George Coetzee is chasing his second victory in as many weeks on the Sunshine Tour as he heads into the weekend of the DNi Tour Championship presented by RMB with a two-stroke lead.
Coetzee produced a bogey-free 65 in Friday’s second round to lead on 12 under par.
Daniel Van Tonder, currently top of the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit delivered by The Courier Guy, is his nearest challenger on 10 under par after his four-under-par 68.
Coetzee is looking for back-to-back wins after his victory in last week’s Serengeti Playoffs, and was able to take advantage of a wet Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate course despite the round starting later than scheduled because of waterlogged greens.
“The golf course has been pretty wet the whole week. It doesn’t change the way we play. It just made us a little more aware” Coetzee said.
“It was pretty solid. I learned my lessons in the first round and played a little more conservative. Patience was really key – waiting for opportunities and not trying to force it. That approach kind of spilt over to the front-nine. I played pretty well.”
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Having worked his way back from injury, Coetzee found his rhythm again last week with his 15th Sunshine Tour title, and he wants to build on that this weekend.
“Last week was very much a surprise for me having that much form. I am trying to just appreciate it coming here, not neglecting it and trying to make the best of it.”
With this being the final tournament of the season and of the new Courier Guy Playoffs Series, Coetzee is looking forward to the challenge of the weekend.
“It should be very exiting I think. We all keep an eye on what everybody does as we play. You just need to play well enough to be in the mix come the last three holes on Sunday.”
It was also a good day for Jonathan Broomhead who impressed with a bogey-free round of six-under-par 66 on his way to nine-under for the tournament, moving up the leaderboard into third place and three shots behind the leader.
SCORES
132 - George Coetzee 67 65
134 - Daniel van Tonder 66 68
135 - Jonathan Broomhead 69 66
136 - JC Ritchie 65 71
137 - Michael Hollick 69 68, Dylan Naidoo 69 68
138 - Jacques Kruyswijk 68 70
139 - MJ Viljoen 72 67, Malcolm Mitchell 70 69, Martin Rohwer 68 71, Pieter Moolman 72 67, Jean Hugo 71 68, Trevor Fisher Jnr 69 70
140 - Ricky Hendler 68 72, Darren Fichardt 70 70, Luke Brown 69 71, Jovan Rebula 70 70, Christiaan Burke 74 66
141 - Jean-Paul Strydom 71 70
142 - Lyle Rowe 68 74, JJ Senekal 69 73, Martin Vorster 71 71, Jacques Blaauw 67 75
143 - Jacques P de Villiers 74 69, Nikhil Rama 75 68, Herman Loubser 72 71, Jason Roets 70 73, Heinrich Bruiners 75 68, Yurav Premlall 74 69, Kyle De Beer 75 68
144 - Rupert Kaminski 76 68, Altin van der Merwe 70 74, Neil Schietekat 71 73
145 - Wynand Dingle 73 72, Jaco Ahlers 73 72, Fredrik From 72 73
146 - Luke Jerling 75 71, Stefan Wears-Taylor 73 73
147 - Freddy Schott 74 73, Keenan Davidse 70 77, Gerhard Pepler 71 76
148 - Kyle Barker 76 72, Rhys West 72 76
149 - CJ du Plessis 74 75, Hennie O'Kennedy 74 75
150 - Jaco Van Zyl 75 75