Martin Kaymer and Lee Westwood could still spoil Paul Lawrie’s tournament
Paul Lawrie, the professional golfer led the proceedings at the Nedbank Challenge, as the tournament reached the intermediate phase.
The Nedbank challenge is being held in South Africa and is one of the most lucrative events on the European Tour. The tournament is a joint venture of the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour of South Africa.
The Scottish player, Lawrie, has a one-shot superiority over his opponents - Martin Kaymer and Lee Westwood. They are tied at the second place.
Top players of the European Tour are going neck to neck as the race to the top of the leaderboard is heating up. Charl Schwartzel, Bill Haas, Francesco Molinari and the South African Louis Oosthuizen were two shots behind the leader.
Justin Rose was having a horrific time, as he carded a +4 score halfway through the tournament.
Rose has not showed the same form in Sun City, which he displayed in the DP World Tour Championships, held in Dubai. He played one of the best rounds of his career in Dubai, when he came in second place, after Rory McIlroy.
Martin Kaymer is right behind the leader, Lawrie. The German has a very good prospect of winning the tournament. He has had a rough patch in terms of his tournament wins in the recent times, but he hopes to make up for that by winning the Nedbank Challenge.
Although Lee Westwood’s tournament is not going as well as he would want, but one good round could change all that for the Englishman.
Westwood is still a threat to the high profile players on the leaderboard as they all know what he is capable of.
The German is currently in a very comfortable position to reach atop the leaderboard before the tournament comes to an end.
Halfway through the tournament, Lawrie spoke about his performance.
'I played nicely, I struggled a bit with the driver so I hit a lot of three-woods off the tees. I hit my three-wood pretty far, but I also hit a lot of good shots with my irons. The greens are a little slower and I left a few putts out there,' he said.
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