes (Pitreavie), D Mitchell (Monifieth), J Craig (Carnoustie), G Tough (Edzell).
LEADING HANDICAP
S Cargill (Arbroath) (scr), E Rae (Arbroath) (5), R Farquhar (Carnoustie) (10) 68; E Gourlay (Monifieth) (12), J Irwin (Muckhart) (8), S Graham (Arbroath) (1) 69; D Mitchell (Monifieth) (4), A Smith (Edzell) (7) 70; D Thomson (Downfield) (6), H Salmond (Tulliallan) (5), S Brough (Downfield) (5), J Craig (Carnoustie) (3), R Bell (Downfield) (+2) 71.
LEADING TEAM SCORES
60 H Salmond (Tulliallan) (5), J Irwin (Muckhart) (8), G Wilkie (Muckhart) (13) (better inward half);  S Cargill (Arbroath) (scr), E Rae (Arbroath) (5), I Butchart (Strahmore) (5) (better last six); S Graham (Arbroath) (1), R McLean (Dunnikier Park) (7), J Gilchrist (Dunnikier Park) (5).
Qualifiers for the JTC Kitchen Express Midland Golfer’s Alliance Championship in April at Carnoustie
S Cargill (Arbroath)
S Graham (Arbroath)
E Rae (Arbroath)
Qualifiers for the JTC McQueen Shield in April at Carnoustie
S Cargill (Arbroath)
E Rae (Arbroath)
R Farquhar (Carnoustie)

Next meeting
Thursday 10th February
Carnoustie, Buddon Links
Carnoustie G. C.
8.30 - 12.30
Sponsored By J. Ward
 

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OBAN-BASED TERRY BURGOYNE FINISHES 9th at SENIOR Q SCHOOL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Oban-based Terry Burgoyne failed by only two shots over 72 holes to gain one of the top six cards at the European Seniors Tour's Final Qualifying School at the Vale da Pinta course, Lagoa on Portugal's southern Algarve coastline.
An assistant pro at Haggs Castle before he went to Sweden for the best part of 24 years, Burgoyne has played out of Glencruitten Golf club since last year.
He shot rounds of 68, 73, 70 and 73 for a level par aggregate of 284. That placed him ninth. The top six who earned full playing rights on the 2012 Over-50s circuit were headed by American Dick Mast who looked different class as he won by seven shots with four rounds in the 60s for a 14-under-par total of 270.
An aggregate of 288 was the limit for the top six. The next eight, including Burgoyne, pictured by courtesy of Getty Images(c), will gain a limited number of starts on the Seniors Tour in the new season.
The only other Scot to make the last day's play, former Walker Cup player Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie), finished joint 40th on 293 after a closing round of 75.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
270 Dick Mast (US) 67 67 69 67.
277 Paul Wesselingh (Eng) 71 67 68 71.
280 Zeke Martinez (US) 72 71 68 69.
282 Jeff Hall (Eng) 71 69 72 70, Rick Gibson (Can) 68 73 70 71, Steve Cipa (Eng) 70 69 70 73.
283 Tim Elliott (Aus) 68 72 72 71, Glenn Ralph (Eng) 69 71 70 73.
284 Terry Burgoyne (Sco) 68 73 70 73.
Selected score
293 Lindsay Mann (Sco) 75 73 70 75 (T40).

Andy Stubbs of the European Seniors Tour (left) presents the winner's trophy to American Dick Mast. Image by courtesy of Phil Inglis (c).

AMERICAN DICK MAST WINS SENIOR TOUR SCHOOL BY SEVEN STROKES

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE EUROPEAN SENIORS TOURAmerican Dick Mast carded a four under par round of 67 for the third time in four days to head the 18 players who gained cards for the 2012 European Senior Tour season on a tense final day of the Qualifying School in Portugal.
The 59 year old had started the day with a three stroke lead over Englishman Paul Wesselingh and extended that margin to seven shots with a clinical display at Pestana Golf Resort’s Vale da Pinta, finishing on 14 under par 270.
Wesselingh also secured a card in comfortable fashion, closing with a round of 71 to take second place on seven under par, while American Zeke P Martinez, who began his final round with two birdies and a double bogey, eagled the 16th en route to a 69 as he finished on four under par in third place. English pair Steve Cipa (73) and Jeff Hall (70) and Canadian Rick Gibson (71) shared fourth position on two under par.
All six earned full cards for the 2012 Senior Tour season, with 12 further players securing conditional cards including 2009 Scottish Senior Open champion Glenn Ralph, who carded a closing 73 to share seventh place with Australian Tim Elliott on one under par.
But the day belonged to Mast who followed his two opening rounds of 67 and third round 69 with another impressive performance on the Algarve, to succeed compatriot Tim Thelen as winner of the Senior Tour Qualifying School.
Mast birdied the second and fourth holes but bogeys on the fifth and seventh holes meant his advantage over Wesselingh was reduced to two shots. However the momentum then swung back in Mast’s favour when he holed a crucial 25ft birdie putt on the eighth hole followed by an eight footer on the tenth.
Further birdies on the 16th and 17th holes sealed the victory for Mast, who finished third in The 2006 Senior Open Championship at Turnberry. “It is a big privilege to get onto the European Senior Tour,” said Mast.  “I’ve not been exempt on the US Champions Tour since 2007 and I’ve always wanted to come over here and play more than I have. I came over in 2006 for The Senior Open for the first time and had a great time at Turnberry and I’m looking forward to coming back and getting to know people over here.
“Hopefully I can play some good golf too. It was my goal to win the Qualifying School but it was a difficult challenge. I tend to be a gambler but I played more percentages over the last couple of days. It worked out for me this week as you can’t force this golf course.
“Paul played extremely well as well so there was some pressure. It’s tough leading for three rounds so I was pleased with how I managed it.”
Mast had led the qualifiers from First Stage at Pestana’s Gramacho course last week and he has now set his sights on continuing that form into the new season.
“I’d like to win a tournament and get some momentum going into The Senior Open Championship back at Turnberry. I’d also like to try to qualify for The Open itself, so hopefully this win can be a momentum builder. I’m really looking forward to coming over and seeing Europe.”
Wesselingh, who has represented Great Britain and Ireland six times in the PGA Cup, took over from current Senior Tour Committee Chairman David J Russell as head professional at Kedleston Park, near Derby, in 2001 and will now follow in footsteps again on the Senior Tour.
“It’s unbelievable – it is what I have been working towards for the last two or three years now,” said the 50 year old. “I played solid today and decided early on not to take too many risks and just plodded my way round, which is my strength really. “I knew everyone would start well, as the first two holes are birdie chances, then fall away again and that’s what happened. I started looking at catching Dick but my putter has been so cold this week – I’ve not holed anything over ten feet and Dick is an awesome putter.”
The 18 players to gain cards for 2012 came from eight different nations. Aside from the aforementioned top eight, the other players to secure playing privileges were Scotland’s Terry Burgoyne, who finished ninth on level par; Frenchman Roger Sabarros, Canadian Dave Wettlauffer, Japan’s Archie Takamatsu and American Charlie Bolling who all finished one over par; Japan’s Seiki Okuda, American Mike Donald, Jamaican pair Peter Horrobin and Delroy Cambridge and Canadian Ken Tarling, who all finished two over par.

ALL THE FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)



270 D Mast (USA) 67 67 69 67
277 P Wesselingh (Eng) 71 67 68 71
280 Z Martinez (USA) 72 71 68 69
282 R Gibson (Can) 68 73 70 71, J Hall (Eng) 71 69 72 70, S Cipa (Eng) 70 69 70 73
283 G Ralph (Eng) 69 71 70 73, T Elliott (Aus) 68 72 72 71
284 T Burgoyne (Sco) 68 73 70 73
285 R Sabarros (Fra) 78 69 71 67, D Wettlaufer (Can) 71 71 75 68, C Bolling  (USA) 64 74 73 74, A Takamatsu (Jpn) 71 71 72 71
286 K Tarling (Can) 73 71 68 74, P Horrobin (Jam) 69 72 73 72, S Okuda (Jpn) 77 70 70 69, D Cambridge (Jam) 69 70 75 72, M Donald (USA) 76 70 70 70

-----the above 18 players secured cards for the 2012 season ----

287 K Dickens (Eng) 71 72 70 74
288 S Bennett (Eng) 72 70 72 74, W Grant (Eng) 72 72 77 67, M Fernandez (Arg) 73 72 70 73, M Adcock (USA) 70 73 72 73, K Moe (USA) 69 74 72 73, C Grenier (Aut) 73 75 69 71, M Briggs (Eng) 70 72 73 73, M Girouard (Can) 77 70 73 68
289 J Anderson (USA) 68 76 73 72, J Heggarty (Nir) 70 71 70 78, D Edwards (USA) 76 75 66 72, E Rodriguez (Esp) 72 72 72 73, M Deboub (Alg) 76 71 71 71
290 P Jonas (Can) 80 71 70 69
291 M Guzman (Arg) 74 67 71 79, P Dugeny (Fra) 71 78 71 71, K Olsen (Aus) 74 72 71 74, P Dahlberg (Swe) 71 72 75 73
292 J Buendia (Esp) 73 71 74 74, M Stokes (Eng) 72 72 70 78
293 L Mann (Sco) 75 73 70 75, P Brostedt (Swe) 75 71 73 74
294 L Turner (Eng) 73 75 72 74
295 P Allan (Eng) 73 75 72 75
301 J Fronceda (Esp) 73 73 73 82

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PAUL O'HARA LEADS SCOTS IN LAST EVENT OF TURKISH SWING

By COLIN FARQUHARSONColin@scottishgolfview.com
Motherwell's Paul O'Hara ended the first day of the last tournament of the EPD Turkish swing - the Sueno Pines Classic - at Belek in joint third place in a field of 89 players.
O'Hara shot a three-under-par 69 to be two shots behind joint leaders, Max Kramer and Daniel Wunsche, both from Germany.
O'Hara, starting at the 10th, bogeyed his first hole but then birdied the 12th, long 15th, long 17th and ninth.
Rookie pro David Law from Aberdeen, having missed the last two cuts, produced a more settled round of 73 with only three deviations from par. He bogeyed the second and fifth but birdied the long eighth and parred his last 10 holes for a share of 24th place.
Ellon's Ross Cameron had a 74, not a bad effort considering he was four over par with five holes to play, having run up a double bogey 5 at the short 13th after bogeys at the fifth and ninth. But he finished on a high with birdies at the 14th and long 17th for a share of 41st place.
Fraserburgh's Jordan Findlay is still struggling to put together a decent sore.. He had double bogeys at the long first and par-4 10th in compiling a 75 for a share of 52nd place.

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
67 Max Kramer (Ger), Daniel Wunsche (Ger).
68 Damien Perrier (Fra).
69 Arwed Fischer (Ger), Paul O'Hara (Sco).
Selected scores:
73 James Wilson (Eng), David Law (Sco), Tom Boys (Eng) (T24).
74 Adam Carson (Eng), Grant Jackson (Eng), Ross Cameron (Sco), Lee Corfield (Eng) (T41).
75 Jordan Findlay (Sco) (T52).
76 Ian Brown (Eng), Matthew Dearden (Wal), Chris Guy (Eng).

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JAMES BYRNE HAS TWO-UNDER--PAR 70 ON ASIAN TOUR DEBUT

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Yangon: Ben Fox of the United States reaped the benefits of extra hours put in the gym when he shot a sparkling eight-under-par 64 to share the first round lead at the Zaykabar Myanmar Open presented by Air Bagan today.
Fox fired a flawless round with eight birdies that was matched by Australians Scott Hend, who has won once on the Asian Tour and former European Tour and Nationwide Tour player Wade Ormsby at the Royal Mingalardon Golf and Country Club.
Chinnarat Phadungsil of Thailand, a three-time Asian Tour winner, was a further shot back with Asian Tour graduate Kim Gi-whan of South Korea in the US$300,000 event, returning on the Asian Tour schedule after a one-year lapse.
Fox, who is searching for his first Asian Tour victory, credited the hard work in the gym during the off-season for his fast start.
“I worked hard in the off-season. I don’t like working out during the season but during the break I was hitting it hard in the gym and on the practice range. I tried to get a little bit stronger in the gym and it is showing because I’m hitting it 10 or 15 yards further this year,” said the 24-year-old.
Playing in his third year on the Asian Tour, Fox made a 25-feet chip-in birdie from the edge of the seventh hole to tie for the lead.
“It was one of my goals coming into the year to get off to a good start more frequently. It is nice to kind of done that in the first week. Obviously, you just don’t plan on shooting eight-under but it was a nice round. I got off to a good start and just kept it going,” said Fox, who missed only two greens in regulation today.
Hend, who is among 15 Australians in the field this week, predicts a low scoring week as he aims to end a three-year title drought.
“I hit good shots and holed my putts. I missed a couple but you can’t complain when you shoot an eight-under. This is the first round of the year and this is a nice round to put away because it is going to be a low score that wins the tournament.
"To put eight birdies out of the way, I’m probably going to need another 12 birdies in the next three days,” said Hend, winner of the of the 2008 Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational.
Like his co-leaders, Ormsby was also bogey-free in a round which he described as boring. He earned his Asian Tour card at Qualifying School this year and hopes to get his career back on track after losing playing status in Europe.
“I just kept giving myself chances. I had a bit of run on 15, 16 and 17. It was pretty boring golf actually but managed to hole the putts,” said Ormsby.
“Asia is good. I played a lot out here through the co-sanctioned events previously. Asia is a lot closer to Australia so it makes it feel a little bit like half an Australian Tour! It is nice Tour and I’m looking forward to the year,” he added.
Asian Tour rookie Kim of Korea made four straight birdies from the 14th hole but was disappointed not to share the lead after making his only blemish of the day on the ninth hole.
“That stretch of birdies was good because it gave me the confident to keep going. My putting was great. I sank all my putts inside 10 feet so that was good except on the last hole,” said the 21-year-old, who played in Japan last year.
“I wanted to play on the Asian Tour because many Koreans have tasted success here like Noh Seung-yul and K.J. Choi. I hope I can be like them,” added Kim.
SCOTSWATCH: Banchory's James Byrne marked his debut on the Asian Tour with a two-under-par round of 70, which included five birdiews - at the first, long fifth, long 14th, short 15th and long 18th in halves of 37-33. All his bogeys came before the turn - at the fourth, seventh and ninth.


LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72. Yardage 7,218
64 Scott HEND (AUS), Ben FOX (USA), Wade ORMSBY (AUS).
65 Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL (THA), KIM Gi-whan (SKOR).
66 Kiradech APHIBARNRAT (THA), Prom MEESAWAT (THA), Chris RODGERS (ENG).
67 BAEK Seuk-hyun (SKOR), Kodai ICHIHARA (JPN), Daisuke MARUYAMA (JPN), Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA), Joon LEE (SKOR), Martin ROMINGER (SUI), Simon GRIFFITHS (ENG), Arnond VONGVANIJ (THA), Rick KULACZ (AUS), Masanori KOBAYASHI (JPN), Namchok TANTIPOKHAKUL (THA).
Selected scores
69 Tetsuji HIRATSUKA (JPN), Niall Turner (IRE).
70 James Byrne (Sco), Stephen Lewton (Eng) (T43)

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AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP for Ryl PORTRUSH 2014, CARNOUSTIE 2015

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St Andrews: Royal Portrush and Carnoustie have been chosen as future venues for the Amateur Championship.
Portrush, venue for the 1951 Open, will host the Championship for the third time in 2014 on its renowned Dunluce Links with the initial stroke play qualifying stage shared with nearby Portstewart.
In 2015, the Championship will be staged at Carnoustie for a fifth time with qualifying also taking place at Panmure, a previous Open Local Final Qualifying course.
Johnnie Cole-Hamilton, The R and A’s Executive Director – Championships, said: “The Amateur Championship has a proud tradition of being contested over the finest links courses in the British Isles.
“I am delighted that the Championship will be returning to two past venues that will offer Irish and Scottish golf fans the chance to watch some of the world’s best amateur golfers in action.
“Previous Championships have seen some of golf’s greatest names, such as past champions Jose Maria Olazabal , Sergio Garcia and more recently Matteo Manassero, announce themselves on the world stage. I’m sure in 2014 and 2015 we will again see some future household names competing for the trophy.”
Portrush - which can count 2010 US Open Champion Graeme McDowell as well as Open winners Padraig Harrington (2007, 08) and reigning Champion Darren Clarke among its members - has a long history of hosting championship golf.
It first hosted the Championship in 1960, won by Ireland’s Joe Carr, and then again in 1993 when England’s Iain Pyman came out on top. It was the scene of Max Faulkner’s Open victory in 1951 and has hosted the Senior Open Championship six times, most recently in 2004. Portrush was recently named by the European Tour as the venue for this year’s Irish Open.
Meanwhile, Co Londonderry’s Portstewart also has experience of hosting championship golf, most recently the British Girls Championship in 2006.
Philip Tweedie, Captain of Royal Portrush, said: “We are absolutely delighted to once again host the Amateur Championship in 2014 and look forward to welcoming the world top amateurs.
“Since the event was last played at Royal Portrush in 1993, work has been carried out on the links with eight new tees constructed, now making the course 7,143 yards long, producing a good test for the competitors."
Carnoustie is one of the most famous venues in world golf having hosted The Open seven times, most recently in 2007. The Angus links has also hosted the Amateur Championship in 1947, 1966, 1971 and most recently in 1992 when home favourite Stephen Dundas defeated Welshman Bradley Dredge.
As well as Open qualifying, Panmure hosted final qualifying for last year’s Ricoh Women’s Open, held at Carnoustie, and is regularly rated in the UK’s top 100 golf courses.
Graeme Duncan, General Manager at Carnoustie Golf Links, said: “The Amateur Championship remains one of the world’s foremost amateur events and it is a great honour for Carnoustie to be asked to host it in 2015.
“It is always a pleasure to work with The R and A in preparing for a tournament and we look forward very much to delivering the Championship course in the very best of condition for the event”.
This year’s Amateur Championship will be held at Royal Troon, with qualifying rounds at Glasgow Gailes Links, from 18-23 June. Kent’s Royal Cinque Ports will be the venue in 2013 with qualifying shared with nearby Prince’s.

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PAUL LAWRIE one of only nine players to break 70 in Desert Storm

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano overcame a desert storm to grab the lead away from American John Daly on the opening day of the Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy in Doha.
Fernandez-Castano birdied the last three holes to deny 45 year old Daly - 543rd in the Official World Golf Ranking - the overnight lead in the second leg of The European Tour's Middle East swing.
The desert storm was such that many players wore sunglasses to try to limit the amount of sand blowing into their eyes on what Daly called a "brutal" day.
Defending champion Thomas Bjorn posted a 79 and fellow stars Ross Fisher and Henrik Stenson both failed to break 80, but Lee Westwood kept his hopes alive with a 71.
Fernandez-Castano could well take over top spot from Rory McIlroy in the race for Ryder Cup places if he wins this weekend and the 31 year old from Madrid almost defied belief by grabbing nine birdies in all.
"I would have taken level par," said the man who last year missed the cut in next-to-last place with two rounds of 78 and then was out of action for almost six months with a back injury.
He added: "We couldn't see the ball landing on the fairways and I just tried to keep it as low as possible.
"I think I just got lucky and holed some important putts. Putting is the most difficult thing on a windy day."
Daly's last victory was eight years ago, and he no longer has a US PGA Tour card.
It was in a strong wind that he won the 1995 Open Championship at St Andrews, but he did not expect this.
"I'm pretty shocked," Daly said after keeping a bogey off his card.
"I had five and a half weeks off and really didn't touch a club much.
"It's one of the best rounds I've ever played in a wind like that. You feel like you are eating a lot of sand."
Only nine of the 132 players broke 70, with South Korean K J Choi and Australian Jason Day shooting 68 and England's Richard Finch and Danny Willett, Scot Paul Lawrie, Swede Peter Hanson and Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts being one further back.
Lawrie, whose win in the event in 1999 was followed by his Open Championship triumph at Carnoustie that summer, said: "I've sand in places I didn't know I had places."
The Aberdonian matched the par of 36 for the front nine with a birdie at the second and a bogey at the short eighth. Then he had a purple patch with three birdies in a row from the long 10th to the 12th inclusive. He dropped his second and last shot of the day - again at a short hole (the 13th) before birdieing the 14th and parring in from there. A very good effort.
Graeme McDowell won his duel with American Hunter Mahan - opponents in the decisive singles match at The Celtic Manor Resort two years ago - but 73 and 74 kept them both in the pack.
Ryder Cup captain Jose Mari­a Olazabal, who turns 46 on Sunday, reached five under, but bogeyed four of the last seven holes, while fellow Spaniard Alvaro Quiros - first, second and second the last three years - dropped three shots in his last two holes for a 72.
Sergio Garcia's bogey-bogey finish left him on the same score, but World No 4 Martin Kaymer hit back from missing the cut in his Abu Dhabi title defence last week with a 71.
Fisher, now out of the world's top 100 two years after being part of The Ryder Cup side, did not have a single birdie in his 81, while Stenson's 82 included a triple bogey 8 on the ninth.
And the bad news for the entire field is that the wind is expected to be even stronger for the second round.

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
66 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain).
67 John Daly (United States).
68 Jason Day (Australia), K J Choi (South Korea).
69 Danny Willett (England), Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium), Paul Lawrie (Scotland), Peter Hanson (Sweden), Richard Finch (England).

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
72 Marc Warren (T37).
73 David Drysdale, Stephen Gallacher, Scott Jamieson (T52).

PROJECTED CUT AFTER TWO ROUNDS
75 George Murray (T82)
76 Colin Montgomerie, Richie Ramsay (T94)
78 Peter Whiteford (T114).

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NEW SOUTH WALES MEDAL TOURNAMENT PROGRESS REPORT

FROM THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOLF ASSOCIATION WEBSITE

NSW MEDAL SUMMARY: Despite horrendous conditions, the 36 holes were completed today without the need to delay play, which is a credit to both Mona Vale and Long Reef and their ability to cope with the recent wet weather.
The 36 hole cut (for the leading 60 players plus ties) was 152, with 36 holes to be played at Mona Vale GC tomorrow.
The winner of the Champion of Champions competition was Morriset’s David Morgan who followed up his 2 under round of 70 yesterday at Mona Vale with a one over round of 72 today at Long Reef.
Best rounds of the day today came from Long Reef’s Brett Drewitt with a four under par 68 at Mona Vale, and from Roseville’s Cameron Davis. Drewitt leads after two rounds, along with Englishman Neil Raymond, who hopes to ensure that the NSW Medal and Amateur Trophies again see an English name engraved upon them.
Those missing out on the cut include pre-tournament favourites Daniel Nisbet (Qld) and Nathan Holman (Vic) who had been the stand out performers early in 2012.
Rain greeted the players again on Day 2, with scoring again proved to be difficult. The players that bore the worst of the conditions yesterday morning were again up against it, with heavy consistent rain falling throughout the afternoon.
One of the leading players after round 1, New Zealand's Tim Leonard, claimed "this is just like home". Tim's round of 72 yesterday morning was one of the day's best.

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