Friday, October 02, 2015

Mullen and Wall lead at halfway in Dunhill


NEWS RELEASE
ST ANDREWS – England’s Jimmy Mullen, one of the great future hopes of European golf, resolutely clung to the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St Andrews today.
If anyone was expecting 21-year-old Mullen to fold, after his excellent first round 64 at Kingsbarns, they did not understand the fighting spirit and maturity of the young man.
Mullen, playing in his first European Tour event as a professional, shot an impressive 69 on the Old Course, though he was joined on 11-under-par, late in the day, by fellow Englishman Anthony Wall.
One shot further back is another brilliant young prospect, Ireland’s Paul Dunne, experienced Ryder Cup star Jamie Donaldson, Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen and American Chris Stroud.
Mullen, who won all four of his matches during Great Britain and Ireland’s Walker Cup victory over the United States, said: “I watched these players when I was a junior, and then you realise you are playing against them now. That’s the hardest part. I'm still a bit like ‘there’s  Kaymer’ and other people like him.
“I’m just trying to let them do what they do and concentrate on what I do. I think I managed to stick to that quite well over the first two rounds. I got a little bit twitchy and tried lagging a few putts up on the back nine, but I'm happy with my day's work.
“It's unbelievable, really, in my first event as a pro. It’s the stuff dreams are made of. I’m trying not to get too far ahead of myself. We're only halfway, but let’s see what we can do over the next couple days.”
Anthony Wall, who had four birdies on the front nine at St Andrews, his back nine having started at the 10th, in his 68, is looking forward to playing Carnoustie in the third round. “I love Carnoustie. I think it's one of the best links ever made, if not the best. I've always played well around there and I look forward to another good day.”
Mullen’s superb performance has also lifted him and his amateur partner Miguel Duenas into third place in the Team Championship on 18-under, one shot behind leaders Rafael Cabrera Bello and Dermot Desmond, and Jared Harvey and Michael Zamkow.
The tournament, conceived as a celebration of links golf, is played over three of the world’s best known and respected links courses - the Old Course at St Andrews, the Championship Course at Carnoustie and the highly regarded Kingsbarns Golf Links. 
With a prize fund of US$5 million, the championship incorporates two separate competitions - an individual professional tournament for the world's leading golfers and a team event in which the professionals are paired with some of the most celebrated amateur golfers which creates a unique atmosphere.

SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD


T1 Jimmy Mullen 64   69 .



133
T1 Anthony Wall* 65   68




133
T3 Jamie Donaldson 69 65




134
T3 Paul Dunne 64 70




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T3 Chris Stroud* 68 66




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T3 Thorbjorn Olesen* 68 66




134
7 Garth Mulroy 67 68




135
T8 Bradley Dredge 73 63




136
T8 Alejandro Canizares 69 67




136
T8 Nathan Holman 68 68




136
T8 Martin Kaymer* 68 68




136
T8 Benjamin Hebert* 69 67




136
T13 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 72 65




137
T13 Graeme Storm 69 68




137
T13 Soren Kjeldsen 65 72




137
T13 Branden Grace* 73 64




137
T13 Morten Madsen* 70 67




137
T13 Graeme McDowell* 68 69




137
T13 David Lingmerth* 71 66




137
T13 Marc Warren* 68 69




137
T13 James Morrison* 67 70




137
T22 Florian Fritsch 68 70




138
T22 Mikko Ilonen 71 67




138
T22 Richard Bland 65 73




138
T22 Stewart Cink* 73 65




138
T22 Adrian Otaegui* 68 70




138
T22 Moritz Lampert* 67 71




138
T22 Kiradech Aphibarnrat* 75 63




138
T22 Scott Piercy* 69 69




138
T22 Alexander Levy* 67 71




138
T22 Kristoffer Broberg* 64 74




138
T22 Bernd Wiesberger* 70 68




138
T33 Stephen Gallacher 67 72




139
T33 Danie Van Tonder 69 70




139
T33 Nick Dougherty 72 67




139
T33 Jyoti Randhawa 70 69




139
T33 Ernie Els* 72 67




139
T33 Darren Clarke* 71 68




139
T39 Soren Hansen 71 69




140
T39 David Drysdale 68 72




140
T39 Marcus Fraser 66 74




140
T39 Darren Fichardt 69 71




140
T39 Peter Lawrie 67 73




140
T39 Scott Jamieson 72 68




140
T39 Mark Foster* 68 72




140
T39 Romain Wattel* 70 70




140
T39 John Parry* 70 70




140
T39 Raphael Jacquelin* 68 72




140
T39 Y.E. Yang* 72 68




140
T39 Felipe Aguilar* 67 73




140
T39 Robert Dinwiddie* 71 69




140
T52 Merrick Bremner 70 71




141
T52 Damien McGrane 70 71




141
T52 Justin Walters 72 69




141
T52 Peter Uihlein 69 72




141
T52 Tjaart Van der Walt 75 66




141
T52 Tommy Fleetwood 70 71




141
T52 Gregory Bourdy* 71 70




141
T52 Brooks Koepka* 72 69




141
T52 Julien Quesne* 71 70




141
T52 Tom Lewis* 75 66




141
T52 Hennie Otto* 70 71




141
T52 Jbe' Kruger* 73 68




141
T52 Luke Donald* 71 70




141
T52 Edouard Espana* 73 68




141
T66 Peter Hanson 70 72




142
T66 Joost Luiten 70 72




142
T66 Jacques Blaauw 76 66




142
T66 Andrew Dodt 72 70




142
T66 Alvaro Quiros 70 72




142
T66 Magnus A. Carlsson 70 72




142
T66 Richard Finch 69 73




142
T66 Richard Green 69 73




142
T66 Ben Evans 70 72




142
T66 David Horsey 72 70




142
T66 Fabrizio Zanotti 67 75




142
T66 Joakim Lagergren 71 71




142
T66 Pablo Larrazabal 72 70




142
T66 Erik Compton* 74 68




142
T66 Oliver Farr* 71 71




142
T66 Gary Stal* 69 73




142
T66 Charl Schwartzel* 72 70




142
T66 Rafael Cabrera-Bello* 74 68




142
T66 Oliver Fisher* 70 72




142
T66 Maximilian Kieffer* 71 71




142
T66 Victor Dubuisson* 74 68




142
T66 Danny Willett* 74 68




142
T88 Seve Benson 70 73




143
T88 Nicolas Colsaerts 73 70




143
T88 Sam Hutsby 68 75




143
T88 Mark Tullo 69 74




143
T88 Steven Jeffress 73 70




143
T88 Chris Wood 71 72




143
T88 Thomas Pieters 72 71




143
T88 Nick Cullen* 70 73




143
T88 Lee Westwood* 71 72




143
T88 Shane Lowry* 74 69




143
T88 Kevin Phelan* 71 72




143
T88 Mikael Lundberg* 71 72




143
T88 Niclas Fasth* 74 69




143
T88 Thomas Bjorn* 71 72




143
T102 Josh Younger 73 71




144
T102 Jaco Ahlers 71 73




144
T102 Pelle Edberg 71 73




144
T102 Roope Kakko 73 71




144
T102 Richard T. Lee 76 68




144
T102 Steve Lewton 70 74




144
T102 Mark Brown 75 69




144
T102 Jorge Campillo* 77 67




144
T102 Byeong-Hun An* 73 71




144
T102 Ashley Chesters* 73 71




144
T102 Michael Hoey* 71 73




144
T102 Rikard Karlberg* 73 71




144
T102 Matthew Nixon* 72 72




144
T102 Tyrrell Hatton* 69 75




144
T102 Padraig Harrington* 75 69




144
T102 Jason Barnes* 71 73




144
T102 Matthew Fitzpatrick* 69 75




144
T119 Matteo Manassero 70 75




145
T119 Wade Ormsby 73 72




145
T119 Jared Harvey 72 73




145
T119 Shiv Kapur 75 70




145
T119 Paul Lawrie 70 75




145
T119 Gary Hurley 73 72




145
T119 Jake Higginbottom 75 70




145
T119 Nacho Elvira* 70 75




145
T119 Andy Sullivan* 74 71




145
T119 Johan Carlsson* 70 75




145
T129 Ross Fisher 68 78




146
T129 Jake Roos* 72 74




146
T129 Ollie Schniederjans* 75 71




146
T129 Pablo Martin Benavide* 71 75




146
T129 Gregory Havret* 71 75




146
T134 Paul Peterson 68 79




147
T134 David Howell 75 72




147
T134 Pat Perez* 78 69




147
T134 Robert Rock* 72 75




147
T134 Daniel Brooks* 75 72




147
T134 David Lipsky* 72 75




147
T134 Bradley Neil* 75 72




147
T141 Keith Horne 73 75




148
T141 Oliver Wilson 74 74




148
T141 Paul McGinley 75 73




148
T141 Lee Slattery 71 77




148
T141 Steve Dartnall 71 77




148
T141 Justin Harding* 76 72




148
T141 Jerome Lando Casanova* 74 74




148
148 Sean O'Hair* 76 73




149
T149 Terry Pilkadaris 74 76




150
T149 Renato Paratore 74 76




150
T149 Andrew Johnston 74 76




150
T149 Dimitrios Papadatos* 74 76




150
T149 Matt Ford* 75 75




150
T149 Rhys Pugh* 73 77




150
T155 Lucas Bjerregaard 76 75




151
T155 Michael Lorenzo-Vera* 75 76




151
T157 Scott Hend 77 75




152
T157 S.S.P. Chowrasia 77 75




152
T157 Ryan Fox 75 77




152
T157 Jordi Garcia Pinto 81 71




152
T161 Thomas Levet 75 78




153
T161 Jeev Milkha Singh 77 76




153
T161 Marco Crespi* 78 75




153
T164 Robert Karlsson* 77 77




  154
T164 Craig Lee* 79 75




  154
T166 Eddie Pepperell 74 81




155
T166   John Daly 74 81




155
168 Chris Doak 73   46 WD WD - -

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