Friday, January 25, 2019

DeChambeau, Herbert share halfway

lead at Dubai Desert Classic

World Number Five Bryson DeChambeau carded a second successive 66 to move into a share of the halfway lead at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic alongside rising Australian star Lucas Herbert. 
DeChambeau, a European Tour member, is chasing a first overseas victory as a professional but has form at the Emirates Golf Club, having won the amateur medal thanks to a tied 18th finish at the 2016 edition, and he moved to the front on 12 under in Dubai courtesy of a roller-coaster six under par round which included one eagle, seven birdies and three bogeys.
DeChambeau was joined at the summit by 23 year old Herbert, who equalled his career-best round of 63 to climb 30 places up the leaderboard and move into contention for a maiden European Tour title.
Three-time Omega Dubai Desert Classic winner and four-time Major Champion Ernie Els was joined by another past winner of this event, Alvaro Quiros, in a share of third place on 11 under par, while defending champion Li Haotong, qualifier Callum Shinkwin, Frenchman Matthieu Pavon, four-time European Tour winner Matt Wallace and Australian Jason Scrivener are all at ten under par.
Player quotes:
Bryson DeChambeau
"I thought after yesterday - getting it around not making a bogey was awesome - but today was even more impressive with three bogeys on the card, still shooting six-under. I was happy about that. Unfortunately, again, I just didn't have the right sensations and proprioception over shots. I just felt uncomfortable, unfortunately, on a lot of them, and consequently my ball-striking is just not my best. But I'm not complaining one bit. There's no complaining here for sure, so I'm happy.
"I'm pleased that I'm playing golf. I'm getting it in the hole and executing the right shots when I need to and making a lot of key putts. That was one of the things I talked about this week, was reading the green right, and we've done a pretty darned good job so far. Hopefully we can keep it up."
Alvaro Quiros
"It was nice, especially because my putting has been great today, even when I skip two or three short putts. I've been working a lot with José María Olazábal and with my coach, José Rivero. It looks like it's paying off. Last week I was putting nicely too, so even with these grainy greens, it's key.
"Obviously I have to recognise that the golf course setup is a completely different thing every day. Around the greens we don't have any more heavy stuff as we used to have, and the wind intensity is what is going to change the direction of this course. Either we are going to keep up or we are going to still be shooting very low scores to be at the top of the leaderboard. It's true that the golf course is playing in perfect conditions, so you never know."
Ernie Els
"I like this place, as you know. I've had some really great times here. I'm swinging well, my body feels well. Just going on the memory bank, I guess. Playing with Colin and José was also fun. We've done a lot in the game, and we had a good couple of chats, and I found my form. You've got to love it.
"It's obviously a little different to when I won here, the golf course. They've really grown the rough. I see the scoring is really good. I see scoring slowing down a little bit over the weekend in the afternoons. The greens were getting a little firmer, faster, but if you get it in the fairway, you give yourself second-shot opportunities, and the putter has been working for me, so it's been fun."
Round Two Scores
par 144 (2x72)
132 B DeChambeau (USA) 66 66, L Herbert (Aus) 69 63 
133 A Quiros (Spn) 69 64, E Els (SAf) 68 65 
134 M Wallace (Eng) 70 64, M Pavon (Fra) 66 68, C Shinkwin (Eng) 66 68, H Li (China) 67 67, J Scrivener (Australia) 67 67
135 M Fitzpatrick (Eng) 65 70, G Coetzee (SAf) 70 65, K Koivu (Fin) 67 68, F Zanotti (Paraguay) 69 66,
136 S Hend (Aus) 66 70, B Dredge (Wales) 68 68, T Detry (Belgium) 68 68, J Campillo (Spn) 69 67, T Olesen (Denmark) 69 67, S Garcia (Esp) 66 70, S Lowry (Irl) 69 67, R Langasque (Fra) 66 70, J Smith (Eng) 68 68, A Arnaus (Spn) 68 68, W Ormsby (Australia) 67 69, K Samooja (Finland) 66 70
137 T Jaidee (Tha) 66 71, P Waring (Eng) 67 70, L Westwood (Eng) 67 70 
138 M Kaymer (Ger) 71 67, A Rai (Eng) 70 68, A Björk (Swe) 68 70, J Harding (SAf) 70 68, I Poulter (Eng) 67 71, P Larrazabal (Spn) 72 66, R Fisher (Eng) 69 69, T Fleetwood (Eng) 68 70, B An (S Korea) 70 68, M Korhonen (Finland) 71 67, R Wattel (Fra) 68 70 
139 N Bertasio (Ita) 68 71, T Hatton (Eng) 69 70, A Wu (China) 71 68, E Pepperell (Eng) 72 67, J Hansen (Denmark) 73 66, T Aiken (SAf) 71 68, D Burmester (SAf) 70 69,
140 T Lewis (Eng) 68 72, K Kitayama (USA) 71 69, T Bjørn (Denmark) 72 68, J Dantorp (Swe) 70 70, V Perez (Fra) 70 70, L Bjerregaard (Denmark) 72 68, R Karlsson (Swe) 75 65, S Gallacher (Sco) 68 72, S Sharma (India) 71 69,
141 S Brazel (Australia) 71 70, A Johnston (Eng) 72 69, M Schwab (Austria) 69 72, H Porteous (SAf) 69 72, H Tanihara (Jpn) 67 74, N Colsaerts (Bel) 74 67, M Southgate (Eng) 71 70, R Jacquelin (Fra) 69 72, V Dubuisson (Fra) 71 70, R Ramsay (Sco) 69 72, C Bezuidenhout (SAf) 67 74, T Pieters (Bel) 72 69, M Warren (Sco) 70 71, S Norris (SAf) 72 69, C Paisley (Eng) 73 68, A Chesters (Eng) 72 69, G Bhullar (India) 71 70, T Pulkkanen (Finland) 68 73 
142 H Stenson (Swe) 70 72, A Otaegui (Spn) 72 70, J Van Zyl (SAf) 73 69, S Crocker (USA) 72 70, R Rock (Eng) 74 68, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 73 69, D Horsey (Eng) 71 71, K Broberg (Swe) 70 72, J Luiten (Netherlands) 70 72, M Kieffer (Ger) 74 68,
143 D Drysdale (Sco) 73 70, B Hebert (Fra) 72 71, R Cabrera Bello (Spn) 75 68, D Fichardt (SAf) 73 70, R Fox (NZ) 70 73, R Paratore (Ita) 71 72, A Marjan (Morocco) 74 69, B Wiesberger (Austria) 74 69, J Kruyswijk (SAf) 74 69, R Thomas (India) (am) 74 69
144 S Soderberg (Swe) 69 75, S Jamieson (Sco) 70 74, P Khongwatmai (Thailand) 70 74, S Kjeldsen (Denmark) 71 73, N Elvira (Spn) 72 72
145 Y Miyazato (Jpn) 76 69, A Romero (Arg) 75 70, G Green (Malaysia) 71 74, V Riu (Fra) 74 71, R Sterne (SAf) 78 67, P Dunne (Ire) 70 75, M Kinhult (Swe) 77 68, J Morrison (Eng) 75 70, B Stone (SAf) 75 70
146 A Levy (Fra) 72 74, L Slattery (Eng) 74 72, P Hanson (Swe) 73 73, G Fernandez-Castaño (Spn) 74 72, T Immelman (RSA) 76 70, C Montgomerie (Sco) 71 75, S Horsfield (Eng) 74 72, M Jimenez (Spn) 74 72, O Fisher (Eng) 73 73, J Walters (SAf) 73 73, J Rebula (SAf) (am) 73 73
147 D Lipsky (USA) 74 73, S Brown (Eng) 73 74, S Chawrasia (India) 72 75, E Van Rooyen (SAf) 74 73, E Molinari (Ita) 74 73
148 K Reitan (Norway) 77 71 
149 P Edberg (Swe) 77 72, D Howell (Eng) 81 68, J Wang (S Korea) 72 77
150 J Olazabal (Spn) 76 74, A Pavan (Ita) 77 73, A Sullivan (Eng) 74 76
151 R McEvoy (Eng) 75 76
152 J Lagergren (Swe) 76 76
                                                                 
 
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