DINWIDDIE AND KAKKO SHARE LEAD AT ROYAL WATERLOO

                            

CHALLENGE TOUR REPORT FROM NEIL AHERN

Two former European Challenge Tour winners, Englishman Robert 

Dinwiddie and Roope Kakko of Finland, will top the bill in the 

weekend battle at Royal Waterloo Golf Club as they were tied at 

the top on nine under par after the second round of the Telenet 

Trophy near Brussels, Belgium.

The pair, just 10 months apart in age, are experienced campaigners 

on the Challenge Tour with Dinwiddie having claimed three wins 

since 2007 and Kakko having sealed a sole victory back in 

2004.They will need all of their guile over the testing, old-style 

Royal Waterloo lay-out but Dinwiddie is the man in form after 

carding a six under par 65 on day two to move into the lead 

midway through the day before being joined at the top by the 

Finn.

“I got a couple of birdies early on and got under par quickly and 

then I played pretty steady for the most part after that,” he said.

“I sank a couple of ten-footers and holed out well for the most part. 

"The chip-in for par was pretty nice, it was good to keep the 

momentum going.”

Dinwiddie recently took a 10-week sabbatical from the game after 

a difficult spell of form but believes his escape to Thailand was 

exactly what he needed to gain perspective on his life and his game.

“I played in India in January at the Gujarat Kensville Challenge, 

played rubbish and just didn’t want to be there so I ended up going 

to Thailand for two months,” said Dinwiddie, who has twice 

graduated for The European Tour via the Challenge Tour.

“I put the clubs away for ten weeks. I needed it. I had never done 

anything like that before - just completely switch off and live a 

different lifestyle and forget about golf for a while.

“I put some work in since then and I think I'm working on the right 

things. Even today it’s still not where I want it to be but I'm getting 

it right more of the time.”

Kakko, meanwhile, has also had time away from the game recently 

but for a completely different reason - having suffered an Achilles 

injury - and while he had problems with his back in the cold 

conditions in Belgium, they didn’t deter him as he added a three 

under par 68 to his opening 65.

“My front nine was really good but I got really tired on the back 

nine and my lower back is killing me,” said the 31 year old.

“It was one of those things where I was not swinging great on the 

back nine but I’m super-happy to have finished with two birdies, it 

took a lot out of me to make those two fours.”

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS 
Par 142 (2x71)

133 R Dinwiddie  (Eng) 68 65, R Kakko  (Fin) 65 68

135 L Goddard  (Eng) 64 71, R Davies (Wal) 67 68, D Gaunt (Aus) 69 66, D Kemmer (USA) 67 68, C Russo (Fra) 69 66, T Sluiter  (Ned) 68 67, M Sell  (Eng) 66 69

136 S Hutsby  (Eng) 69 67

137 P Dwyer (Eng) 68 69, F Calmels  (Fra) 70 67, C Aguilar  (Esp) 71 66, V Riu  (Fra) 68 69, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 71 66, S Kapur (Ind) 70 67, S Manley (Wal) 67 70, D Vancsik (Arg) 66 71, A Otaegui  (Esp) 67 70, J Lima  (Por) 72 65, D Im (USA) 71 66, W Besseling  (Ned) 69 68

138 B Koepka  (USA) 68 70, P Maddy (Eng) 72 66, S Kim (Kor) 69 69, W Booth  (Sco) 70 68, J Ruth  (Eng) 67 71, J Guerrier  (Fra) 68 70,

139 T Hatton (Eng) 71 68, C Kim (USA) 72 67, B Hebert  (Fra) 69 70, D Ulrich (Sui) 74 65, N Quintarelli (Ita) 72 67, D Denison  (Eng) 66 73, Å Nilsson (Swe) 64 75

140 L Weber (Fra) 70 70, R McGowan  (Eng) 72 68, S Tiley (Eng) 71 69, A Perrino  (Ita) 69 71, D Brooks (Eng) 68 72, M Lorenzo-Vera  (Fra) 70 70, O Floren  (Swe) 68 72, R Russell (Sco) 70 70, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 69 71, B Parker  (Eng) 70 70, G Shaw (Nir) 70 70, A Hortal  (Esp) 71 69, S Piaget  (Mon) 70 70

141 A McArthur  (Sco) 71 70, E Johansen  (Nor) 72 69, S Thornton (Irl) 71 70, J Glennemo (Swe) 69 72, B Etchart  (Esp) 73 68, G Watremez (Bel) 71 70, F De Vries  (Ned) 70 71, D Dixon (Eng) 71 70, T Fournier  (Fra) 70 71, K Borsheim  (Nor) 70 71, E Bertheussen (Nor) 72 69, A Pavan (Ita) 72 69, S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) 70 71, A Bernadet  (Fra) 69 72, J Doherty  (Sco) 69 72, A Rota (Ita) 71 70

 

MISSED THE CUT

 

142 R Kellett (Sco) 72 70, K Ferrie (Eng) 70 72, P Gal  (Cze) 73 69, L Bjerregaard  (Den) 72 70, S Grant  (Irl) 69 73, G Stal  (Fra) 69 73, B An (Kor) 72 70, J Moul  (Eng) 66 76, J Carlsson (Swe) 69 73, M Haremza (Ger) 71 71, E Dubois (Fra) 71 71, F Colombo (Ita) 67 75, F Praegant (Aut) 72 70, A Dunbar (Nir) 72 70, J McLeary  (Sco) 71 71, M Glauert (Ger) 73 69, D Frittelli (RSA) 71 71, J Abbott (Eng) 70 72, B Dredge (Wal) 72 70

143 F Svanberg  (Sui) 70 73, J Dantorp (Swe) 70 73, J Mommo  (Fin) 75 68, M Trappel  (Aut) 74 69, L Saltman (Sco) 70 73, I Giner (Esp) 75 68, M Kramer  (Ger) 73 70, T Pulkkanen  (Fin) 73 70, P Relecom  (Bel) 74 69, B Chapellan (Fra) 74 69

144 O Whiteley (Eng) 74 70, A Engell  (Nor) 76 68, E Espana (Fra) 73 71, G Boyd  (Eng) 72 72, G Gresse  (Bel) 72 72, D Wuensche  (Ger) 75 69, F Bergamaschi (Ita) 73 71, P O'Keeffe  (Irl) 70 74, A Gee  (Eng) 74 70, A Domingo (Esp) 72 72, M Rominger  (Sui) 76 68, N Ravano (Ita) 71 73, N Vanhootegem (Bel) 72 72

145 J Huldahl (Den) 74 71, J Fahrbring (Swe) 73 72, M Haastrup  (Den) 74 71, T Remkes (Ned) 72 73, N Elvira  (Esp) 75 70, T Nørret (Den) 73 72, J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 77 68, A Velasco (Esp) 76 69, M Southgate  (Eng) 73 72, P Archer (Eng) 72 73,

146 O Wilson (Eng) 76 70, J Howarth (Eng) 72 74, M Prihoda (Cze) 74 72, M Novy  (Cze) 72 74, O Farr (Wal) 76 70, G Cambis  (Fra) 73 73, C Macaulay  (Sco) 70 76, A De Bondt (am) (Bel) 70 76

147 J Mikkelsen (Nor) 71 76, T Murray (Eng) 73 74, G Houston (Wal) 72 75, M Crespi  (Ita) 70 77, A Forsyth (Sco) 72 75, M Hermans  (Bel) 78 69, D Stewart (Sco) 74 73

148 H Bacher (Aut) 71 77, J Senior (Eng) 73 75, P Oriol (Esp) 76 72, G Monville (Bel) 73 75, D Geminiani (Ita) 74 74, J Timmis (Eng) 76 72, D Perrier (Fra) 77 71, A Bailly (am) (Bel) 74 74

149 F McGuirk  (Eng) 76 73, D Griffiths  (Eng) 75 74, R Saxton (Ned) 76 73, J Lucquin (Fra) 76 73, C Brazillier  (Fra) 76 73, J Barnes (Eng) 75 74, K Hesbois (am) (Bel) 75 74

151 F Laporta (Ita) 77 74, T Haylock  (Eng) 75 76

153 G Seegmuller  (Bel) 81 72

154 S Echikson (am) (Bel) 77 77

155 L Richard (Bel) 77 78, R Hahn (Hun) 76 79

157 J Whitehouse (Aus) 78 79 
Retired: G Murray (Sco) 72 ret; N Dougherty (Eng) 76 ret.