CHALLENGE TOUR REPORT AND SCORES

DAVID LAW MISSES CUT BY ONE SHOT
  
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Byeong-hun An produced a scorching seven under par 65 to share the second-round lead with Spain’s Pedro Oriol at the National Bank of Oman Golf Classic, before the South Korean made clear his ambitions to win this week and chase down Challenge Tour Rankings leader Andrew Johnston.
An, who still holds the record as the youngest player to win the prestigious US Amateur Championship having claimed the title in 2009, carded the same score which earned him the course record at the stunning Almouj Golf, The Wave last year.
While it did not count as a course-equalling score due to the fact that there were preferred lies, the 23 year old moved up 28 places to join Oriol at the top on seven under, and he was delighted with his performance, which comprised five birdies and an eagle at the par five third.
The Seoul-born player is now keen to push on and claim a second victory of the year, having won the prestigious Rolex Trophy earlier in August, and he admitted he has the Challenge Tour Number One title in his sights with just the season-ending Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final hosted by Al Badia Golf Club to go after this week’s penultimate event.
“I hit it really well out there,” said An, who has already sealed graduation to The 2015 Race to Dubai having earned €120,326 this season. “Even yesterday I was hitting it really well but I had some bad luck.
“I putted better than the first day and I didn’t leave myself any bogey chances. Everything was a putt for birdie. But it was just the putting today, that’s why the score was so much lower today. I’m hitting it great out there.
“My shots are so good right now, even when the putts don’t drop, I can at least make pars. It’s a bit disappointing that it didn't equal my record but I’m just trying to play the best that I can so it’s nice.
“I can definitely enjoy my golf a little more now that I have sealed my card. It takes a lot of pressure off. 
"Last year I wasn’t in this situation, I was under a lot of pressure at this event, but it’s been really relaxing the last couple of weeks and I think that’s why I’m playing better. It’s nice weather here and it’s just a great place to be.
“It definitely helped me a lot to get that first professional win too. That’s the toughest thing to do, but I’m really happy that it happened for me because it was three years on the Challenge Tour before I won."
Glasgow's former Scottish amateur champion Andrew McArthur (71) and England’s Jason Barnes (75), who are 18th and 25th in the Rankings respectively, are hoping to boost their hopes of European Tour promotion this week and they share sixth place on four under par.
Northern Open champion David Law missed the cut by one shot after a second-round 77 for 149.
Duncan Stewart missed out with a pair of 75s for 150.
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)
137 P Oriol (Esp) 69 68, B An (Kor) 72 65
139 P Widegren  (Swe) 70 69, L Jensen (Den) 66 73, P Edberg (Swe) 69 70
140 A McArthur  (Sco) 69 71, J Barnes (Eng) 65 75
141 P Maddy (Eng) 70 71, J Palmer (Eng) 69 72, T Sluiter  (Ned) 71 70, B Ritthammer (Ger) 70 71
142 R Kind (Ned) 71 71, M Orrin (Eng) 71 71, N Ravano (Ita) 71 71,
143 G Murray  (Sco) 70 73, C Hanson (Eng) 70 73, M Jonzon (Swe) 74 69, R Coles (Eng) 75 68, N Quintarelli (Ita) 72 71, W Harrold (Eng) 73 70, M Lafeber (Ned) 71 72,
144 O Farr (Wal) 73 71, N Dougherty  (Eng) 74 70, R Davies (Wal) 71 73, W Booth  (Sco) 71 73, C McDonnell (Eng) 70 74,
145 D Coupland (Eng) 73 72, A Hortal  (Esp) 76 69, P Figueiredo  (Por) 70 75, S Hutsby  (Eng) 72 73, O Stark (Swe) 73 72, J Roos (RSA) 73 72, R Gouveia (Por) 69 76,
146 M Tullo (Chi) 73 73, C Paisley  (Eng) 69 77, M Fitzpatrick  (Eng) 73 73, E Espana (Fra) 73 73, J Sjöholm (Swe) 70 76, C Ford (Eng) 72 74, J Rask (Swe) 72 74, M Delpodio  (Ita) 72 74,
147 A Tadini (Ita) 73 74, J Stalter (Fra) 74 73, G Shaw (Nir) 68 79, J Guerrier  (Fra) 74 73, A Bernadet  (Fra) 74 73, A Rota (Ita) 75 72, S Henry  (Sco) 70 77, T Linard (Fra) 74 73, J Edfors (Swe) 74 73, D Gaunt (Eng) 72 75, J Fahrbring (Swe) 73 74, N Lemke (Swe) 75 72,
148 T Murray (Eng) 73 75, B Åkesson (Swe) 73 75, B Hebert  (Fra) 73 75, P Relecom  (Bel) 72 76, A Björk (Swe) 75 73, J Winther (Den) 75 73, L Kennedy  (Eng) 72 76, S Brown (Eng) 74 74, M Lampert (Ger) 74 74, J Huldahl (Den) 77 71,

MISSED THE CUT
149 J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 74 75, M Ford (Eng) 72 77, B Chapellan (Fra) 71 78, D Law (Sco) 72 77, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 73 76, W Besseling  (Ned) 72 77,
150 A Snobeck  (Fra) 73 77, P Dwyer (Eng) 73 77, H Bacher (Aut) 71 79, J Senior (Eng) 72 78, A Velasco (Esp) 74 76, D Ulrich (Sui) 74 76, D Stewart (Sco) 75 75, P Hedblom (Swe) 73 77,
151 J Lagergren (Swe) 73 78, J Moul  (Eng) 74 77, C Bouniol (Fra) 74 77, D Kemmer (USA) 76 75, S Tiley (Eng) 73 78, H Mubarak (am) (Brn) 75 76,
152 B Evans  (Eng) 75 77, B Longmuir (Sco) 76 76, R McGowan  (Eng) 77 75, J Makitalo  (Fin) 75 77,
153 T Remkes (Ned) 70 83,
154 C Shinkwin (Eng) 78 76, S Fallon (Eng) 78 76, M Wiegele  (Aut) 76 78, S Arnold  (Aus) 79 75,
155 H Joannes  (Bel) 79 76, P Stojanovski (Aus) 75 80, C Nicoll (Sco) 76 79, L Gagli  (Ita) 78 77,
156 F Bergamaschi (Ita) 73 83, J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 82 74,
157 M Haines  (Eng) 80 77,
158 G Cambis  (Fra) 72 86,
159 N Yacoob Saleh (am) (Brn) 76 83,
162 J Townsend (Aus) 86 76, T Pfister (Sui) 82 80, A Al Musharrekh (Uae) 79 83, K Benz (Sui) 76 86,
163 C Brazillier  (Fra) 79 84, A Al Rumhy (am) (Oma) 76 87,
165 H McCullen (am) (Eng) 75 90,
178 H Al Harthy (am) (Oma) 90 88,
179 A Hameed Saleh (am) (Oma) 92 87,
183 D Hon (RSA) 91 92,
** C Aguilar  (Esp) 75 RT, J Singleton (Eng) 88 WD, R McEvoy  (Eng) 76 DQ,


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