Handy Andy Sullivan leads before play
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Andy Sullivan, pictured above, is planning on putting his name firmly into the fray for the 2016 Ryder Cup after hitting the front at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship in the presence of the European captain Darren Clarke.
The
28 year old Englishman played alongside the Northern Irish former Open
Champion for the first two rounds and he carded five under par 67 to
take the clubhouse lead on ten under par before play was suspended
overnight due to a lack of light - following an early morning fog delay
of two hours and 45 minutes.
First
round leader Bryson DeChambeau managed to negotiate his first nine
holes in one under par to move to a nine under total before play was
halted. The American amateur began his round at the tenth ate nd showed
no sign of nerves as he opened with a birdie, following that with
another at the 12th before suffering a three-putt bogey at the 18th.
Among
the movers and shakers to go low before the klaxons were sounded were
Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello (67) and Joost Luiten of the Netherlands
(68), who are both three shots off the pace on seven under par. Dane
Thomas Bjørn joined them in tied third, having completed 11 holes of his
second round in three under.
Player quotes:
Andy Sullivan“I feel totally different coming into this tournament. This time last year, I had already won but still felt this tournament of this magnitude with the players, I knew that I would have to go some to do it.
“Coming
in this year, I know if I bring any A Game, I'm going to have a good
chance at being up there now. It's nice to do that. To go out there and
actually put your A Game to the test is great.
“I
know that I've got to go out and play just as well as I did last year.
The Ryder Cup is definitely a goal of mine, but there are a lot of good
guys and a lot of guys that are not in that rankings yet that will be
pushing hard to get in it. So I know that I've got to keep my foot to
the gas and try to keep pushing on.”
Bryson DeChambeau
“I
had adrenaline going, that's for certain. But there's no anxiety,
there's no nerves, nothing like that. It doesn't matter what the outcome
is. I just made bogey on one of the easier holes on the golf course
but I’m not worried about it. I made one bogey yesterday and a bogey
today. Hopefully that will be the last one.”
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
“I
thought I played really good today. It was good to follow up
yesterday's positive round. It was a long break for me after Christmas.
You never know what to expect since you haven't played for so long. I
felt good out there. I was pretty calm yesterday and today, waiting for
my chances and I played some great golf.”
SCOTSWATCH by Colin Farquharson Richie Ramsay (73-66 for 139) is lying ninth at the halfway stage. Russell Knox is T56 with rounds of 70 and 73 for 143, the same scores as Scott Jamieson. The projected cut, delayed until Saturday because so many players were unable to complete their second rounds, is forecast to be one-under-par 143 or better to qualify for the last two rounds. Craig Lee (74-73 for 147) and Stephen Gallacher (81-73 for 154) already know they have missed the cut. Scots still to resume their second rounds but, at the moment, on the wrong side of the projected cut mark, with a few holes to play, are David Drysdale (+1), Marc Warren (also +1) and Paul Lawrie (+4) TO VIEW THE SCOREBOARD AS IT STANDS CLICK HERE | |
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