Robert Dinwiddie retains the lead at the English Challenge
England’s Robert Dinwiddie added another 65 at Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa, on the second day of the English Challenge, to take a three-shot lead over Stuart Manley into the weekend in England.
While starting off his second round campaign on Friday, he was sharing the lead with Manley.
Out in the perfect playing conditions, Dinwiddie once again recorded a flawless round to take the lead on his own. He recorded a total of seven birdies, including five on the final seven holes.
“The key today was to follow yesterday’s round with a good start and I did that,” said Dinwiddie. “I played the 10th well but didn’t quite make the putt. I made a great putt for par at the 11th which was key to keeping the momentum and then I birdied the
12th which got it started”.
“The putt at the 18th is certainly not one you’d expect to make. All in all though, my goal was to shoot seven under again today and the start helped that”.
According to him, he was great with his putting throughout the first two rounds. He told that he was reading the greens well and wanted to keep it going into the weekend. According to the stats, he only used 25 putts in each of the two rounds that he played
so far.
In the meantime, Manley was following him with just a one-stroke deficit through 16 holes. However, the difference between the two increased after Manley suffered a double bogey on the par-four 17th hole.
Yet, he looked satisfied with his performance that included three birdies and two sparkling eagle putts.
He told that he had been working really hard with his putter for the past few months. That is the main reason behind his stunning putts during the first two rounds. He is currently leading the tournament in number of eagles recorded so far.
England’s Chris Paisley took the third spot with another 68 added to his scorecard. Six players settled further a stroke back and shared the fourth position on the leaderboard.
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