TSHWANE OPEN REPORT AND SCOREBOARD

       Ross Fisher, Ryder Cup player in 2010

               Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)_

FISHER LANDS HALFWAY LEAD IN S 

AFRICA AFTER INWARD HALF OF 30

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England’s Ross Fisher stormed home in just 30 strokes to claim the halfway lead at the Tshwane Open in South Africa today.
The 33 year old, a member of Europe’s Ryder Cup team in 2010, had an early birdie at the first but then had to be patient as eight straight pars followed.
Another gain at the tenth ignited a tremendous run of scoring, with a pitch to within a foot of the pin at the 13th providing a third birdie of the day.
Fisher then holed a curling 40 footer for eagle at the 15th, birdied the 16th from ten feet and picked up a fourth shot in three holes with a 15 footer at the next.
That led to a seven under par 65 and 13 under halfway total, as well as a one shot lead over Dane Morten Ørum Madsen, who continued his impressive form on South African soil.
The South African Open Championship winner carded seven birdies in a flawless second round 65 at Copperleaf Golf and Country Estate, reaching 12 under for the week.
The 25 year old burst out the blocks with four gains in his first five holes, turned in 31 and, after a quiet spell in the middle of his round, picked up further shots at the sixth and seventh.
A closing bogey looked to be on the cards after an errant drive, but Madsen produced a brilliant pitched third to a foot to salvage par.
“I got off to a great start this morning,” said Madsen.
“Winning has calmed me down a little bit, just by knowing what to expect. It's hard to birdie every hole and you've got to deal with adversity well, because you're not going to play perfect golf for 72 holes.
“Whoever deals with the bad holes and bad shots the best is probably also the guy who's going to be on top come Sunday. I stayed patient in the beginning of my back nine and made a couple of birdies on six and seven, and then I saved a nice par on nine, so it was a nice way to finish.
“It's always fun to see your name up there on the leaderboard and that's what we play for. I practice to put myself in that position and to have a chance at the weekend is always great and it's something I really cherish.”
England's Simon Dyson maintained his bid for a seventh European Tour title with a second round of 68.
The 36 year old held the clubhouse lead overnight thanks to completing a seven under par 65 shortly before an approaching thunderstorm forced the players off the course, with play later abandoned for the day.
South Africa's Trevor Fisher Junior was also seven under with two holes to play and although he bogeyed the first of those when play resumed this morning, a birdie on the 18th saw him join Dyson at the top of the leaderboard.
Both players were then soon back in action for round two and Dyson carded six birdies and two bogeys to join Spain's Carlos Del Moral in the clubhouse on 11 under par.
“It's always tough to follow a low score,” said Dyson, “because you always feel like you're losing ground on what you had the day before. I've been out here quite a while now and I knew there were plenty of chances to come today.
“I also knew that I was putting nicely, so I just stayed patient and hit good putts and eventually a few of them dropped.”
Del Moral, who won the Qualifying School at the end of last year to regain his playing privileges, had carded a flawless 65 and had not dropped a shot in 36 holes, despite the 7,964-yard Ernie Els-designed course being the longest in European Tour history.
“I played really good,” said the 28 year old. “I hit 17 greens today and at the last I misread the wind and pulled it a little.
“I got a very good up-and-down, because I was thinking that it would be such a shame to make the first bogey in two rounds there.
“It was nice to make that putt and hopefully I can make some more during the rest of the tournament, because that's where the real difference comes.”
South African trio Fisher, Darren Fichardt and Jake Roos were on ten under as they looked to claim a sixth win for home players from the eight European Tour events being staged in South Africa this season.
However, defending champion Dawie van der Walt - who beat Fichardt by two shots 12 months ago - had missed the halfway cut after rounds of 78 and 74.
HALFWAY LEADERBOARD
par 144 (2x72)
131 Ross Fisher (England) 66 65
132 Morten Orum Madsen (Denmark) 67 65
133 Simon Dyson (England) 65 68, Carlos del Moral (Spain) 68 65
134 Darren Fichardt (S Africa) 66 68, Trevor Fisher jun (S Africa) 65 69, Michael Hoey (N Ireland) 69 65
SCOTS' SCORES
140 Jack Doherty 69 71 (T39)
141 Doug McGuigan 71 70, Marc Warren 73 68 (T51)
MISSED THE CUT (141 and better qualified)
142 Peter Whiteford 69 73
143 Jamie McLeary 72 71, David Drysdale 72 71
146 Chris Doak 74 72
147 Alan McLean 73 74
152 Scott Jamieson 76 76

ALL THE SCORES 
 players from S Africa unless stated

Par 144 (2x72)

 

131 Ross Fisher (ENG) 66 65

132 Morten Orum Madsen (DEN) 67 65

133 Carlos Del Moral (ESP) 68 65, Simon Dyson (ENG) 65 68

134 Darren Fichardt 66 68, Trevor Fisher Jnr 65 69, Jake Roos 69 65, Michael Hoey (NIR) 69 65

135 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 70 65, Edoardo Molinari (ITA) 70 65, Chris Wood (ENG) 67 68

136 Danie van Tonder 66 70, Hennie Otto 71 65, Jean Hugo 68 68

137 Oliver Bekker 70 67, Jaco Ahlers 71 66, Kevin Phelan (IRL) 68 69, Justin Harding 70 67

138 Andy Sullivan (ENG) 69 69, Merrick Bremner 69 69, Nacho Elvira (ESP) 71 67, Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 68 70, Lucas Bjerregaard (DEN) 67 71, Jared Harvey 66 72, David Howell (ENG) 69 69, Mikko Korhonen (FIN) 70 68, Erik van Rooyen 66 72

139 Ricardo Santos (POR) 68 71, Vaughn Groenewald 71 68, Jens Dantorp (SWE) 70 69, Ryan Cairns (ZIM) 70 69, James Morrison (ENG) 69 70, Heinrich Bruiners 69 70, Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 70 69, Daan Huizing (NED) 68 71, Shane Lowry (IRL) 68 71, Anthony Wall (ENG) 68 71, Daniel Brooks (ENG) 72 67

140 Paul Waring (ENG) 70 70, Alex Haindl 72 68, Thomas Aiken 69 71, Tjaart van der Walt 69 71, Ruan de Smidt 69 71, George Coetzee 70 70, Haydn Porteous 70 70, James Kingston 71 69, Soren Hansen (DEN) 70 70, Louis de Jager 71 69, Jack Doherty (SCO) 69 71, CJ du Plessis 71 69

141 Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 70 71, Michael Jonzon (SWE) 72 69, Keith Horne 74 67, Oliver Fisher (ENG) 73 68, Tyrone Ferreira 72 69, Kristoffer Broberg (SWE) 67 74, Matthew Baldwin (ENG) 72 69, Tyrone Mordt 70 71, Robert Rock (ENG) 70 71, Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 72 69, Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 72 69,Jaco Van Zyl 71 70, Doug McGuigan 71 70, Shiv Kapur (IND) 67 74, Marc Warren (SCO) 73 68, Warren Abery 71 70, James Kamte 72 69,Callum Mowat 72 69

Missed the cut 

142 Colin Nel 71 71, Patrik Sjoland (SWE) 72 70, Peter Whiteford(SCO) 69 73, Titch Moore 71 71, Jacques Blaauw 68 74, Johan Carlsson (SWE) 74 68, Connor Arendell (USA) 71 71, Neil Schietekat 70 72, Mark Foster (ENG) 70 72, Toto Thimba (Jnr) 70 72, Romain Wattel (FRA) 73 69, Michael Hollick 73 69,Adrian Otaegui (ESP) 70 72

143 Pablo Martin Benavides (ESP) 71 72, Divan van den Heever 74 69, Jamie McLeary (SCO) 72 71, Simon Wakefield (ENG) 74 69, Wallie Coetsee 72 71, Justin Walters 70 73, Tyrone Ryan 75 68, David Drysdale (SCO) 72 71, Jbe' Kruger 70 73, Christiaan Basson 70 73, Eddie Pepperell (ENG) 74 69, Joel Sjoholm (SWE) 70 73

144 Richard Bland (ENG) 73 71, Graeme Storm (ENG) 70 74, Francois Calmels (FRA) 71 73, Jorge Campillo (ESP) 69 75, Magnus A Carlsson (SWE) 68 76,Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 73 71, Damien McGrane (IRL) 74 70, Adilson Da Silva (BRA) 70 74, P H McIntyre 71 73, Andrea Pavan (ITA) 71 73, Brandon Pieters 69 75,Omar Sandys 72 72

145 Garrick Porteous (AMA) (ENG) 74 71, Andrew Curlewis 72 73, Lyle Rowe 72 73, Ross McGowan (ENG) 73 72, Brinson Paolini (USA) 73 72, Andreas Harto (DEN) 72 73, Charl Coetzee 73 72, Niclas Fasth (SWE) 73 72, Ulrich van den Berg 73 72, Robert Dinwiddie (ENG) 76 69

146 Keenan Davidse 72 74, Gert Myburgh 73 73, J J Senekal 73 73, Bryce Easton 71 75, Gareth Maybin (NIR) 75 71, Chris Doak (SCO) 74 72,Roberto Lupini 75 71

147 - Michiel Bothma 73 74, Martin du Toit 74 73, Sam Walker (ENG) 73 74, Alan McLean (SCO) 73 74

148 - Mikael Lundberg(SWE) 76 72, Estanislao Goya (ARG) 79 69, Stuart Manley (WAL) 76 72, Morne Buys 76 72, Grant Veenstra 74 74, JB Hansen (DEN) 72 76,Peter Karmis 75 73, Dean Burmester 73 75, Shaun Norris 71 77, Allan Versfeld 73 75, Thomas Pieters (BEL) 72 76, Grant Muller 76 72

149 - James Heath (ENG) 74 75, Gregory Havret (FRA) 77 72, Lindani Ndwandwe 74 75, Hendrik Buhrmann 74 75

150 - Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) 70 80

151 - Sipho Bujela 83 68, Graham van der Merwe 69 82, Dylan Frittelli 76 75

152 - Dawie Van der Walt 78 74, Peter Lawrie (IRL) 76 76, Scott Jamieson (SCO) 76 76

154 - Jose-Filipe Lima (POR) 75 79

155 - Ryan Strauss 77 78, Nic Henning 78 77, Chris Swanepoel 74 81

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