Brutal wind and extreme cold on day two of the Betway Big Easy Tour #2 were not enough to stop England’s Harry Konig from keeping his place at the top of the leaderboard after an even-par round at Glenvista Country Club on Wednesday.
On a day when low scores were hard to come by, Konig showed resilience and unmatched focus as he went round this track with discipline and determination. Two bogeys and a double-drop accompanied four birdies on the Englishman’s scorecard, leaving him at seven-under for the week and a stroke clear of the chasing pack led by his countryman, Joe Sullivan and last week’s winner, Lyle Pedro.
Sullivan was the biggest mover of the day after carding an inspired six-under 66 to back up his opening 72. Two birdies and two drops on the front nine paved the way for a blemish-free back nine in which Sullivan made four birdies and an eagle for a round of 66.
Pedro, on the other hand, rode the momentum of his opening 66 and signed for a level-par 72 to stay within reach of Konig’s lead heading into the final round. The member of the Papwa Sewgolum Class cut a composed figure throughout what was a testing round of golf. His four birdies on day two were cancelled out by the same number of bogeys he made.
The second-lowest score of the round came from Joe Knox, whose four-under 68 catapulted him to solo fourth on a tournament total of four-under-par. Seven players, including Haydn Porteous, Chile’s Tomas Gana, Tristan Leonard, Jacques van der Merwe, Brandon Gildenhuys, Wandre Snyman and Glenvista’s own Louis Liebenberg, tied fifth on two-under.
The Betway Big Easy Tour is the Sunshine Tour’s feeder circuit and enjoys the support of the legendary Ernie Els among other patrons.
SCORES:
137 - Harry Konig 65 72
138 - Joe Sullivan 72 66, Lyle Pedro 66 72
140 - Joe Knox 72 68
142 - Wandre Snyman 67 75, Jacques Van der Merwe 69 73, Haydn Porteous 68 74, Brandon Gildenhuys 70 72, Tomas Gana 69 73, Louis Liebenberg 68 74, Tristan Leonard 66 76
143 - Thomas Spreadborough 67 76, Daniel Cronje 69 74, James Pennington 69 74, Matt Millar 69 74, Jordan Duminy 73 70, Austin Bautista 71 72, Hunter Epson 73 70
144 - Nicko Venter 74 70, Travis Procter 71 73, Karabo Mokoena 72 72
145 - Oliver Goldhill 72 73, Leon Visser 73 72, Brandon Pieters 71 74, Ulrich van den Berg 67 78, LB Boshoff 73 72, Adam Breen 69 76
146 - Luke Joy 74 72, Richard Joubert 72 74, Drikus Joubert 71 75, Tiger Adams 75 71, Reece Mc Kain 72 74
Missed the cut:-
147 - Regan Steyn 73 74, Steven Le Roux 69 78, Musiwalo Nethunzwi 71 76
148 - Therion Nel 67 81, Umar Davids 74 74, Johan Theron 74 74, David Amm 71 77, Merrick Bremner 76 72
149 - Matthew Rushton 74 75, Franklin Manchest 73 76, Sean Howell 70 79, Slade Pickering 75 74, Mandla Dlamini Jnr 70 79, Ryan Fricker 73 76, Wade Jacobs 74 75
150 - Austin Cherichella 76 74, Gary Kemp 73 77, Philip Geerts 76 74, Ryan van der Klis 72 78, Travis Ladner 73 77, Luke Mayo 69 81, Jacquin Hess 75 75, Khanya Mkhize 72 78, Thabiso Ngcobo 73 77, Ruan Groenewald 71 79, Tafadzwa Nyamukondiwa 73 77
151 - Richard Kruger 75 76, Jaden Deltel 73 78, Jan-Hendrik Nieuwoudt 74 77, Kyle Kistensamy 74 77, Eric Wowor 71 80, Kian Coetzer 72 79, Caden Sanders 75 76, Michael Kok 76 75, Jastice Mashego 76 75, Johnathan Ackerman 75 76, Keelan Africa 74 77
152 - Jason Froneman 73 79
153 - Tumelo Molloyi 76 77, Slenda Sithebe 75 78, Sabelo Xolani Majola 77 76, Andrew Williamson 72 81, Ruben Van Der Berg 75 78
154 - Lwazi Gqira 77 77, Keagan Crosbie 78 76, Darren Neyt 74 80, Kyle Lucas 73 81, Thabang Simon 76 78, Carl Mwale 80 74, Ronald Rugumayo 76 78, Trevor Mahoney 75 79, Irvin Mosate wa Mazibuko 76 78, Dillon Germshuys 74 80
155 - Vaughn van Deventer 72 83, Marcus Sandile Taylor 73 82, Shaheed Patel 78 77, Andre De Decker 76 79
156 - Tawriq Abrahams 73 83, Evance Vukeya 76 80
157 - M-Jay Xaba 80 77, Teboho Sefatsa 77 80, Mark Maart 75 82, Shaydon Johnson 78 79
159 - Makhetha Mazibuko 75 84, Ricco Motsa 81 78, Nyasha Muyambo 75 84, Austin Mashego 78 81
160 - Brandon-Jude Rennie 78 82, Liam Ross 78 82, Jarryd Govender 78 82
162 - Alphius Kelapile 78 84
164 - Kael Strydom 75 89
165 - John Palm 80 85
166 - Nkosikhona Dilla 86 80
167 - Chandler Shaw 86 81
WDN - Jabulane Mabilane 79 WDN, Siyanda Mwandla 75 RTD