Tournament: Porsche Singapore Classic
Race to Dubai: Tournament 15 of 44 events
The Asian Swing: Tournament 1 of 5 events
Venue: Laguna National Golf Resort Club, Singapore
Prize Fund: $2,500,000
Hashtag: #PorscheSingaporeClassic #DPWT
Round two report
Andy Sullivan came home in just 28 shots to charge into a share of the Porsche Singapore Classic after day two at Laguna National Golf Resort Club.
The Englishman came alive after making the turn, carding five birdies and an eagle to finish off a bogey-free nine under par 63 to reach nine under overall, set the course record and move to the top of the leaderboard after 36 holes in Singapore.
He was later joined on that number by Germany’s Freddy Schott and fellow Englishman Richard Mansell, who raced against the fading light to move one clear of the group of five in a share of fourth.
The day, however, belonged to Sullivan who played quite faultless golf in the searing Singaporean temperatures.
Starting from the tenth, the four-time DP World Tour winner plotted his way through the opening nine holes by birdieing two of the three par fives to make the turn at two under, with his gain at the ninth proving to be the catalyst he needed.
Further birdies followed at the first and second, before his first eagle of the week came at the third. There were another trio of birdies at the fourth, sixth and eighth and he kept the card clean with a solid par at the ninth, which is playing as the hardest hole on the course.
That tricky ninth hole proved to be the only blot on an otherwise blemish-free scorecard for Mansell, who hit his approach into the water and eventually signed for a double bogey six. However, he did not let that dampen his spirits as he reeled off six successive pars and added birdies at the 16th and 18th to post a three under 69 and join Schott and Sullivan at the summit.
Frenchman Matthieu Pavon, who earlier this year won his maiden PGA TOUR title at the Farmers Insurance Open, shares fourth place with countryman Romain Langasque, English duo Sam Bairstow and Paul Waring, and Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
Player quotes:
Andy Sullivan: “It was unreal. Like I said, it just caught fire. Knocked it close on the first, and then held a good one on the second and then literally three feet for eagle on the third. So it just felt like from there onwards you can push on a little bit especially on that nine where you feel like you can get at pins a little bit more. I was just waiting for it a little bit and it paid off.”
Freddy Schott: “Feels good to see the trend coming up again, it was a very solid two days and I’m looking forward to the weekend.
“It was a bit difficult to judge, because when I went here this year, I had in mind that it was quite a tough course. And when I got here feeling way better than I felt last year, I thought, well it’s actually not that difficult if you put yourself in good positions and that’s what I executed very well and that’s what makes the course enjoyable for me now.”
Richard Mansell: “I played quite nice on the front today and that ninth hole had me, it did last year as well. So I’m hoping over the weekend we can kind of figure that one out a little bit, but it’s a tough hole.
“I played some good stuff – I started to hit some good shots towards the end again but in the middle of a round I really had to grind a little bit. I was getting frustrated. I really felt like a score was there to be shot and I feel really good about my short game, and my putter got me out of jail a little bit in the middle of the round.”
Matthieu Pavon: “It wasn’t an easy day, I started so-so. My game wasn’t the best so far but I kind of kept my head down and tried to do my best and obviously, I made a super nice eagle on the 13th and a couple of birdies on the 15th, 16th and 18th so I’m very happy about that.”
Scores after round two:
135 A SULLIVAN (ENG) 72 63, F SCHOTT (GER) 66 69, R MANSELL (ENG) 66 69,
136 S BAIRSTOW (ENG) 68 68, R LANGASQUE (FRA) 69 67, M PAVON (FRA) 68 68, K APHIBARNRAT (THA) 64 72, P WARING (ENG) 67 69,
137 D MICHELUZZI (AUS) 67 70, S SHARMA (IND) 68 69, S FORSSTR?M (SWE) 67 70, R H?JGAARD (DEN) 67 70, J SMITH (ENG) 64 73, E FERGUSON (SCO) 67 70,
138 A FITZPATRICK (ENG) 70 68, G GREEN (MAS) 64 74, P CASEY (ENG) 68 70, G MIGLIOZZI (ITA) 69 69,
139 R HOSHINO (JPN) 68 71, F LAPORTA (ITA) 68 71, J BRUN (FRA) 68 71, J WINTHER (DEN) 72 67, G FORREST (SCO) 66 73, H LI (CHN) 67 72, N NORGAARD (DEN) 67 72, M JORDAN (ENG) 67 72,
140 L NEMECZ (AUT) 69 71, J VEERMAN (USA) 71 69, D VAN DRIEL (NED) 72 68, A COCKERILL (CAN) 69 71, R RAMSAY (SCO) 69 71, T CHANTANANUWAT (AM) (THA) 68 72, N COLSAERTS (BEL) 67 73, M SCHWAB (AUT) 69 71,
141 Z LOMBARD (RSA) 70 71, S S?DERBERG (SWE) 69 72, A WU (CHN) 67 74, C HILL (SCO) 67 74, D WHITNELL (ENG) 70 71, J LUITEN (NED) 70 71, A ARNAUS (ESP) 71 70, D LAW (SCO) 71 70, B WIESBERGER (AUT) 71 70, U COUSSAUD (FRA) 65 76, J SVENSSON (SWE) 68 73, C JARVIS (RSA) 70 71, J DANTORP (SWE) 71 70, D RAVETTO (FRA) 70 71,
142 R ENOCH (WAL) 70 72, I CANTERO (ESP) 69 73, J GIRRBACH (SUI) 73 69, R GOUVEIA (POR) 71 71, S LOWRY (IRL) 69 73, M HELLIGKILDE (DEN) 73 69, R FISHER (ENG) 70 72, M KINHULT (SWE) 70 72, T LAWRENCE (RSA) 68 74, M SOUTHGATE (ENG) 71 71, A PAVAN (ITA) 66 76, J SCRIVENER (AUS) 74 68, M MCGREEVY (USA) 70 72,
143 E MOLINARI (ITA) 70 73, J SCHAPER (RSA) 70 73, F LACROIX (FRA) 71 72, T KHO (HKG) 71 72, A HIDALGO (ESP) 71 72, O BEKKER (RSA) 73 70, M KAWAMURA (JPN) 71 72, F CELLI (ITA) 69 74, E KOFSTAD (NOR) 69 74, F ZANOTTI (PAR) 71 72, K NAKAJIMA (JPN) 73 70, L SCALISE (ITA) 72 71, M BALDWIN (ENG) 69 74, J G?TH-RASMUSSEN (DEN) 71 72, A DEL REY (ESP) 72 71, O STRYDOM (RSA) 69 74, S GALLACHER (SCO) 71 72, C HANNA (USA) 67 76, T LEWIS (ENG) 72 71, J MORRISON (ENG) 72 71,
144 M SCHNEIDER (GER) 75 69, M ELVIRA (ESP) 71 73, R CABRERA BELLO (ESP) 77 67, D BRADBURY (ENG) 70 74, J LYRAS (AUS) 71 73, M KIEFFER (GER) 71 73, T POWER HORAN (AUS) 73 71, D LAWSON (AUS) 70 74, D BROWN (ENG) 71 73, L DE JAGER (RSA) 74 70,
145 T MCKIBBIN (NIR) 71 74, P MOOLMAN (RSA) 74 71, S FRIEDRICHSEN (DEN) 71 74, Y PAUL (GER) 70 75, J BLIXT (SWE) 73 72, M LORENZO-VERA (FRA) 73 72, A KRAIVIXIEN (THA) 69 76,
146 M BESARD (BEL) 75 71, D HUIZING (NED) 76 70, M MANASSERO (ITA) 74 72, J GUMBERG (USA) 70 76, D HILLIER (NZL) 72 74, A OTAEGUI (ESP) 71 75, S CROCKER (USA) 70 76, C SHINKWIN (ENG) 74 72, J PRINSLOO (RSA) 73 73,
147 R PARATORE (ITA) 74 73, M ROTTLUFF (GER) 75 72, S JAMIESON (SCO) 75 72, H LONG (GER) 70 77,
148 B STONE (RSA) 74 74, G CHEN (CHN) 74 74, T VAILLANT (FRA) 73 75, S KANG (KOR) 77 71, J KO (FRA) 71 77, A MARTIN (AUS) 74 74,
149 J HAM (KOR) 70 79, S MANLEY (WAL) 76 73, T CLEMENTS (ENG) 76 73, E PEPPERELL (ENG) 73 76, S KODAIRA (JPN) 75 74,
150 G WIEBE (USA) 78 72, W ENEFER (ENG) 73 77, J BERRY (ENG) 74 76,
152 M PENGE (ENG) 77 75, A BLOMME (SWE) 75 77,
153 N CHIAM (SIN) 75 78, J HARDING (RSA) 76 77, M HENDRY (NZL) 80 73, J YAP (SIN) 76 77,
160 I TAN (AM) (SIN) 79 81,
