Wolstenholme struggles, Young Gould has a No Return

EX-PRO EVANS LEADING
BRITISH PLAYER IN
CHINESE TOURNAMENT
Reinstated amateur Craig Evans from Wales is the leading British player at the halfway point of the Mission Hills Asia-Pacific open amateur championship at Mission Hills Golf Club, Shenzhen in China.
Craig, Welsh amateur champion in 1994, turned pro in 1996 but his amateur talent did not transfer to the paid ranks and he soon sought reinstatement which was granted by the R&A in 2001.
Evans’ round of 70 over a 7,303yd course, which will be used for the World Cup next year, was the best by anyone in the second round and enable him to move up to a share of third place on 145 – four shots behind the new leader, Anthony Fernando, a +3 player from the Manila Southwoods Golf Club in the Philippines.
Anthony, 23, added a 71 to his opening 70 to be two shots clear on three-under-par 141.
Englishman Gary Boyd dropped to a share of 10th place after a 76 for 148.
Boyd's bogeys outnumbered his birdies on the second day. He birdied the seventh and eighth but dropped shots at the third, 11th, 12th, 14th, 17th and 18th.
Compatriot Gary Wolstenholme, pictured above, improved marginally with a 78 for 158 to be 17 shots off the pace after two rounds. The Walker Cup veteran had two 6s - at the long second and 16th - on his scorecard. He had only one birdie.
Welsh youngster Zack Gould had a No Return after starting at the 10th and requiring 46 strokes for his first nine holes. He did not return a score for the first hole onward. In the first round he had a sad 88.


SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
141 A Fernando (Philippines) 70 71.
143 T H Choo (Singapore) 70 73.
145 C Evans (Wales) 75 70, R Nagano (Japan) 74 71, R Kulacz (Australia) 73 72, J Bayron (Philippines) 73 72.
146 B Leong (Malaysia) 74 72.
147 T Huang (Taiwan) 75 72, K Y Goh (Singapore) 73 74.
148 J Chakola (Indkia) 71 77, Y Ch Liu (Taiwan) 74 74, P X Quek (Singapore) 75 73, G Boyd (England) 72 76.
149 H Singh (India) 73 76, J Han (Singapore) 75 74.

Other scores included:
158 G Wolstenholme (England) 81 78.
No Return: Z Gould (Wales) 88 -.