Peter Whiteford top Scots qualifier in Jakarta

AGUILAR POWERS HIS WAY TO THE TOP
IN INDONESIAN OPEN

Unheralded Felipe Aguilar of Chile fired the day's best score of eight-under par 62 for a 13-under par 127 total to take the second lead at the Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open today.
The Chilean, who started on the back nine, took advantage of the clear
morning conditions at the Cengkareng Golf Club to reach the turn on 30
before firing a total of eight birdies in a blemish free round to close
on 62.
Thailand's Prom Meesawat, who finished seventh on the Asian Tour's
Order of Merit and registered six top-10s last season, produced five
straight birdies in his opening front nine before closing with a total
of nine birdies to share second place with South Africa's James Kamte
on matching 129s.
Thailand's other in-form star, Prayad Marksaeng continued his early
good form to the season by matching his opening round score of 65 to
share fourth place with Austria's Martin Wiegele.
Asian Tour's leading stalwarts Jeev Milkha Singh posted a 66 to take
sixth place while China's Liang Wen-chong recorded a 67 to end in
seventh place at the US$1.2 million co-sanctioned event between the
Asian Tour and European Tour.
Aguilar, who believes that his first win on the European Tour is not
going to be far from sight will now be hoping to further improve on his
putting strokes so that he can race further ahead in the weekend rounds.
"I don't want to sound egotistical but if I had putted really well
today, I could have had 13 or 14 under for the round. I felt like I was
throwing darts at the pins," said Aguilar
"I probably missed one or two fairways, but it was a good round. I do
feel ready. I have the will and I have the game. I just need to wait
for the right week and hopefully it's this one," added Aguilar.
Prom, who started the day in 10th place, impressed the crowd at the
Cengkareng Golf Club with his excellent drives and putting to line
himself up for a shot at winning his first Asian Tour title since 2006.
"My putting has been very good today. Most of my second shots fell very
close to the pins and I only have to tap them in for birdies," said the
young Thai star whose last victory on the Asian Tour was at the 2006 SK
Telecom Open.
"I'm feeling very confident about my game now. I've been hitting my
drivers well and making the best out of those second shots for birdies.
I feel good" added the burly Thai star.
Despite a lone bogey on the closing par-four hole, where a huge crowd
have been surrounding the green, Singh was still satisfied with his
overall performance so far.
"I just hit it to the right of the flag and there was a slope there. I
tried to lag that putt but left it shot. However, that's alright. It's
the only bogey against the five birdies that I've made today," said
Singh.
"It is definitely exciting to play coming into the weekend rounds. And
that's exactly why we play- to get into these positions and try to do
something come Sunday."
Former Ryder Cup Scot Andrew Coltart, who lost his Euro Tour card at the end of last season, continues to make the halfway cuts. Could this be the event where he maintains or even improves on his form of the first two days to record a high finish rather than the pattern of falling back down the field at the weekend.

Coltart shot 67 and 72 for 139 over the par'70 lay-out to beat the cut by one shot.

Rookie Craig Lee shot level par 140 and did not make it, alongwith Steven OHara and David Drysdale.

Peter Whiteford, another rookie on the European Tour, is the leading Scot on 135.

SECOND ROUND TOTALS

Par 140 (2 x 70)

127 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 65 62
129 Prom Meesawat (Tha) 66 63, James Kamte (Rsa) 62 67
130 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 65 65, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 65 65
131 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 65 66
132 Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 65 67
133 Ter-Chang Wang (Tpe) 69 64, Joost Luiten (Ned) 64 69, Kyron Sullivan 65 68, Chinarat Phadungsil (Tha) 69 64, Mark Brown (Nzl) 67 66, Adam Blyth (Aus) 66 67
134 Chris Gane 68 66, Scott Hend (Aus) 66 68, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 66 68, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 67 67, Angelo Que (Phi) 67 67, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 67 67
135 Peter Whiteford 68 67, Robert Dinwiddie 69 66, Rhys Davies 66 69, Stuart Manley 69 66, Darren Clarke 68 67, Oliver Fisher 67 68, Gerald Rosales (Phi) 67 68, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 69 66, Philip Golding 65 70
136 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 66 70, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 69 67, Chris Rodgers 68 68, Simon Griffiths 68 68, Jason Knutzon (USA) 68 68, Sung Lee (Kor) 70 66, Robert Rock 68 68, Gary Simpson (Aus) 68 68
137 A Ilyassyak (Ina) 71 66, Scott Barr (Aus) 66 71, David Dixon 69 68, Sion Bebb 69 68, Luis Claverie (Spa) 68 69, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 71 66, Paul McGinley 68 69, Denny Supriadi (Ina) 67 70
138 A Suprapto (Ina) 67 71, Liam Bond 67 71, Simon Yates 70 68, Ben Mason 70 68, Warren Bennett 68 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 69 69, Maian Nasim (Ina) 68 70, Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 71 67, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 69 69, Scott Strange (Aus) 66 72, Taichiro Kiyota (Jpn) 71 67, Tony Carolan (Aus) 71 67, Marcus Both (Aus) 66 72, Jean Van de velde (Fra) 67 71, David Bransdon (Aus) 64 74, Dave Horsey 70 68, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 68 70
139 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 68, Matthew Millar (Aus) 70 69, Unho Park (Aus) 67 72, Wen Teh Lu (Tpe) 70 69, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 66 73, Richard Bland 69 70, Mitsuhiro Tateyama (Jpn) 70 69, Antonio Lascuna (Phi) 68 71, Airil Rizman (Mal) 69 70, Alan McLean 72 67, Peter Baker 68 71, Andrew Coltart 67 72, Julio Zapata (Arg) 69 70, Kane Webber (Aus) 72 67, Eddie Lee (Nzl) 67 72, Adam Groom (Aus) 69 70, Sang-moon Bae (Kor) 71 68, Iain Steel (Mal) 71 68, Fabrizio Zanotti (Pyar 65 74.

MISSED THE CUT

140 Craig Lee 70 70, Leif Westerberg (Swe) 71 69, Paolo Terreni (Ita) 67 73, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 70 70, Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor) 71 69, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 70 70, Hendrik Buhrmann (Rsa) 68 72, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 73 67, Peter Fowler (Aus) 69 71
141 Steve Alker (Nzl) 68 73, David Gleeson (Aus) 68 73, Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 69 72, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 72 69, Anthony Kang (USA) 70 71, Lee Slattery 71 70, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 70 71, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 72 69, Thammanoon Srirot (Tha) 69 72, Jamie Donaldson 71 70, Keith Horne (Rsa) 74 67, Alessio Bruschi (Ita) 73 68, A Hardjito (Ina) 69 72
142 Juan Abbate (Arg) 65 77, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 75 67, Iain Pyman 71 71, Frankie Minoza (Phi) 71 71, Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 73 69, Ted Oh (Kor) 72 70, Andik Mauluddin (Ina) 70 72, Florian Praegant (Aut) 69 73, Gavin Flint (Aus) 71 71
143 Wei Chih Lu (Tha) 71 72, Zaw Moe (Kor) 74 69, Ben Leong (Mal) 72 71, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 72 71, Chawalit Plaphol (Tha) 71 72, A Sanusi (Ina) 73 70, David Drysdale 71 72, Lee S James 69 74, Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 73 70
144 Benny Kasiadi (Ina) 72 72, Lian-Wei Zhang (Chn) 70 74, Steven O'Hara 68 76, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 70 74, Young-Woo Nam (Kor) 70 74, Tom Whitehouse 71 73, Jong Yul Suk (Kor) 70 74, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 74 70, Keng-chi Lin (Tpe) 74 70
145 Jason King (Aus) 73 72, Steven Tan (Mal) 71 74, Martin Rominger (Swi) 73 72, Gary Lockerbie 74 71, Nicolas Vanhootegem (Bel) 70 75, Sven Struver (Ger) 70 75, Ketut Sugiarta (Ina) 76 69, Danny Chia (Mal) 71 74
146 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 73 73, Stephen Scahill (Nzl) 74 72
147 Hernan Rey (Arg) 74 73, Yahya Abidin (Ina) 76 71, Lei Shang (Tpe) 75 72, Richard Lee (Nzl) 69 78, Mike Cunning (USA) 76 71
148 Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 74 74, Simon Hurd 76 72, A Sarmili (Ina) 76 72, James Morrison 76 72
149 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 74 75, Gary Emerson 72 77, Junaidi Ibrahim (Ina) 73 76
151 Ben Evans 76 75, Amandeep Johl (Ind) 75 76, Aria Rianto (Ina) 75 76.