igolf Players Solid after 2 Rounds of SBS

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:11:06 +0000

Auckland will take a slender one shot lead into tomorrow’s final day of the SBS Invitational provincial golf tournament in Invercargill.

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The 2008 champions ran hot in the second round in the afternoon to finish on 14-under par for 36 holes for their four best counting scores in the provincial strokeplay competition.

They are just one shot ahead of defending champions North Harbour on 563 with a further four shots back to hosts Southland at Invercargill Golf Club.

Bay of Plenty are in fifth place on five-under par with Wellington three shots back in sixth.

After a two-under par morning round, Auckland made their move in the afternoon with a 12-under 276, led by five under 67 from Hayden McCallum and 68 by Jason Mann.

Harbour were held together with three five-under par 67 scores from Simon Brownlee, Cameron Jones (igolf), Tom Cardno (igolf) and their No 1 Scott Johnson.

Southland were steady with five scores under-par led by two 69s from Jeremy Hall and Liam Balneaves, while a five-under 67 by Bradley Kendall was the spark for Bay of Plenty.

Leading individual honours are shared by Johnson on seven-under 137 along with Richard Pegg (Wellington), one shot ahead of Mann with three players sharing fourth place on 139 – Duncan Croudis (Otago), Hall and Nick Gillespie (Hawkes Bay).

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igolf Players Solid after 2 Rounds of SBS