Bradley Neil loses ground with par 

72 at Muscat

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Estanislao Goya is eyeing up a repeat of his 2008 Challenge Tour Grand Final win as he leads the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final by one shot at the halfway point. 
 The Argentinian, already a winner this season in Sweden, birdied the last hole at Al Mouj Golf to sign for a six under par round of 66 and reach 11 under par after two rounds in Muscat. 
Blairgowrie's Bradley Neil lost ground with a par 72 for 141 - eight behind the leader.
All focus this week is on the top 15 of the season-long Road to Oman Rankings, who will earn European Tour cards on Saturday evening, and Goya came into the week with work to do to improve on his 23rd spot. 
Two good days have given him a strong chance, with his new projected Ranking at third, though he will be strongly chased by a truly international leaderboard, with players from Finland, France, Sweden, Poland, Australia, Germany and Spain all joining him in the top ten after 36 holes. 
His nearest challenger is Finnish teenager Oliver Lindell, whose seven under par round of 65 – the low round of the week so far – was made all the more remarkable by the fact that his tournament preparation revolved around him starting six months of military service last week.
 He sits on ten under par, one shot ahead of French duo Thomas Linard and Clément Sordet – who provided the highlight of the day when he made a hole-in-one on the eighth hole, at that point earning him a two-shot lead. 
If things stay as they are, Goya and Lindell would both climb into the top 15 at the expense of Jens Dantorp and Robin Sciot-Siegrist, but much will change over the next two days before the Class of 2017 is finalised.

Scores after Round Two
par 144 (2x72)

133 E Goya (Arg) 67 66
134 O Lindell (Finland) 69 65 
135 T Linard (Fra) 68 67, C Sordet (Fra) 68 67
136 A Meronk (Poland) 67 69, M Kinhult (Swe) 68 68
137 N Cullen (Australia) 67 70 
138 S Fernandez (Spn) 69 69, S Heisele (Ger) 70 68
139 J Heath (Eng) 68 71, O Farr (Wales) 68 71, O Lengden (Swe) 67 72, A Rai (Eng) 68 71, P Oriol (Spn) 69 70
140 D Huizing (Netherlands) 70 70, M Schwab (Austria) 71 69
141 G Porteous (Eng) 71 70, E Van Rooyen (SAf) 70 71, J Arnoy (Norway) 71 70, R Evans (Eng) 69 72, J Dantorp (Swe) 70 71, B Neil (Sco) 69 72, M Tullo (Chi) 70 71, 
142 L Gagli (Ita) 70 72, G Forrest (Sco) 70 72
143 J Guerrier (Fra) 71 72, C Mivis (Belgium) 70 73, J Sjöholm (Swe) 72 71, G Moynihan (Ire) 70 73 
144 R Sciot-Siegrist (Fra) 72 72
146 T Murray (Eng) 70 76, A Saddier (Fra) 70 76, C Ford (Eng) 73 73, R McEvoy (Eng) 71 75
147 C Koepka (USA) 75 72, J Girrbach (Switz) 75 72
148 N Von Dellingshausen (Ger) 71 77, S Brown (Eng) 75 73 
149 B Hafthorsson (Iceland) 76 73 
150 M Ford (Eng) 79 71, P Howard (Eng) 77 73, V Perez (Fra) 77 73
152 M Madsen (Denmark) 76 76 
154 T Pulkkanen (Finland) 71 83 
** M Lundberg (Swe) 76 RT

                                                  

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