Mullen and Wall lead at halfway in Dunhill
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ST ANDREWS – England’s Jimmy Mullen, one of the great future hopes of European golf, resolutely clung to the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St Andrews today.
If anyone was expecting 21-year-old Mullen to fold, after his excellent first round 64 at Kingsbarns, they did not understand the fighting spirit and maturity of the young man.
Mullen, playing in his first European Tour event as a professional, shot an impressive 69 on the Old Course, though he was joined on 11-under-par, late in the day, by fellow Englishman Anthony Wall.
One shot further back is another brilliant young prospect, Ireland’s Paul Dunne, experienced Ryder Cup star Jamie Donaldson, Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen and American Chris Stroud.
Mullen, who won all four of his matches during Great Britain and Ireland’s Walker Cup victory over the United States, said: “I watched these players when I was a junior, and then you realise you are playing against them now. That’s the hardest part. I'm still a bit like ‘there’s Kaymer’ and other people like him.
“I’m just trying to let them do what they do and concentrate on what I do. I think I managed to stick to that quite well over the first two rounds. I got a little bit twitchy and tried lagging a few putts up on the back nine, but I'm happy with my day's work.
“It's unbelievable, really, in my first event as a pro. It’s the stuff dreams are made of. I’m trying not to get too far ahead of myself. We're only halfway, but let’s see what we can do over the next couple days.”
Anthony Wall, who had four birdies on the front nine at St Andrews, his back nine having started at the 10th, in his 68, is looking forward to playing Carnoustie in the third round. “I love Carnoustie. I think it's one of the best links ever made, if not the best. I've always played well around there and I look forward to another good day.”
Mullen’s superb performance has also lifted him and his amateur partner Miguel Duenas into third place in the Team Championship on 18-under, one shot behind leaders Rafael Cabrera Bello and Dermot Desmond, and Jared Harvey and Michael Zamkow.
The tournament, conceived as a celebration of links golf, is played over three of the world’s best known and respected links courses - the Old Course at St Andrews, the Championship Course at Carnoustie and the highly regarded Kingsbarns Golf Links.
With a prize fund of US$5 million, the championship incorporates two separate competitions - an individual professional tournament for the world's leading golfers and a team event in which the professionals are paired with some of the most celebrated amateur golfers which creates a unique atmosphere.
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
NEWS RELEASE
ST ANDREWS – England’s Jimmy Mullen, one of the great future hopes of European golf, resolutely clung to the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St Andrews today.
If anyone was expecting 21-year-old Mullen to fold, after his excellent first round 64 at Kingsbarns, they did not understand the fighting spirit and maturity of the young man.
Mullen, playing in his first European Tour event as a professional, shot an impressive 69 on the Old Course, though he was joined on 11-under-par, late in the day, by fellow Englishman Anthony Wall.
One shot further back is another brilliant young prospect, Ireland’s Paul Dunne, experienced Ryder Cup star Jamie Donaldson, Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen and American Chris Stroud.
Mullen, who won all four of his matches during Great Britain and Ireland’s Walker Cup victory over the United States, said: “I watched these players when I was a junior, and then you realise you are playing against them now. That’s the hardest part. I'm still a bit like ‘there’s Kaymer’ and other people like him.
“I’m just trying to let them do what they do and concentrate on what I do. I think I managed to stick to that quite well over the first two rounds. I got a little bit twitchy and tried lagging a few putts up on the back nine, but I'm happy with my day's work.
“It's unbelievable, really, in my first event as a pro. It’s the stuff dreams are made of. I’m trying not to get too far ahead of myself. We're only halfway, but let’s see what we can do over the next couple days.”
Anthony Wall, who had four birdies on the front nine at St Andrews, his back nine having started at the 10th, in his 68, is looking forward to playing Carnoustie in the third round. “I love Carnoustie. I think it's one of the best links ever made, if not the best. I've always played well around there and I look forward to another good day.”
Mullen’s superb performance has also lifted him and his amateur partner Miguel Duenas into third place in the Team Championship on 18-under, one shot behind leaders Rafael Cabrera Bello and Dermot Desmond, and Jared Harvey and Michael Zamkow.
The tournament, conceived as a celebration of links golf, is played over three of the world’s best known and respected links courses - the Old Course at St Andrews, the Championship Course at Carnoustie and the highly regarded Kingsbarns Golf Links.
With a prize fund of US$5 million, the championship incorporates two separate competitions - an individual professional tournament for the world's leading golfers and a team event in which the professionals are paired with some of the most celebrated amateur golfers which creates a unique atmosphere.
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
T1 | Jimmy Mullen | 64 | 69 | . | 133 | ||||
T1 | Anthony Wall* | 65 | 68 | 133 | |||||
T3 | Jamie Donaldson | 69 | 65 | 134 | |||||
T3 | Paul Dunne | 64 | 70 | 134 | |||||
T3 | Chris Stroud* | 68 | 66 | 134 | |||||
T3 | Thorbjorn Olesen* | 68 | 66 | 134 | |||||
7 | Garth Mulroy | 67 | 68 | 135 | |||||
T8 | Bradley Dredge | 73 | 63 | 136 | |||||
T8 | Alejandro Canizares | 69 | 67 | 136 | |||||
T8 | Nathan Holman | 68 | 68 | 136 | |||||
T8 | Martin Kaymer* | 68 | 68 | 136 | |||||
T8 | Benjamin Hebert* | 69 | 67 | 136 | |||||
T13 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 72 | 65 | 137 | |||||
T13 | Graeme Storm | 69 | 68 | 137 | |||||
T13 | Soren Kjeldsen | 65 | 72 | 137 | |||||
T13 | Branden Grace* | 73 | 64 | 137 | |||||
T13 | Morten Madsen* | 70 | 67 | 137 | |||||
T13 | Graeme McDowell* | 68 | 69 | 137 | |||||
T13 | David Lingmerth* | 71 | 66 | 137 | |||||
T13 | Marc Warren* | 68 | 69 | 137 | |||||
T13 | James Morrison* | 67 | 70 | 137 | |||||
T22 | Florian Fritsch | 68 | 70 | 138 | |||||
T22 | Mikko Ilonen | 71 | 67 | 138 | |||||
T22 | Richard Bland | 65 | 73 | 138 | |||||
T22 | Stewart Cink* | 73 | 65 | 138 | |||||
T22 | Adrian Otaegui* | 68 | 70 | 138 | |||||
T22 | Moritz Lampert* | 67 | 71 | 138 | |||||
T22 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat* | 75 | 63 | 138 | |||||
T22 | Scott Piercy* | 69 | 69 | 138 | |||||
T22 | Alexander Levy* | 67 | 71 | 138 | |||||
T22 | Kristoffer Broberg* | 64 | 74 | 138 | |||||
T22 | Bernd Wiesberger* | 70 | 68 | 138 | |||||
T33 | Stephen Gallacher | 67 | 72 | 139 | |||||
T33 | Danie Van Tonder | 69 | 70 | 139 | |||||
T33 | Nick Dougherty | 72 | 67 | 139 | |||||
T33 | Jyoti Randhawa | 70 | 69 | 139 | |||||
T33 | Ernie Els* | 72 | 67 | 139 | |||||
T33 | Darren Clarke* | 71 | 68 | 139 | |||||
T39 | Soren Hansen | 71 | 69 | 140 | |||||
T39 | David Drysdale | 68 | 72 | 140 | |||||
T39 | Marcus Fraser | 66 | 74 | 140 | |||||
T39 | Darren Fichardt | 69 | 71 | 140 | |||||
T39 | Peter Lawrie | 67 | 73 | 140 | |||||
T39 | Scott Jamieson | 72 | 68 | 140 | |||||
T39 | Mark Foster* | 68 | 72 | 140 | |||||
T39 | Romain Wattel* | 70 | 70 | 140 | |||||
T39 | John Parry* | 70 | 70 | 140 | |||||
T39 | Raphael Jacquelin* | 68 | 72 | 140 | |||||
T39 | Y.E. Yang* | 72 | 68 | 140 | |||||
T39 | Felipe Aguilar* | 67 | 73 | 140 | |||||
T39 | Robert Dinwiddie* | 71 | 69 | 140 | |||||
T52 | Merrick Bremner | 70 | 71 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Damien McGrane | 70 | 71 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Justin Walters | 72 | 69 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Peter Uihlein | 69 | 72 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Tjaart Van der Walt | 75 | 66 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Tommy Fleetwood | 70 | 71 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Gregory Bourdy* | 71 | 70 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Brooks Koepka* | 72 | 69 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Julien Quesne* | 71 | 70 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Tom Lewis* | 75 | 66 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Hennie Otto* | 70 | 71 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Jbe' Kruger* | 73 | 68 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Luke Donald* | 71 | 70 | 141 | |||||
T52 | Edouard Espana* | 73 | 68 | 141 | |||||
T66 | Peter Hanson | 70 | 72 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Joost Luiten | 70 | 72 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Jacques Blaauw | 76 | 66 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Andrew Dodt | 72 | 70 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Alvaro Quiros | 70 | 72 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Magnus A. Carlsson | 70 | 72 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Richard Finch | 69 | 73 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Richard Green | 69 | 73 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Ben Evans | 70 | 72 | 142 | |||||
T66 | David Horsey | 72 | 70 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Fabrizio Zanotti | 67 | 75 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Joakim Lagergren | 71 | 71 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Pablo Larrazabal | 72 | 70 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Erik Compton* | 74 | 68 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Oliver Farr* | 71 | 71 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Gary Stal* | 69 | 73 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Charl Schwartzel* | 72 | 70 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Rafael Cabrera-Bello* | 74 | 68 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Oliver Fisher* | 70 | 72 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Maximilian Kieffer* | 71 | 71 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Victor Dubuisson* | 74 | 68 | 142 | |||||
T66 | Danny Willett* | 74 | 68 | 142 | |||||
T88 | Seve Benson | 70 | 73 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 73 | 70 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Sam Hutsby | 68 | 75 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Mark Tullo | 69 | 74 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Steven Jeffress | 73 | 70 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Chris Wood | 71 | 72 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Thomas Pieters | 72 | 71 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Nick Cullen* | 70 | 73 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Lee Westwood* | 71 | 72 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Shane Lowry* | 74 | 69 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Kevin Phelan* | 71 | 72 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Mikael Lundberg* | 71 | 72 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Niclas Fasth* | 74 | 69 | 143 | |||||
T88 | Thomas Bjorn* | 71 | 72 | 143 | |||||
T102 | Josh Younger | 73 | 71 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Jaco Ahlers | 71 | 73 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Pelle Edberg | 71 | 73 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Roope Kakko | 73 | 71 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Richard T. Lee | 76 | 68 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Steve Lewton | 70 | 74 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Mark Brown | 75 | 69 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Jorge Campillo* | 77 | 67 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Byeong-Hun An* | 73 | 71 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Ashley Chesters* | 73 | 71 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Michael Hoey* | 71 | 73 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Rikard Karlberg* | 73 | 71 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Matthew Nixon* | 72 | 72 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Tyrrell Hatton* | 69 | 75 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Padraig Harrington* | 75 | 69 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Jason Barnes* | 71 | 73 | 144 | |||||
T102 | Matthew Fitzpatrick* | 69 | 75 | 144 | |||||
T119 | Matteo Manassero | 70 | 75 | 145 | |||||
T119 | Wade Ormsby | 73 | 72 | 145 | |||||
T119 | Jared Harvey | 72 | 73 | 145 | |||||
T119 | Shiv Kapur | 75 | 70 | 145 | |||||
T119 | Paul Lawrie | 70 | 75 | 145 | |||||
T119 | Gary Hurley | 73 | 72 | 145 | |||||
T119 | Jake Higginbottom | 75 | 70 | 145 | |||||
T119 | Nacho Elvira* | 70 | 75 | 145 | |||||
T119 | Andy Sullivan* | 74 | 71 | 145 | |||||
T119 | Johan Carlsson* | 70 | 75 | 145 | |||||
T129 | Ross Fisher | 68 | 78 | 146 | |||||
T129 | Jake Roos* | 72 | 74 | 146 | |||||
T129 | Ollie Schniederjans* | 75 | 71 | 146 | |||||
T129 | Pablo Martin Benavide* | 71 | 75 | 146 | |||||
T129 | Gregory Havret* | 71 | 75 | 146 | |||||
T134 | Paul Peterson | 68 | 79 | 147 | |||||
T134 | David Howell | 75 | 72 | 147 | |||||
T134 | Pat Perez* | 78 | 69 | 147 | |||||
T134 | Robert Rock* | 72 | 75 | 147 | |||||
T134 | Daniel Brooks* | 75 | 72 | 147 | |||||
T134 | David Lipsky* | 72 | 75 | 147 | |||||
T134 | Bradley Neil* | 75 | 72 | 147 | |||||
T141 | Keith Horne | 73 | 75 | 148 | |||||
T141 | Oliver Wilson | 74 | 74 | 148 | |||||
T141 | Paul McGinley | 75 | 73 | 148 | |||||
T141 | Lee Slattery | 71 | 77 | 148 | |||||
T141 | Steve Dartnall | 71 | 77 | 148 | |||||
T141 | Justin Harding* | 76 | 72 | 148 | |||||
T141 | Jerome Lando Casanova* | 74 | 74 | 148 | |||||
148 | Sean O'Hair* | 76 | 73 | 149 | |||||
T149 | Terry Pilkadaris | 74 | 76 | 150 | |||||
T149 | Renato Paratore | 74 | 76 | 150 | |||||
T149 | Andrew Johnston | 74 | 76 | 150 | |||||
T149 | Dimitrios Papadatos* | 74 | 76 | 150 | |||||
T149 | Matt Ford* | 75 | 75 | 150 | |||||
T149 | Rhys Pugh* | 73 | 77 | 150 | |||||
T155 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 76 | 75 | 151 | |||||
T155 | Michael Lorenzo-Vera* | 75 | 76 | 151 | |||||
T157 | Scott Hend | 77 | 75 | 152 | |||||
T157 | S.S.P. Chowrasia | 77 | 75 | 152 | |||||
T157 | Ryan Fox | 75 | 77 | 152 | |||||
T157 | Jordi Garcia Pinto | 81 | 71 | 152 | |||||
T161 | Thomas Levet | 75 | 78 | 153 | |||||
T161 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 77 | 76 | 153 | |||||
T161 | Marco Crespi* | 78 | 75 | 153 | |||||
T164 | Robert Karlsson* | 77 | 77 | 154 | |||||
T164 | Craig Lee* | 79 | 75 | 154 | |||||
T166 | Eddie Pepperell | 74 | 81 | 155 | |||||
T166 | John Daly | 74 | 81 | 155 | |||||
168 | Chris Doak | 73 | 46 | WD | WD | - | - | ||
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* player started on back nine. |
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