ST FRANCIS BAY, 23 October 2008 - Jaco van Zyl shot a four-under-par 68 in the more favourable morning conditions on Thursday and has lined up his second Sunshine Tour title with a three shot lead at the Vodacom Origins of Golf Final.

The 29-year-old Pretoria pro overhauled first round leader Mark Murless with six birdies at the St Francis Links to set the 36-hole target at six-under-par 138.

“I got off to a bit of a shaky start with a light wind in the morning but things seemed to go my way. I was playing the correct side of the course when the wind picked up,” said van Zyl.

“This must be the only course where golfers don’t get time to breath; every single hole out there is very challenging.”

Murless, who remained flawless through the first nine holes, extended his lead to seven-under at the turn, but his luck ran out on the home stretch.

The four-time Sunshine Tour winner dropped four shots over his last six holes to finish alone in second with a disappointing 73.

Vanderbijlpark pro Bradford Vaughan took hold of third position on the leaderboard with a one-under-par 70, holing out for five birdies.

Defending champion Titch Moore (71), who had a mixed bag of eight birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey, is tied for fourth position with Nic Henning (73) at even-par 144.

“I feel very confident, although I am a little disappointed with two drops on the 15th and 17th,” said Moore. “All-in-all, I’m very happy with where I’m lying.

“I played a lot better today than yesterday and hopefully that momentum will carry through to the final round.

This is the type of course where the scoreboard can change in minutes.”

Henning double-bogeyed the eighth hole and added a bogey on the 18th after carding four birdies.

Local favorite and winner of last weeks Metmar Highveld Classic in Witbank, James Kamte fired a 70 to tie for seventh.

 

GOLF-SUNSHINE TOUR-Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Final-ROUND TWO SCORES

Herewith the completed second round scores from the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Final played on Thursday, 23 October 2008 at the St Francis Links, St Francis. All competitors RSA unless otherwise indicated:

138 - Jaco Van Zyl 70 68

141 - Mark Murless 68 73

143 - Bradford Vaughan 73 70

144 - Nic Henning 71 73, Titch Moore 73 71

145 - Desvonde Botes 73 72

146 - Jean Hugo 76 70, Brandon Pieters 73 73, James Kamte 75 71

147 - Shaun Norris 74 73, Ulrich van den Berg 74 73, Doug McGuigan 73 74, Brett Liddle 73 74, PH McIntyre 75 72

148 - Heinrich Bruiners 77 71, Christiaan Basson 73 75, Adilson da Silva (BRA) 75 73, Andrew Curlewis 74 74

149 - Ryan Cairns (ZIM) 76 73, Nemanja Savic (SER) 75 74, Thabang Simon 75 74, Grant Muller 77 72

150 - Mike Curtis (ZIM) 74 76, Theunis Spangenberg 75 75, Ryan Tipping 73 77, Wynand Dingle 77 73, Jbe' Kruger 78 72, John Bele 76 74

151 - Roberto Lupini 75 76, Callie Burger 76 75, Merrick Bremner 77 74

152 - Jaco Ahlers 78 74, Prinavin Nelson 78 74, Divan van den Heever 81 71

153 - Michael Green 78 75, Lindani Ndwandwe 78 75, Warren Abery 80 73, Vaughn Groenewald 77 76, Alan Michell 76 77, Reggie Adams 79 74

 

Missed the cut:-

154 - Bafana Hlophe 79 75

155 - Steve Basson 78 77

156 - Graeme Whale (ENG) 79 77, Johary Raveloarison (MAD) 77 79, Neil Schietekat 74 82, Chris Williams 84 72

157 - Gerlou Roux 83 74, Attie Schwartzel 81 76, Oliver Bekker 80 77

158 - Francois van Vuuren 81 77, Kyle Norris 83 75, Anil Shah (KEN) 84 74, Rossouw Loubser 80 78

160 - Edrich Jansen 79 81

162 - Gary van Vreden 81 81, Dale Burraston 85 77

163 - Kieran Court 86 77, Steve van Vuuren 85 78

164 - Werner Jonck 81 83, Derick Petersen 81 83, David Hewan 86 78

165 - Tsietsi Chabangu 84 81, Henk Alberts 90 75

166 - Juan Langeveld 83 83

168 - Johan Etsebeth 82 86

175 - Don Black 89 86

RTD - Greg Upneck

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