Rowan Lester is on course to make the cut at the Sunshine Tour’s Limpopo Championship, but it looks as though Liam Grehan will miss out when the second round is completed by late Saturday morning.
With the opening round only completed on Friday morning because of a weather delay, Lester followed his opening 73 with a 71 to get to the halfway mark at level-par and share 37th, while Grehan, playing alongside his compatriot, shot rounds of 73 and 74 and is a couple of shots outside the provisional cut mark at +3.
Matthew Spacey and Benjamin van Wyk hold the clubhouse lead on six under par in the incomplete second round. Spacey (69) and van Wyk (66) also managed to also finish their respective second rounds to end the day in the joint lead and with both searching for a maiden Sunshine Tour victory.
For Spacey, the day was important in terms of his confidence.
“It’s been a nice thing coming. I have been struggling the last few events. I have been working hard with my coach and not seeing the results, but I started to gain a bit of confidence, which is nice. I have been really hitting it pretty solid and added a new putter in the bag last week. Everything is starting to come together,” he said.
With play suspended early on the opening day, it was a long second day for the field.
“It was tough playing 29 holes today. It’s a very long walk, so I am going to need a rest tonight,” Spacey said.
Looking ahead to the weekend, Spacey said he wants to put a disappointing season behind him and just focus on his own game.
“I will keep things the same with good routine and not push, because when I push I struggle. My season hasn’t been great this year, so it’s nice to see some good things coming out of it.”
The duo are currently one stroke clear of Luis Carrera, Jason Roets and Altin van der Merwe who also all completed their second rounds. The second round will resume at 7h30 on Saturday morning.
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