WIZARD FROM OZ GOES TWO CLEAR AT KAZAKHSTAN OPEN
Arnold high fives his way to Kazakh lead
Former
World Amateur Number One Scott Arnold carded his second consecutive
five under par round of 67 to move to the front after Day Two of the
lucrative Kazakhstan Open at Nurtau Golf Club.
That
handed the Australian, who counts cricket legend Ricky Ponting as a
friend, a one shot lead over Denmark’s Jeppe Huldahl in Almaty, with
2008 Ryder Cup player Oliver Wilson a further shot
back as his revival on the European Challenge Tour continues.
Over
the challenging lay-out at Nurtau, which has received huge praise from
the players this week, Arnold’s pinpoint accuracy from the tees and
impressive approaches – missing just three greens
in regulation so far this week – helped launch him to the top on ten
under par.
After
teeing off on the tenth, the Australian flew out of the blocks thanks
to three birdies in his opening four holes, with a bogey at the 11th mixed in among the bunch, before he
picked up another shot at the par three 16th to reach the turn in three under par.
He
also began his second nine on a positive note with a birdie at the
first before carding a two at the fifth to make it four birdies in the
four par threes.
“I
played lovely really,” said the Sydney native, who turned 28 exactly
one week ago. “I have played really nicely now for the two days but I
think it was better today. Yesterday I just holed
a few putts but today I was a bit closer, so I left a lot out there
today with the putter.
“I
have driven the ball nicely and I have been hitting the ball relatively
nicely. If I have missed the fairway it has only been in the first cut
and that has been very rarely. Hopefully I can
keep that up over the weekend.
“I
found a few things on the range on Wednesday and I have put them into
play and it’s worked a treat so hopefully we can keep it going and see
what happens at the weekend.
“If
I can put my first two rounds together into one round, there’s
something really low out there for me but you just have to do the best
you can and at the end of the day you hope it adds up
to something good.”
Huldahl,
meanwhile, could not build on his stunning opening round on Day Two and
stayed static on nine under par after a level par second round of 72,
but he remains right in contention for
a first Challenge Tour title since 2008.
Nine-time
runner up on The European Tour Wilson signed for a six under par 66 to
move to within two shots of the lead on eight under par, in tied second
alongside Sweden’s Johan Carlsson.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
134 S Arnold (Aus) 67 67,
135 J Huldahl (Den) 63 72,
136 O Wilson (Eng) 70 66, J Carlsson (Swe) 69 67,
137 L Claverie (Esp) 70 67, V Riu (Fra) 73 64, A Otaegui (Esp) 67 70,
138 P Maddy (Eng) 69 69, B An (Kor) 70 68, R Steiner (Aut) 69 69, S Kim (Kor) 69 69,
139
S Tiley (Eng) 74 65, P Widegren (Swe) 69 70, D Gaunt (Aus) 69 70, C
Kim (USA) 65 74, R Dinwiddie (Eng) 71 68, B Ritthammer (Ger) 69 70,
140
G Cambis (Fra) 69 71, T Hatton (Eng) 68 72, D Brooks (Eng) 71 69, L
Kennedy (Eng) 69 71, D Stewart (Sco) 70 70, F Praegant (Aut) 71 69,
141 J Guerrier (Fra) 71 70, A Pavan
(Ita) 70 71, P Archer (Eng) 71 70, N Lemke (Swe) 73 68, J Fahrbring
(Swe) 68 73, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 70 71, B Stone (RSA) 69 72,
142
R McGowan (Eng) 73 69, S Kapur (Ind) 71 71, C Del Moral (Esp) 71 71, L
Bjerregaard (Den) 72 70, D Huizing (Ned) 73 69, P Oriol (Esp) 71 71, J
Elson (Eng) 74 68, C Ford (Eng) 72 70, N Elvira (Esp) 69 73,
143
A Velasco (Esp) 69 74, A Bernadet (Fra) 70 73, F Calmels (Fra) 73 70,
R Kakko (Fin) 72 71, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 72 71, A Gee (Eng) 68 75, D
Kemmer (USA) 70 73, H Porteous (RSA) 76 67, D Im (USA) 70 73, F
Bergamaschi (Ita) 72 71,
C Aguilar (Esp) 71 72, M Brier (Aut) 70 73, W Booth (Sco) 71 72,
144
S Hutsby (Eng) 72 72, A Rota (Ita) 74 70, G Houston (Wal) 72 72, G
Stal (Fra) 70 74, E Dubois (Fra) 73 71, A Johnston (Eng) 70 74, C
Hanson (Eng) 71 73,
145
P Figueiredo (Por) 70 75, A McArthur (Sco) 74 71, J McLeary (Sco) 73
72, T Sluiter (Ned) 66 79, M Haastrup (Den) 74 71, J Senior (Eng) 73
72, J Heath (Eng) 75 70, C Brazillier (Fra) 73 72, J Lando Casanova
(Fra) 70 75, R Davies
(Wal) 73 72, J Barnes (Eng) 71 74, P Edberg (Swe) 71 74, N Ravano (Ita)
72 73, M Ford (Eng) 70 75,
MISSED THE CUT
146
J Lima (Por) 71 75, W Besseling (Ned) 75 71, D Ulrich (Sui) 70 76, B
Parker (Eng) 73 73, P Relecom (Bel) 73 73, T Pulkkanen (Fin) 73 73, N
Raymond (Eng) 77 69,
147
G Murray (Sco) 72 75, F De Vries (Ned) 75 72, J Moul (Eng) 74 73, C
Russo (Fra) 74 73, B Hebert (Fra) 73 74, A Domingo (Esp) 73 74, M
Crespi (Ita) 74 73,
148 E Johansen (Nor) 74 74, S Manley
(Wal) 74 74, J Dantorp (Swe) 75 73, J Sim (SKor) 75 73, S Walker (Eng)
72 76, D Griffiths (Eng) 72 76,
149 J Timmis (Eng) 76 73, R Saxton
(Ned) 75 74, G Shaw (Nir) 74 75, F Colombo (Ita) 76 73, J Glennemo (Swe)
71 78, B Chapellan (Fra) 73 76, B Paolini (USA) 76 73,
150 N Quintarelli (Ita) 74 76, K Ferrie (Eng) 75 75, O Bekker (RSA) 74 76, N Dougherty (Eng) 75 75, K Borsheim (Nor) 68 82,
151 S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) 72 79, M
Glauert (Ger) 77 74, F McGuirk (Eng) 73 78, Å Nilsson (Swe) 75 76, L
Goddard (Eng) 72 79,
152 D Vancsik (Arg) 73 79, P Gustafsson (Swe) 76 76, K Lifanov (Rus) 78 74, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 72 80,
154 Y Kong (Kor) 77 77, J Howarth (Eng) 76 78,
155 M Trappel (Aut) 75 80,
156 L Canter (Eng) 81 75,
159 T Murray (Eng) 75 84,
161 A Perrino (Ita) 82 79, D Tuleubayev (am) (Kaz) 83 78,
162 K Clement (USA) 81 81, L Saltman (Sco) 80 82,
165 A Mayorov (Rus) 81 84, M Nichols (Eng) 83 82,
166 A Pavlov (Rus) 86 80,
169 Y Kafelnikov (Rus) 86 83, B Kang (am) (Kaz) 87 82,
171 A Vongay (Kaz) 87 84,
** T Nørret (Den) 75 RT, H Bacher (Aut) DQ 0, D Frittelli (RSA) RT 0,
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