SCOT AHEAD IN CHALLENGE TOUR EVENT
BOGEY-FREE McARTHUR LEADS BY ONE
AT HALFWAY IN SLOVAKIA
Andrew McArthur: 36 holes without a bogey. Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)
REPORT FROM EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Andrew McArthur cruised to a second consecutive bogey-free round at the inaugural D+D Real Slovakia Challenge and a six under 66 earned the Scot a one-shot lead heading into the weekend at Penati Golf Resort.
The former Challenge Tour winner from Glasgow carded two eagles and two birdies at the Jack Nicklaus-designed ‘Legend course’ near the town of Senica and, crucially, did what the large majority could not by avoiding a single blemish on his card.
That commanding display moved McArthur to 13 under for the tournament, a shot clear of Dane Mark F Haastrup, who fired a scorching seven under par second round of 65 despite a double-bogey at the eighth hole, his 17th.
The leader was delighted with his performance in the opening two days of the first major men’s professional tournament to be held in Slovakia, and was glad to have been on the right end of the draw, avoiding some stronger winds which whipped up in the afternoon.
“I was feeling the pressure there on the last few holes, trying not to make bogey,” joked McArthur, whose sole Challenge Tour victory came at the 2008 Challenge de España.
“That’s two days without a bogey so maybe I’ll try to bogey the first tomorrow just to get the monkey off my back!
“I played really steady today and played the par fives really well. I didn’t play as well today as the first day but I hit good shots at the right holes to make a couple of eagles, whereas yesterday I holed a few ten to 12-footers.
“The par fives are quite scoreable here, hitting medium irons in to soft greens. It’s a recipe for eagles so it’s important to get them.
“Even the holes where I've been a bit off-line, I’ve ended up getting decent breaks and good lies so it was quite straight forward but when you play well it’s always straight forward.
“I had a couple of good up and downs on the seventh and the ninth too. They were two of my last three holes and it got a little bit breezy towards the end. I was happy to get off and I made my scores at the right times. I'm looking forward to the weekend now, I’ll just try and keep doing what I’m doing.”
Haastrup, meanwhile, enjoyed a spectacular start to his second round as the 30 year old began with four consecutive birdies before picking up two more at the 15th and 16th, his sixth and seventh, after teeing off on the tenth.
An eagle at the second, his 11th, meant he was eight under par with six holes still to play, but as the wind began to pick up, he followed up a birdie at the sixth with a double-bogey at the tough par three eighth.
The former Challenge Tour winner was still delighted with his performance in the opening two days, especially after a difficult start to the season.
“I actually didn’t even feel that good over the ball today,” he said. “I just hit my approaches to the right spots and my putter was really good. Strangely, I played a lot better on my back nine but the wind kicked up and there was rain every now and then, and that made the last few holes really long. But overall I’m very happy.
“I haven’t been up there going into the weekend in a while but I'm just really excited about my first two rounds and hopefully I can keep playing well.”
England's Robert Coles, who shared the first round lead with McArthur, signed for a four under par second round 68 and fell back to 11 under par, sharing third place with Spaniard Pedro Oriol (65).
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
131 A McArthur (Sco) 65 66
132 M Haastrup (Den) 67 65
133 R Coles (Eng) 65 68, P Oriol (Esp) 68 65
134 J Makitalo (Fin) 66 68
135 O Farr (Wal) 68 67, S Hutsby (Eng) 66 69
136 N Ravano (Ita) 70 66, A Velasco (Esp) 68 68
137 O Stark (Swe) 69 68, A Tadini (Ita) 70 67, A Hortal (Esp) 67 70, R McGowan (Eng) 66 71, J Barnes (Eng) 68 69, E Bertheussen (Nor) 69 68
138 M Delpodio (Ita) 69 69, B Stone (RSA) 71 67, J Winther (Den) 70 68, T Sluiter (Ned) 68 70, L Nemecz (Aut) 71 67, A Hartø (Den) 67 71, F Mruzek (Cze) 68 70, T Pulkkanen (Fin) 68 70, J Sjöholm (Swe) 69 69
139 G Murray (Sco) 70 69, C Macaulay (Sco) 70 69, N Kimsey (Eng) 69 70, J Fahrbring (Swe) 73 66, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 69 70, A Bernadet (Fra) 67 72, F Fritsch (Ger) 73 66, A Snobeck (Fra) 70 69, S Tiley (Eng) 68 71
140 H Joannes (Bel) 70 70, C Monasterio (Arg) 71 69, M Trappel (Aut) 74 66, T Remkes (Ned) 69 71, R Steiner (Aut) 70 70, A Björk (Swe) 71 69, J Elson (Eng) 72 68, J Lando Casanova (Fra) 69 71, M Haines (Eng) 71 69
141 J Lagergren (Swe) 73 68, N Quintarelli (Ita) 70 71, M Wiegele (Aut) 70 71, A Johnston (Eng) 73 68, P McKechnie (Sco) 72 69, J Gibb (Eng) 68 73, G Snow (Ken) 74 67, D Vancsik (Arg) 73 68, P Edberg (Swe) 71 70, M Orrin (Eng) 69 72, D Frittelli (RSA) 69 72, D Gaunt (Eng) 72 69, A Marshall (Eng) 68 73, G Piris Mateu (Esp) 71 70
142 J Clément (Sui) 72 70, J Gonnet (Fra) 72 70, N Johansson (Swe) 71 71, O Wilson (Eng) 71 71, B Ritthammer (Ger) 75 67, C Bouniol (Fra) 71 71, B Chapellan (Fra) 68 74, J Garcia Del Moral (Esp) 71 71, M Tullo (Chi) 70 72, E Espana (Fra) 66 76
MISSED THE CUT
143 M Decottignies-Lafon (Fra) 75 68, D Coupland (Eng) 69 74, B Parker (Eng) 72 71, D Gavins (Eng) 69 74, G Main (USA) 76 67, T Nørret (Den) 68 75, A Domingo (Esp) 73 70, J Gallegos (Esp) 73 70, R Gouveia (Por) 75 68, G Porteous (Eng) 74 69, S Arnold (Aus) 69 74, P Widegren (Swe) 71 72, A Savolainen (Fin) 71 72, L Jensen (Den) 72 71, R Russell (Sco) 72 71
144 J Rask (Swe) 72 72, J Guerrier (Fra) 74 70, M Hocaoglu (Tur) 72 72, P Archer (Eng) 74 70, C Aguilar (Esp) 70 74, J Palmer (Eng) 74 70, H Satama (Fin) 73 71, L Gagli (Ita) 74 70, S Maurits (Ned) 73 71, J Sarasti (Esp) 73 71, N Raymond (Eng) 70 74
145 J Kelly (Nor) 73 72, T Linard (Fra) 74 71, L Goddard (Eng) 71 74, J Kennegard (Swe) 76 69, N Nissen (Den) 76 69, P Dwyer (Eng) 73 72, M Glauert (Ger) 72 73, W Besseling (Ned) 72 73, D Kemmer (USA) 72 73, L Kennedy (Eng) 68 77, P Valasek (am) (Svk) 72 73
146 F Becker (Ger) 70 76, S Gros (Fra) 74 72, M Novy (Cze) 72 74, C Paisley (Eng) 71 75, M Rominger (Sui) 71 75, G Woolgar (Eng) 75 71, C Ford (Eng) 72 74, G Lockerbie (Eng) 72 74, R Busher (Eng) 73 73
147 C Brazillier (Fra) 75 72, P Figueiredo (Por) 75 72, S Matus (Cze) 73 74, G Pinto (Por) 74 73, J Fly (USA) 75 72, E Kemaloglu (am) (Tur) 72 75,
148 S Piaget (Mon) 73 75, L Tintera (Cze) 74 74, M Dobias (Sui) 72 76
149 A Rai (Eng) 75 74, A Rajmont (Cze) 73 76, P Gal (Cze) 70 79, N Lemke (Swe) 70 79
150 A Korinek (Cze) 79 71, J Zvarik (Svk) 72 78, A Engell (Nor) 76 74, L Claverie (Esp) 76 74
151 C Pigem (Esp) 78 73, O Henningsson (Swe) 76 75, V Phillips (Eng) 74 77, O Lieser (Cze) 72 79, M Brezovsky (am) (Svk) 76 75
152 R Schovanek (Cze) 77 75, P Erofejeff (Fin) 76 76, N Schellong (am) (Cze) 75 77, T Návrata (am) (Cze) 77 75
153 D Geminiani (Ita) 74 79, F Praegant (Aut) 75 78, D Suchan (Cze) 80 73
154 N Meitinger (Ger) 75 79, R Hahn (Hun) 76 78
157 F Svanberg (Sui) 77 80, O Spur (Cze) 79 78,
159 T Jusko (Svk) 83 76, P Svajlen (Svk) 84 75,
160 A Perrino (Ita) 84 76, J Friesz (am) (Svk) 88 72,
161 W Roebuck (Eng) 82 79, V Mitterwald (am) (Cze) 83 78
162 K Kalafatoglu (Tur) 78 84
163 P Dedek (am) (Cze) 83 80
165 F Juhaniak (Cze) 82 83
** J Legarrea (Esp) 74 RT, X Ruiz Fonhof (Ned) 80 RT,
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
AT HALFWAY IN SLOVAKIA
REPORT FROM EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Andrew McArthur cruised to a second consecutive bogey-free round at the inaugural D+D Real Slovakia Challenge and a six under 66 earned the Scot a one-shot lead heading into the weekend at Penati Golf Resort.
The former Challenge Tour winner from Glasgow carded two eagles and two birdies at the Jack Nicklaus-designed ‘Legend course’ near the town of Senica and, crucially, did what the large majority could not by avoiding a single blemish on his card.
That commanding display moved McArthur to 13 under for the tournament, a shot clear of Dane Mark F Haastrup, who fired a scorching seven under par second round of 65 despite a double-bogey at the eighth hole, his 17th.
The leader was delighted with his performance in the opening two days of the first major men’s professional tournament to be held in Slovakia, and was glad to have been on the right end of the draw, avoiding some stronger winds which whipped up in the afternoon.
“I was feeling the pressure there on the last few holes, trying not to make bogey,” joked McArthur, whose sole Challenge Tour victory came at the 2008 Challenge de España.
“That’s two days without a bogey so maybe I’ll try to bogey the first tomorrow just to get the monkey off my back!
“I played really steady today and played the par fives really well. I didn’t play as well today as the first day but I hit good shots at the right holes to make a couple of eagles, whereas yesterday I holed a few ten to 12-footers.
“The par fives are quite scoreable here, hitting medium irons in to soft greens. It’s a recipe for eagles so it’s important to get them.
“Even the holes where I've been a bit off-line, I’ve ended up getting decent breaks and good lies so it was quite straight forward but when you play well it’s always straight forward.
“I had a couple of good up and downs on the seventh and the ninth too. They were two of my last three holes and it got a little bit breezy towards the end. I was happy to get off and I made my scores at the right times. I'm looking forward to the weekend now, I’ll just try and keep doing what I’m doing.”
Haastrup, meanwhile, enjoyed a spectacular start to his second round as the 30 year old began with four consecutive birdies before picking up two more at the 15th and 16th, his sixth and seventh, after teeing off on the tenth.
An eagle at the second, his 11th, meant he was eight under par with six holes still to play, but as the wind began to pick up, he followed up a birdie at the sixth with a double-bogey at the tough par three eighth.
The former Challenge Tour winner was still delighted with his performance in the opening two days, especially after a difficult start to the season.
“I actually didn’t even feel that good over the ball today,” he said. “I just hit my approaches to the right spots and my putter was really good. Strangely, I played a lot better on my back nine but the wind kicked up and there was rain every now and then, and that made the last few holes really long. But overall I’m very happy.
“I haven’t been up there going into the weekend in a while but I'm just really excited about my first two rounds and hopefully I can keep playing well.”
England's Robert Coles, who shared the first round lead with McArthur, signed for a four under par second round 68 and fell back to 11 under par, sharing third place with Spaniard Pedro Oriol (65).
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
131 A McArthur (Sco) 65 66
132 M Haastrup (Den) 67 65
133 R Coles (Eng) 65 68, P Oriol (Esp) 68 65
134 J Makitalo (Fin) 66 68
135 O Farr (Wal) 68 67, S Hutsby (Eng) 66 69
136 N Ravano (Ita) 70 66, A Velasco (Esp) 68 68
137 O Stark (Swe) 69 68, A Tadini (Ita) 70 67, A Hortal (Esp) 67 70, R McGowan (Eng) 66 71, J Barnes (Eng) 68 69, E Bertheussen (Nor) 69 68
138 M Delpodio (Ita) 69 69, B Stone (RSA) 71 67, J Winther (Den) 70 68, T Sluiter (Ned) 68 70, L Nemecz (Aut) 71 67, A Hartø (Den) 67 71, F Mruzek (Cze) 68 70, T Pulkkanen (Fin) 68 70, J Sjöholm (Swe) 69 69
139 G Murray (Sco) 70 69, C Macaulay (Sco) 70 69, N Kimsey (Eng) 69 70, J Fahrbring (Swe) 73 66, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 69 70, A Bernadet (Fra) 67 72, F Fritsch (Ger) 73 66, A Snobeck (Fra) 70 69, S Tiley (Eng) 68 71
140 H Joannes (Bel) 70 70, C Monasterio (Arg) 71 69, M Trappel (Aut) 74 66, T Remkes (Ned) 69 71, R Steiner (Aut) 70 70, A Björk (Swe) 71 69, J Elson (Eng) 72 68, J Lando Casanova (Fra) 69 71, M Haines (Eng) 71 69
141 J Lagergren (Swe) 73 68, N Quintarelli (Ita) 70 71, M Wiegele (Aut) 70 71, A Johnston (Eng) 73 68, P McKechnie (Sco) 72 69, J Gibb (Eng) 68 73, G Snow (Ken) 74 67, D Vancsik (Arg) 73 68, P Edberg (Swe) 71 70, M Orrin (Eng) 69 72, D Frittelli (RSA) 69 72, D Gaunt (Eng) 72 69, A Marshall (Eng) 68 73, G Piris Mateu (Esp) 71 70
142 J Clément (Sui) 72 70, J Gonnet (Fra) 72 70, N Johansson (Swe) 71 71, O Wilson (Eng) 71 71, B Ritthammer (Ger) 75 67, C Bouniol (Fra) 71 71, B Chapellan (Fra) 68 74, J Garcia Del Moral (Esp) 71 71, M Tullo (Chi) 70 72, E Espana (Fra) 66 76
MISSED THE CUT
143 M Decottignies-Lafon (Fra) 75 68, D Coupland (Eng) 69 74, B Parker (Eng) 72 71, D Gavins (Eng) 69 74, G Main (USA) 76 67, T Nørret (Den) 68 75, A Domingo (Esp) 73 70, J Gallegos (Esp) 73 70, R Gouveia (Por) 75 68, G Porteous (Eng) 74 69, S Arnold (Aus) 69 74, P Widegren (Swe) 71 72, A Savolainen (Fin) 71 72, L Jensen (Den) 72 71, R Russell (Sco) 72 71
144 J Rask (Swe) 72 72, J Guerrier (Fra) 74 70, M Hocaoglu (Tur) 72 72, P Archer (Eng) 74 70, C Aguilar (Esp) 70 74, J Palmer (Eng) 74 70, H Satama (Fin) 73 71, L Gagli (Ita) 74 70, S Maurits (Ned) 73 71, J Sarasti (Esp) 73 71, N Raymond (Eng) 70 74
145 J Kelly (Nor) 73 72, T Linard (Fra) 74 71, L Goddard (Eng) 71 74, J Kennegard (Swe) 76 69, N Nissen (Den) 76 69, P Dwyer (Eng) 73 72, M Glauert (Ger) 72 73, W Besseling (Ned) 72 73, D Kemmer (USA) 72 73, L Kennedy (Eng) 68 77, P Valasek (am) (Svk) 72 73
146 F Becker (Ger) 70 76, S Gros (Fra) 74 72, M Novy (Cze) 72 74, C Paisley (Eng) 71 75, M Rominger (Sui) 71 75, G Woolgar (Eng) 75 71, C Ford (Eng) 72 74, G Lockerbie (Eng) 72 74, R Busher (Eng) 73 73
147 C Brazillier (Fra) 75 72, P Figueiredo (Por) 75 72, S Matus (Cze) 73 74, G Pinto (Por) 74 73, J Fly (USA) 75 72, E Kemaloglu (am) (Tur) 72 75,
148 S Piaget (Mon) 73 75, L Tintera (Cze) 74 74, M Dobias (Sui) 72 76
149 A Rai (Eng) 75 74, A Rajmont (Cze) 73 76, P Gal (Cze) 70 79, N Lemke (Swe) 70 79
150 A Korinek (Cze) 79 71, J Zvarik (Svk) 72 78, A Engell (Nor) 76 74, L Claverie (Esp) 76 74
151 C Pigem (Esp) 78 73, O Henningsson (Swe) 76 75, V Phillips (Eng) 74 77, O Lieser (Cze) 72 79, M Brezovsky (am) (Svk) 76 75
152 R Schovanek (Cze) 77 75, P Erofejeff (Fin) 76 76, N Schellong (am) (Cze) 75 77, T Návrata (am) (Cze) 77 75
153 D Geminiani (Ita) 74 79, F Praegant (Aut) 75 78, D Suchan (Cze) 80 73
154 N Meitinger (Ger) 75 79, R Hahn (Hun) 76 78
157 F Svanberg (Sui) 77 80, O Spur (Cze) 79 78,
159 T Jusko (Svk) 83 76, P Svajlen (Svk) 84 75,
160 A Perrino (Ita) 84 76, J Friesz (am) (Svk) 88 72,
161 W Roebuck (Eng) 82 79, V Mitterwald (am) (Cze) 83 78
162 K Kalafatoglu (Tur) 78 84
163 P Dedek (am) (Cze) 83 80
165 F Juhaniak (Cze) 82 83
** J Legarrea (Esp) 74 RT, X Ruiz Fonhof (Ned) 80 RT,
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
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