DINWIDDIE SHARES OVERNIGHT LEAD IN CHALLENGE TOUR EVENT AT ST OMER

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Robert Dinwiddie joined South Africa’s Tjaart Van der Walt at the top in the Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open presented by Neuflize OBC as a five under par second round 66 earned the Englishman a share of the overnight lead heading into the weekend.

On a day when the much more favourable weather was not complemented by low scoring at the higher end of the leaderboard, Dinwiddie’s bogey-free round was the most significant as he climbed 14 places to the summit on four under early on in the second day at St Omer, France.

As the sun came out and the winds died down in benign afternoon conditions, Van der Walt and Englishman Daniel Brooks both looked to be storming clear of the field but came sliding back down on the back nine.

Van der Walt had three bogeys on the way home for a two over back nine and a level par round of 71, while Brooks suffered four bogeys on the back nine to also sign for a 71, making Dinwiddie’s round in the morning winds look all the more impressive.

“I played really steady so I’m happy,” said the 30 year old, who was the joint overnight leader after days two and three of the Telenet Trophy on the Challenge Tour three weeks ago. “I played just as well yesterday but the weather helped.

“I know the course very well and I have a lot of good feelings around here. I did not think I would be leading after the afternoon but I knew I was in a good position no matter what.

“Considering I didn’t think I would be teeing it up, after taking a bad step on Tuesday morning and damaging a disc in my back, it was great.

“I couldn’t hit a ball on Wednesday so I honestly thought I had no chance, but I just iced it and took a lot of anti-inflammatories and recovered so I'm delighted with how I've played.”

Two Englishmen, Simon Wakefield – who opted to carry his own bag for the opening two days after losing his caddie to injury – and Chris Hanson, were joined by local favourite Victor Riu in tied third place with an intriguing moving day in store in northern France.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

Par 142 (2x71)

138 T Van Der Walt (RSA) 67 71, R Dinwiddie  (Eng) 72 66,

139 S Wakefield (Eng) 71 68, C Hanson (Eng) 71 68, V Riu  (Fra) 68 71,

140 D Vancsik (Arg) 73 67, J Walters (RSA) 71 69, D Brooks (Eng) 69 71, J Huldahl (Den) 73 67, D Gaunt (Aus) 70 70, B Chapellan (Fra) 72 68, S Benson (Eng) 75 65,

141 S Henry  (Sco) 72 69, C Lloyd (Eng) 73 68, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 73 68,

142 T Hatton (Eng) 75 67, R McEvoy  (Eng) 71 71, T Fournier  (Fra) 71 71, B Hebert  (Fra) 74 68, L Goddard  (Eng) 75 67, M Glauert (Ger) 77 65, A Marshall (Eng) 74 68,

143 R Kakko  (Fin) 72 71, O Floren  (Swe) 72 71, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 71 72, J Dantorp (Swe) 73 70, P Edberg (Swe) 74 69, P Dwyer (Eng) 73 70, F Praegant (Aut) 73 70, A Forsyth (Sco) 73 70, M Crespi  (Ita) 75 68, C Suneson (Esp) 72 71, D Perrier (Fra) 77 66, G Stal  (Fra) 75 68,

144 M Korhonen (Fin) 74 70, P Maddy (Eng) 72 72, G Houston (Wal) 74 70, F Calmels  (Fra) 73 71, T Nørret (Den) 75 69, A Kaleka  (Fra) 73 71, R Davies (Wal) 77 67, S Little (Eng) 74 70, G Orr (Sco) 73 71, G Boyd  (Eng) 76 68, S Kim (Kor) 73 71, A Tadini (Ita) 73 71, S Thornton (Irl) 74 70, A Pavan (Ita) 74 70, J Elson  (Eng) 75 69, M Jonzon (Swe) 74 70, M Lundberg (Swe) 73 71, M Decottignies-Lafon (am) (Fra) 75 69,

145 A Domingo (Esp) 74 71, Å Nilsson (Swe) 71 74, G Shaw (Nir) 76 69, J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 73 72, T Murray (Eng) 75 70, A Snobeck  (Fra) 76 69, D Im (USA) 73 72, J McLeary  (Sco) 75 70, R Quiros  (Esp) 75 70, B Koepka  (USA) 75 70, J Lima  (Por) 74 71, C Brazillier  (Fra) 75 70, E Dubois (Fra) 71 74, C Russo (Fra) 73 72, T Remkes (Ned) 75 70, L Weber (Fra) 75 70,

 

CUT

 

146 J Lopez Lazaro (Fra) 75 71, A Otaegui  (Esp) 74 72, J Lagergren (Swe) 72 74, R Russell (Sco) 75 71, A Gee  (Eng) 71 75, C Monasterio (Arg) 77 69, M Delpodio  (Ita) 77 69, F McGuirk  (Eng) 74 72, S Dyson  (Eng) 72 74, D Van Der Walt (RSA) 77 69, S Arnold  (Aus) 74 72, D Dixon (Eng) 77 69, T Fisher Jnr (RSA) 77 69, M Nixon (Eng) 75 71, T Sluiter  (Ned) 76 70, M Zions (Aus) 73 73,

147 L Claverie (Esp) 73 74, G Cambis  (Fra) 77 70, L Saltman (Sco) 74 73, A Levy (Fra) 77 70, O Whiteley (Eng) 79 68, M Lampert (Ger) 74 73, A McArthur  (Sco) 74 73, S O'Hara  (Sco) 82 65,

148 J Ruth  (Eng) 78 70, M Laskey  (Wal) 76 72, O Rozner  (Fra) 70 78, O Bekker (RSA) 75 73, J Moul  (Eng) 75 73, B Dredge (Wal) 75 73, A Bernadet  (Fra) 76 72, T Pulkkanen  (Fin) 74 74, W Besseling  (Ned) 74 74, G Murray  (Sco) 78 70, C Paisley  (Eng) 76 72,

149 S Dodd (Wal) 77 72, D Frittelli (RSA) 77 72, J Senior (Eng) 78 71, C Macaulay  (Sco) 75 74, A Schwartz (Fra) 76 73, L Jensen (Den) 79 70, D Kemmer (USA) 79 70, R Saxton (Ned) 75 74, S Kapur (Ind) 79 70, B An (Kor) 76 73, A Velasco (Esp) 78 71, M Brier (Aut) 76 73, A Perrino  (Ita) 75 74,

150 J Guerrier  (Fra) 79 71, K Borsheim  (Nor) 81 69, M Haines  (Eng) 80 70, M Lorenzo-Vera  (Fra) 77 73, P Oriol (Esp) 73 77, P Archer (Eng) 73 77, M Sell  (Eng) 76 74, O Wilson (Eng) 81 69,

151 C Kim (USA) 76 75, C Ford (Eng) 76 75, N Ravano (Ita) 79 72, A Johnston (Eng) 78 73, S Hutsby  (Eng) 80 71, M Southgate  (Eng) 78 73,

152 B Parker  (Eng) 77 75, T Haylock  (Eng) 80 72, S Manley (Wal) 79 73, C Aguilar  (Esp) 77 75, S Walker (Eng) 77 75, F De Vries  (Ned) 79 73, C Del Moral (Esp) 79 73, R Han (Chn) 75 77, D Griffiths  (Eng) 73 79,

153 J Timmis (Eng) 77 76, J Glennemo (Swe) 76 77,

154 S Tiley (Eng) 80 74, K Ferrie (Eng) 76 78, F Colombo (Ita) 75 79, J Howarth (Eng) 76 78, F Lamare (Fra) 77 77, S Piaget  (Mon) 77 77, J Barnes (Eng) 80 74, A Rota (Ita) 76 78,

155 H Bacher (Aut) 80 75, N Dougherty  (Eng) 76 79, B Åkesson (Swe) 82 73,

156 M Tullo (Chi) 78 78, F Delamontagne  (Fra) 82 74, P Relecom  (Bel) 81 75,

157 D Higgins (Irl) 78 79,

 

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