Casey Jarvis believes he knows the secrets of Leopard Creek, and it showed as the young South African signed for a 67 and a one-stroke lead heading into the weekend of the Alfred Dunhill Championship.
“Somebody here once said to me that at Leopard Creek the flag is a destination but you have to pick your targets. I’ve played a lot of golf here and I do know some secrets out there, and I’m using it to my advantage this week,” said Jarvis after reaching the halfway stage of this tournament on 10 under par.
His nearest challenger is England’s Marco Penge on nine under following a second round of 66 on Friday. South African amateur Christo Lamprecht kept himself in the hunt on eight under par with a second round of 69, while four-time Alfred Dunhill Championship winner Charl Schwartzel also finished the day on eight under par with a 68 including five birdies in six holes over the turn.
Jarvis has been in good form over the past few weeks as he’s challenged on numerous occasions but has yet to fully capitalise and claim a win. He was in contention for last week’s Investec South African Open before a disappointing weekend.
“I had to get over it quickly. It’s a new week this week at a golf course I really like. I left that in the past and worked hard at the beginning of the week and it seems to be paying off,” said Jarvis, who looked incredibly comfortable on this course on Friday, especially on his chip-in for birdie on the 10th hole.
“I played really well and managed my game nicely. I’m hitting the ball great so I’ll keep doing what I’m doing and hopefully it pays off. The wind was swirling the whole day but I kept the ball in play off the tee and hit a lot of good approach shots.”
SCORES:
134 - Casey Jarvis 67 67
135 - Marco Penge 69 66
136 - Christo Lamprecht 67 69, Paul Waring 68 68, Charl Schwartzel 68 68, Robin Williams 65 71
137 - Kyle Barker 70 67, Sam Bairstow 71 66, Andy Sullivan 68 69, Manuel Elvira 66 71
138 - Christiaan Bezuidenhout 68 70, Luca Filippi 68 70, Ashun Wu 68 70, Jayden Schaper 66 72, Louis Oosthuizen 70 68, Erik van Rooyen 68 70, Wynand Dingle 70 68
139 - Louis de Jager 70 69, Keenan Davidse 73 66, Renato Paratore 69 70, Joakim Lagergren 68 71
140 - Christiaan Maas 67 73, JC Ritchie 73 67, Andrea Pavan 70 70, Dale Whitnell 71 69
141 - Neil Schietekat 72 69, Jamie Donaldson 71 70, Andrew Johnston 69 72, Matti Schmid 72 69, Johannes Veerman 70 71, Aaron Cockerill 69 72, Malcolm Mitchell 69 72, Espen Kofstad 69 72, Matthias Schwab 70 71, Matthis Besard 70 71, Francesco Laporta 70 71, Dylan Naidoo 70 71
142 - Antoine Rozner 71 71, Darren Fichardt 69 73, Matthew Baldwin 74 68, Soren Kjeldsen 71 71, Ugo Coussaud 68 74, Pieter Moolman 70 72, Jaco Van Zyl 68 74, Wilco Nienaber 72 70, Nikhil Rama 71 71, Dean Burmester 69 73, Thriston Lawrence 73 69, Kristian Krogh Johannessen 70 72, Jeff Winther 74 68, Darius van Driel 70 72, Samuel Jones 67 75, James Morrison 69 73
143 - Edoardo Molinari 70 73, Scott Jamieson 67 76, Jean Hugo 72 71, Joshua Berry 70 73, Mike Lorenzo-Vera 74 69, Alexander Levy 71 72, Thomas Aiken 71 72, Chase Hanna 72 71, Adrien Saddier 68 75, Will Enefer 72 71, Dylan Frittelli 72 71, Alejandro Del Rey 72 71, Daniel van Tonder 72 71, Zander Lombard 73 70, Jaco Prinsloo 67 76, Anthony Michael 71 72, Doug McGuigan 73 70
MISSED THE CUT
144 - Hennie du Plessis 70 74, Yurav Premlall 72 72, Max Rottluff 75 69, Ross Mcgowan 69 75
145 - Conner Mackenzie 73 72, Daniel Bennett 75 70, Angel Hidalgo 70 75, Lorenzo Scalise 71 74, Jesper Svensson 69 76, Heinrich Bruiners 75 70, Jovan Rebula 74 71, David Law 72 73
146 - Branden Grace 76 70, Deon Germishuys 73 73, Matteo Manassero 70 76, Dan Bradbury 74 72, Dylan Mostert 75 71, Anton Karlsson 72 74, Sebastian Garcia 70 76, Jacques Blaauw 69 77, Santiago Tarrio 72 74, Stefan Wears-Taylor 69 77, Ruan Conradie 73 73
147 - Sebastian Friedrichsen 73 74, Martin Rohwer 73 74, Freddy Schott 74 73, Ryan Van Velzen 74 73, Tom Vaillant 73 74, Brandon Stone 77 70, Ross Fisher 75 72, Oliver Bekker 73 74, Matthew Southgate 76 71, Benjamin Rusch 73 74, Alexander Knappe 73 74, Jason Roets 68 79
148 - Benjamin Follett-Smith 75 73, Joachim B. Hansen 76 72, Clement Sordet 73 75, Ivan Cantero 73 75, Robson Chinhoi 74 74, Jacques P de Villiers 72 76, Nick Bachem 79 69, Martin Vorster 73 75, Keagan Thomas 71 77, Mateusz Gradecki 72 76
149 - Filippo Celli 71 78, Ockie Strydom 71 78, Lyle Rowe 75 74, Gavin Green 75 74, Merrick Bremner 78 71, Guido Migliozzi 75 74, Shaun Norris 71 78, Louis Albertse 72 77, Tristen Strydom 76 73
150 - Slenda Sithebe 76 74, Joel Girrbach 74 76, Peter Karmis 76 74, Hunter Epson 76 74, Jack Davidson 71 79, Adam Blomme 73 77
151 - Jeong Weon Ko 73 78, Musiwalo Nethunzwi 79 72, Hennie O'Kennedy 74 77, Rupert Kaminski 78 73, Rourke van der Spuy 77 74
152 - MJ Viljoen 77 75
153 - David Ravetto 78 75, Ruan Korb 78 75, Stuart Manley 79 74
154 - Hennie Otto 79 75, JJ Senekal 80 74, Jonathan Broomhead 77 77, John Axelsen 79 75, Albert Venter 78 76, Trevor Fisher Jnr 79 75
155 - Quintin Wilsnach 75 80
157 - Combrinck Smit 76 81, Toto Thimba Jnr 79 78, Wade Jacobs 76 81
158 - Omar Sandys 78 80
159 - Thabang Simon 81 78
160 - Alphius Kelapile 83 77
161 - Gerhard Pepler 83 78
165 - Jacquin Hess 81 84
169 - Makhetha Mazibuko 85 84
WDN - Ewen Ferguson 78 WDN