SuperMac surges out of danger
and into contention in Holland

From Michael Gibbons, Challenge Tour Press Officer
A stunning run of five consecutive birdies saw Scotland’s Andrew McArthur surge from the cut line into contention at the European Challenge Tour’s Dutch Futures. The 29-year-old former Scottish amateur champion from Glasgow's Windyhill lies just three strokes behind clubhouse leaders Chris Gane and Andrew Tampion.
McArthur was one over par at the start of the second round at the Golf Club Houtrak on the outskirts of Amsterdam and looking in danger of missing the weekend action before a sensational burst of form ensured a round of five under 67 and a four under aggregate of 140 – just three shots off the lead – heading into the final 36 holes.
While McArthur was charging up the leaderboard, another Scot, Peterculter's Greig Hutcheon, third after round one, had a day to forget after a three over 75 for 144 saw him fall back into 39th place.
Tartan Tour No 1 Chris Doak managed to stay on track, finishing with a second round 71 to move to three under 141 and just four shots off the pace.
Richie Ramsay matched the par of 72 for 143.
Three other Scots, Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Eric Ramsay (Carnoustie) and Dutch-based Peter Smith missed the halfway cut in Holland. Only those with 36-hole totals of 146 or better survived to play the last two rounds.Henderson had a 72 for 148, Peter Smith a 73 for 149 and Eric Ramsay a 72 for 149.
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72) 6,996yd
137 Chris Gane (Eng) 71 66, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 71 66
138 Michael Hoey (Nirl) 69 69
139 Matthew Cort (Eng) 69 70, Joost Steenkamer (Ned) 70 69, Roland Steiner (Aut) 70 69, Marcus Higley (Eng) 71 68
140 Stuart Davis (Eng) 70 70, Sebastien Delagrange (Fra) 70 70, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 71 69, Andrew McArthur (Sco) 73 67, Matthew Morris (Eng) 71 69, Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 75 65, Ralph Miller (Ned) 68 72, Taco Remkes (Ned) 72 68
141 Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 72 69, Gustavo Rojas (Arg) 70 71, Ben Evans (Eng) 69 72, Ryan Blaum (USA) 73 68, Chris Doak (Sco) 70 71
142 David Carter (Eng) 70 72, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 75 67, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 73 69, Andrew Butterfield (Eng) 74 68, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 73 69, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 72 70, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 73 69, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 73 69, Christian Aronsen (Nor) 73 69, John E Morgan (Eng) 72 70, Kyron Sullivan (Wal) 68 74
143 Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 73 70, Richie Ramsay (Sco) 71 72, Wil Besseling (Ned) 70 73, Johan Wahlqvist (Swe) 74 69, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 72 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 71 72, Richard Mcevoy (Eng) 75 68
144 Greig Hutcheon (Sco) 69 75, Simon Robinson (Eng) 74 70, Daniel Wardrop (Eng) 73 71, Adam Gee (Eng) 72 72, Peter Bronson (USA) 73 71, Branden Grace (Rsa) 73 71, Frank Van Hoof (Ned) 73 71
145 Lars Brovold (Nor) 74 71, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 72 73, Benjamin Miarka (Ger) 70 75, Rodolfo Gonzalez (Arg) 76 69, Gary Clark (Eng) 75 70, Edward Rush (Eng) 71 74, Adrien Bernadet (Fra) 72 73, Miguel Rodriguez (Arg) 72 73, Robert Coles (Eng) 71 74, Matthew Zions (Aus) 75 70, Oliver Whiteley (Eng) 73 72, Richard Kind (Ned) 75 70, Reinier Saxton (Ned) 72 73, Floris De Vries (Ned) 77 68
146 Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 71 75, Pablo Del Grosso (Arg) 71 75, Ben Mason (Eng) 73 73, Jack Kutumane (Rsa) 75 71, Johan Axgren (Swe) 75 71, Charles-Edouard Russo (Fra) 74 72, James Morrison (Eng) 75 71, Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 73 73, Damian Ulrich (Sui) 74 72, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 71 75, Nicolas Vanhootegem (Bel) 73 73, Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 73 73, Jurrian Van Der Vaart (Ned) 73 73
MISSED THE CUT
147 Seve Benson (Eng) 75 72, Marco Ruiz (Par) 75 72, Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den) 74 73, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 77 70, Peter O'keeffe (Irl) 74 73, Marco Crespi (Ita) 73 74, Julien Quesne (Fra) 77 70, Joonas Granberg (Fin) 77 70, Richard Bland (Eng) 74 73, Colm Moriarty (Irl) 73 74, John Boerdonk (Ned) 74 73
148 Mark Mouland (Wal) 78 70, Tuomas Tuovinen (Fin) 77 71, Uli Weinhandl (Aut) 78 70, Fredrik Henge (Swe) 72 76, Joel Sjoholm (Swe) 73 75, Scott Henderson (Sco) 76 72
149 Eric Ramsay (Sco) 77 72, Peter Smith (Sco) 76 73, Alvaro Salto (Spa) 76 73, Richard Eccles (Ned) 80 69, Alessio Bruschi (Ita) 75 74, Franois Calmels (Fra) 74 75, Christian Reimbold (Ger) 78 71
150 Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 76 74, Estanislao Goya (Arg) 71 79, Sander Van Duijn (Ned) 73 77, Ed Morton (Eng) 76 74, Stefano Reale (Ita) 78 72, Graeme A Clark (Eng) 81 69, Toni Karjalainen (Fin) 73 77, Jeroen Krietemeijer (Ned) 79 71
151 Rob Harris (Eng) 79 72, Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 76 75, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 79 72, Olivier David (Fra) 77 74
152 Michele Reale (Ita) 78 74, John Vingoe (Eng) 73 79, Raphal De Sousa (Swi) 78 74, Tim Milford (Eng) 73 79, Jamie Little (Eng) 77 75, James Heath (Eng) 76 76, Shaun P Webster (Eng) 72 80
153 Robin Swane (Ned) 76 77, Joakim Rask (Swe) 77 76, Gregory Molteni (Ita) 79 74, Andrew Willey (Eng) 81 72
154 Matthew Bliss (Can) 77 77,155 Gustavo Acosta (Arg) 74 81, Niels Kraaij (Ned) 82 73, Tim Dykes (Wal) 79 7ooght (Bel) 81 78
Withdrawn: Richard Treis (Ger) 82
Retired: Manoel Willems (Bel) 78, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 78