RYAN EVANS MOVES UP IN AUSTRALIAN MASTER OF AMATEURS CHAMPIONSHIP

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Steady play has given Queensland golfer Simon Viitakangas a one-shot lead after the second round of the 2014 Australian Master of  the Amateurs Championship at Royal Melbourne Golf Club today.
The sun shone, in stark contrast to cool temperatures and gusty winds of yesterday, but it was just another day at the office for the 21 year old who has carded rounds of two under on both days.

Just one shot back is the leading international, 21 year old Cameron Wilson from Connecticut. He obviously enjoyed today’s warmer weather, improving three shots on his first round. 

Ten countries are represented in this field of 53 elite amateurs; their handicaps range from zero and plus 6.

Holding third place tonight is another Gold Coast amateur  Corey Crawford. He is one shot ahead of  five players all one under after two rounds: American Max Buckley, New Zealander Tyler Hodge and Australians Todd Sinnott, Daniel Hoeve and James Gibellini.     
England's Ryan Evans from the Wellingborough club moved up joint 12th position on 146 with scores of 74 and 72.
Harry Casey from Enfield is on 152 (78-74) and Seb Crookall-Nixon from Workington, the third English player in the select field, is on 155 (80-75).

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)  
Viitakangas Simon Palmer (Gold Coast G C) AUS 70 70 140
Wilson Cameron (Shorehaven G C) USA 72 69 141
Crawford Cory (Sanctuary Cove G C) AUS 73 69 142
Buckley Max (Westchester C C) USA 72 71 143
Gibellini James (Emerald Lakes G C) AUS 70 73 143
Hodge Tyler (Levin G C) NZ 72 71 143
Hoeve Daniel (Kwinana G C) AUS 71 72 143
Sinnott Todd (Metropolitan G C) AUS 74 69 143
Zunic Jordan (Bonnie Doon G C) AUS 71 73 144
Hagy Brandon (Sherwood Lake G C) USA 73 72 145
MacDonald Taylor James (Redcliffe G C) AUS 74 71 145
Murdaca Anthony (The Grange G C) AUS 72 73 145
Cheng Jin (Singapore Island C C) CHN 74 72 146
Droop Frazer (Yarrawonga/Mulwala G C) AUS 70 76 146
Evans Ryan (Wellingborough G C) ENG 74 72 146
Vincent Scott (Chapman G C) ZIM 73 73 146
Herbert Lucas (Commonwealth G C) AUS 72 75 147
Konishi Kenta (Matsunaga C C) JPN 73 74 147
Moses Troy (Bonnie Doon G C) AUS 72 75 147
Ortiz Alvaro Guadalajara Country Club MEX 74 73 147
Power Horan Thomas The Royal Melbourne Golf Club AUS 72 75 147
Terrazas Aaron La Villa Rica Golf Club MEX 75 72 147
Davis Cameron Roseville Golf Club AUS 72 76 148
Lamb Rick Concession Golf Club USA 76 72 148
Niebrugge Jordan Karsten Creek Golf Club USA 76 72 148
Brandt-Richards Dale Mona Vale Golf Club AUS 77 72 149
Brown Chris The Grange Golf Club AUS 77 72 149
McCall Vaughan Gore Golf Club NZL 76 73 149
Munn Joshua Manawatu Golf Club NZL 75 74 149
Perry Jason The Royal Melbourne Golf Club AUS 71 78 149
Voke Nick Manukau Golf Club NZL 74 75 149
Wilkin Aaron Wynnum Golf Club AUS 76 73 149
Badhwar Viraat Indooroopilly Golf Club AUS 73 77 150
Daley Sam Wynnum Golf Club AUS 74 76 150
Endycott Harrison Avondale Golf Club AUS 75 75 150
Felton Jarryd Gosnells Golf Club AUS 75 75 150
Johnson Michael Altadend Valley Golf Club USA 73 77 150
McLeod Jake Royal Queensland Golf Club AUS 72 78 150
Schniederjans Oliver Brookstone Country Club USA 74 76 150
Wocheng Ye Dongguan Hillview Golf Club CHN 73 77 150
Houston Anthony Kingswood Golf Club AUS 77 74 151
Koura Kazuya Miyazaki Kokusai Golf Club JPN 77 74 151
Zecheng Dou Beijing Bayhood No. 9 Golf Club CHN 75 76 151
Casey Harry Enfield Golf Club ENG 78 74 152
McCoy Alexander Royal Queensland Golf Club AUS 75 77 152
Liu Yu-Jui Chang Gung Golf Club TPE 78 75 153
Lee Chieh-Po Sunrise Golf & Country Club TPE 78 76 154
Ruffels Ryan Victoria Golf Club AUS 77 77 154
Crookall-Nixon Seb Workington Golf Club ENG 80 75 155
McElyea Cory DeLaveaga Golf Club USA 77 78 155
Toomey Luke Lochiel Golf Club NZL 78 77 155
Larose Rick Arizona Country Club USA 87 89 176
Hussain Barroon Nadi Airport Golf Club FIJ 89 88 177