Michael Hollick carded a five-under-par 65 during Thursday’s second round of the Sunbet Challenge hosted by Wild Coast Sun, to take the lead by one stroke on nine under par.
“It was another good day on the golf course. Yesterday was a really good round considering the tough conditions we had since early morning. It really was a tough day’s play,” said Hollick.
The winner of last month’s FNB Eswatini Challenge had a good start to his round, rolling in four birdies on the front nine, and dropping only one shot on the par four second hole.
He followed this up with three birdies and a bogey on the back nine.
“Today I was able to manage my game and hit the ball into good places. I am putting nicely this week, but had two unfortunate bogeys where I overshot the greens, which are very quick downhill. Being over the green is not what you are looking for,” Hollick added.
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Hollick is in good form having already claimed two Sunshine Tour titles this year.
“Tomorrow we will play the same game, tactically nothing will change. Hopefully it will be good enough to win the tournament.”
Jacques P de Villiers (69) and England’s Joe Knox (69) - who were tied for the lead after the first round - both had to settle for a round of one under par, one shot behind the leader on eight under par.
Albert Venter (68) and Lyle Rowe (65) are a further shot adrift on seven under par.
SCORES
131 - Michael Hollick 66 65
132 - Jacques P de Villiers 63 69, Joe Knox 63 69
133 - Albert Venter 65 68, Lyle Rowe 68 65
134 - Samuel Simpson 66 68, Austin Bautista 69 65
135 - Kyle De Beer 71 64
136 - Trevor Fisher Jnr 69 67, Anthony Michael 68 68, Herman Loubser 67 69
137 - Fredrik From 70 67, Slade Pickering 68 69
138 - Kyle Barker 68 70, Pierre Viallaneix 68 70, Rhys West 70 68, Pieter Moolman 70 68
139 - Stuart Krog 70 69, Jake Redman 67 72, Christiaan Burke 68 71, Ruan Conradie 73 66, Allen John 70 69, Tyran Snyders 70 69, Christian Kriek 70 69, Hayden Griffiths 73 66, Jason Roets 73 66, Heinrich Bruiners 73 66, Malcolm Mitchell 69 70, Gerhard Pepler 73 66, James Mack 71 68
140 - Thanda Mavundla 71 69, Stals Swart 72 68, Ethan Smith 71 69, Ryan van der Klis 71 69, Estiaan Conradie 70 70, Alex Haindl 70 70, Wynand Dingle 69 71, MJ Viljoen 71 69, Jean Hugo 74 66, Luke Jerling 72 68, Peter Karmis 71 69
141 - Warwick Purchase 69 72, Quintin Wilsnach 68 73, Rourke van der Spuy 70 71, Luke Brown 72 69, Trevor Mahoney 69 72, Kyle McClatchie 73 68, Jordan Duminy 76 65, Benjamin Van Wyk 75 66, Rupert Kaminski 76 65
MISSED THE CUT:
142 - Jason Broomhead 75 67, Simon du Plooy 72 70, Jacques Blaauw 68 74, Jean-Paul Strydom 70 72, Graham van der Merwe 75 67, Keenan Davidse 72 70, Ruan Korb 68 74, Altin van der Merwe 70 72, Conner Mackenzie 72 70, Xander Basson 68 74
143 - Ruan de Smidt 72 71, Hennie O'Kennedy 72 71, Jacquin Hess 74 69, Sentanio Minnie 73 70, Kian Rose 73 70, Tomas Gana 76 67, Brandon Meads 73 70, Jordan Burnand 75 68, Tyron Davidowitz 73 70, Jacques Van der Merwe 72 71
144 - Tafadzwa Nyamukondiwa 76 68, Thomas Spreadborough 74 70, Oliver Bekker 72 72, Musiwalo Nethunzwi 74 70, Makhetha Mazibuko 74 70, Sean Cronje 76 68, Liam Grehan 74 70, Tyrone Ryan 72 72, Matthew Spacey 73 71, JJ Senekal 75 69, Luis Carrera 74 70, Franklin Manchest 77 67
145 - Danie Van Niekerk 76 69, Colin Nel 70 75, Neil Schietekat 72 73, Robson Chinhoi 75 70, Keegan Mclachlan 75 70, Ruan Groenewald 70 75, Tristen Strydom 75 70, Jastice Mashego 74 71, Yurav Premlall 75 70, Dylan Mostert 74 71, Ricky Hendler 77 68, Keagan Thomas 76 69, Keanu Pestana 71 74
146 - Leon Vorster 73 73, Mikkel Antonsen 75 71, Rowan Lester 73 73
147 - Luke Mayo 74 73, Otto Van Buynder 70 77, Doug McGuigan 73 74, George Coetzee 75 72
148 - Nikhil Rama 79 69, Zachary Chegwidden 74 74, Ruben Van Der Berg 78 70
149 - David Amm 77 72, Logan Leisher 77 72, Karabo Mokoena 74 75
150 - Eric Wowor 69 81, Gregory Mckay 80 70
151 - Marcel Steyn Scholtz 79 72, Thabiso Ngcobo 77 74, Richard Kruger 79 72
152 - Werner Deyzel 76 76, Jonathan Waschefort 77 75, Christiaan Basson 78 74
153 - CJ du Plessis 84 69, Jonathan Broomhead 70 83, Nick Cunningham 77 76
155 - Lindani Ndwandwe 81 74, Toto Thimba Jnr 82 73
156 - Luca Filippi 75 81
158 - Umar Davids 80 78
159 - Robert Mavundla 82 77