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| November 24, 2001 | Saturday | Ramazan 8, 1422 |
One-shot lead for Laycock
GOLD COAST (Australia), Nov 23: Scott Laycock sank an eight-metre putt on the final hole to snatch the lead after Friday’s second round of the Australian Open championship.
The lead changed several times in the final stages with three different players taking their turn in front until Laycock drained his final shot for a five-under-par 66 and a 36-hole total of seven-under-par 135.
That left him one shot clear of overnight leaders Ernie Els of South Africa and Rod Pampling and also Geoff Ogilvy, who carded a course record 65 to jump up the leaderboard.
Laycock broke through earlier this year to win his first Australasian Tour event in nine years when he captured the Victorian Open. He made his move up the leaderboard when he holed an 80-metre wedge for an eagle on the par five 10th hole.
Pampling led by three shots at the halfway stage but lost his way on the more difficult back nine, finishing with a one-under-par 70. Els, the only non-Australian near the top of the leaderboard, also shot 70.
Leading second scores (players Australian unless stated, a-denotes amateur):
135 Scott Laycock 69 66 136 Geoff Ogilvy 71 65, Ernie Els (South Africa) 66 70, Rod Pampling 66 70
137 Grant Dodd 72 65
138 Greg Chalmers 71 67, Marcus Cain 69 69, Brett Ogle 68 70
139 Stuart Appleby 69 70
140 Peter Lonard 68 72, Brett Rumford 73 67
141 a-Chris Campbell 73 68 142 Brad Andrews 67 75, Mahal Pearce (New Zealand) 71 71, Michael Wright 68 74
143 Matthew Ecob 73 70, Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 76 67, Adam Scott 73 70, Nick O’Hern 71 72, Tony Carolan 75 68.
TAIPEI: A surprised Jarmo Sandelin of Sweden heads the field after two rounds of the inaugural Asian Open in Taiwan.
The former European Ryder Cup star recorded an eagle and seven birdies in a six under par 66 to lead the co-sanctioned European and Asian Tour event at six under the card.
Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, with a day two 69, is in second place one stroke behind Sandelin at five under par.
Fellow Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal plus Fiji’s Vijay Singh and Sweden’s Carl Pettersson are tied in third place at four under.
Sandelin said he was surprised by his performance after confessing his work on the practice range prior to his round gave no indication of the score to follow.
The 34-year-old father of one-year-old son, Lukas Elvis, birdied the first, third and fourth holes but dropped a stroke at the fifth before moving to four under par when he hit his six iron second shot, at the 541 yard par five sixth hole, to a foot for a tap in eagle ‘three’.
Sandelin then birdied the seventh, 10th and 11th holes but dropped shots at 12 and 16 prior to ending on a positive note with a birdie.
The Monaco resident’s tee shot at the par three 18th stopped a mere six inches short of earning Sandelin a BMW sedan on offer to the first professional to record a hole-in-one.
Leading second scores:
138 Jarmo Sandelin (Sweden) 72 66
139 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 70 69 140 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 71 69, Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 70 70, Carl Petterson (Sweden) 72 68
141 Thomas Levet (France) 71 70, Jamie Spence (Britain) 69 72, Stephen Dodd (Britain) 72 69, Stephen Scahill (New Zealand) 70 71
142 Unho Park (Australia) 71 71, Brian Davis (Britain) 72 70, Anders Forsbrand (Sweden) 76 66, Rolf Muntz (Netherlands) 72 70
143 Barry Lane (Britain) 70 73, Christian Cevaer (France) 75 68, Johan Rystrom (Sweden) 78 65, Nick Faldo (Britain) 73 70, Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 75 68
144 Charlie Wi (South Korea) 76 68, Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 74 70, Tony Johnstone (Zimbabwe) 69 75, Gary Evans (Britain) 70 74, Gary Clark (Britain) 69 75, Raphael Jacquelin (France) 73 71, Adrian Percey (Australia) 74 70—AFP/Reuters
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