| DULLSTROOM (Mpumalanga) – The experienced Louis de Jager has fired rounds of 65 and 67 for 12-under-par in the Vodacom Origins of Golf Highland Gate Mpumalanga event, but he has no more than a one-shot lead after the second round on Saturday.
That’s because fellow veteran Jean Hugo, who has played in more than 450 Sunshine Tour events, has gone 66-67 for a score of 11-under-par heading into the final round.
Kyle de Beer, the leading rookie on tour this season, is one stroke further back on 10-under after shooting a 70 on Saturday, contending strongly in just his 25thSunshine Tour event.
De Jager started his round on the 10th and took a while to really find his range, but birdies on the par-four 16th and par-five 18th gave him a boost. His front nine was even better, even though he bogeyed the par-four first hole.
The 37-year-old birdied the par-three third hole and also picked up birdie threes on the sixth and ninth holes, but perhaps his best hole was the par-five fifth, which is more than 600 yards long and plays into the wind, but De Jager eagled it on Saturday.
It will not be an easy night’s sleep though for De Jager going into the final round of the R2 million event because there is a surfeit of quality within four shots of the lead.
Apart from Hugo and De Beer, Luke Brown is enjoying a very solid tournament and is on nine-under-par after rounds of 67 and 68. Jacques Blaauw is enjoying a top-class season, leading the Order of Merit delivered by The Courier Guy, and is tied for fifth on eight-under after notching a two-under-par 70 on Saturday.
Martin Rohwer, a three-time winner on the Sunshine Tour, and Nikhil Rama, a GolfRSA product who is a rising star in the senior ranks, are also on eight-under.
A trio of Sunshine Ladies Tour golfers made the cut, with Danielle du Toit (69) and Gabrielle Venter (72) tied for 35th on one-under-par, and Lora Assad tied for 47thon level-par.
SCORES
132 – Louis de Jager 65 67
133 – Jean Hugo 66 67
134 – Kyle De Beer 64 70
135 – Luke Brown 67 68
136 – Jacques Blaauw 66 70, Martin Rohwer 67 69, Nikhil Rama 66 70
137 – Keenan Davidse 70 67
138 – Ricky Hendler 69 69
139 – Lyle Rowe 69 70, Danie Van Niekerk 68 71, Thanda Mavundla 69 70, Jonathan Broomhead 68 71
140 – Rhys West 68 72
141 – Daniel van Tonder 72 69, Heinrich Bruiners 73 68, Rupert Kaminski 74 67, Ryan Van Velzen 68 73, Graham van der Merwe 73 68, Kyle McClatchie 67 74, Joe Long 67 74, Gary Kemp 73 68
142 – Stuart Krog 71 71, Trevor Fisher Jnr 71 71, Hayden Griffiths 73 69, Jacques P de Villiers 69 73, James Hart du Preez 71 71, Yurav Premlall 74 68, Louis Albertse 65 77, George Coetzee 74 68, Rourke van der Spuy 72 70, Brandon Meads 71 71, Wynand Dingle 73 69, Hennie O’Kennedy 73 69
143 – Albert Venter 71 72, Ethan Smith 72 71, Callum Mowat 74 69, Malcolm Mitchell 77 66, Ruan Groenewald 70 73, Conner Mackenzie 73 70, Danielle du Toit 74 69, Gabrielle Venter 71 72, Werner Deyzel 74 69, Christiaan Burke 69 74, Sean Bradley 75 68, Travis Ladner 73 70
144 – Keelan van Wyk 72 72, Jbe’ Kruger 73 71, MJ Viljoen 75 69, Pierre Pellegrin 75 69, Keegan Mclachlan 69 75, Stephen Ferreira 70 74, Lora Assad 73 71, Quintin Wilsnach 75 69, Stefan Wears-Taylor 71 73, Otto Van Buynder 70 74, Ruan de Smidt 71 73, Adam Breen 75 69
Missed the cut:-
145 – Fredrik From 72 73, Michael Hollick 74 71, Toto Thimba Jnr 73 72, Luke Jerling 73 72, Irvin Mazibuko 73 72, Dan Erickson 71 74, Jared Harvey 76 69, CJ du Plessis 73 72, Altin van der Merwe 74 71, Gerhard Pepler 73 72, Samuel Simpson 73 72
146 – Christopher Long 73 73, Combrinck Smit 75 71, Matthew Spacey 75 71, Keagan Thomas 75 71, Jastice Mashego 72 74, Therion Nel 74 72, Dylan O’Leary 76 70, Robson Chinhoi 75 71, Warwick Purchase 74 72
147 – Gerard du Plooy 70 77, James Mack 77 70, Christian Kriek 73 74, Jaco Van Zyl 74 73, Brandon Gildenhuys 79 68, Trevor Mahoney 71 76
148 – Kyle Barker 77 71, Neil Schietekat 77 71, Leon Vorster 75 73, Jacob Oakley 75 73, Gregory Mckay 75 73, LB Boshoff 75 73, Jovan Rebula 69 79
149 – Steven Le Roux 73 76
150 – Sentanio Minnie 80 70, Estiaan Conradie 74 76, Merrick Bremner 75 75, Dayne Moore 72 78, Bronwyn Doeg 77 73, Jason Roets 73 77, Craig Ross 79 71
152 – Allister de Kock 73 79, Jake Redman 72 80, Ruan Conradie 79 73, Haydn Porteous 75 77, Nick Cunningham 81 71, Stals Swart 76 76
153 – Christiaan Basson 78 75, Slenda Sithebe 75 78, Kelsey Nicholas 78 75
155 – Ruan Korb 81 74, Lindi Coetzee 79 76
156 – Cara Gorlei 77 79
157 – Jordan Duminy 82 75
158 – Tara Griebenow 80 78
159 – Johan Theron 83 76
160 – Jabulane Mabilane 79 81
162 – Lyle Pedro 78 84
164 – Brittney-Fay Berger 87 77
165 – Thabang Simon 82 83
WDN – Thabiso Ngcobo 80 WDN, Franklin Manchest 76 RTD
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