Second round of KLM Open: Highlights
Second round of the KLM Open started off with most of the players struggling to finish their respective first round holes before finally moving to the second round. The tournament was delayed on Thursday because of vandalism on the course and later, due
to heavy rains which flooded the playing area.
Welshman, Stephen Dodd, edged past the rest of the field on the second day, pulling a solid six-under, 66, so far and he is yet to finish the remaining five holes on the back nine. He is now tied with German, Marcel Siem, for the lead. Siem kept his charge
going on the second day, carding a round of three-under, 67, and is now one shot clear of the rest of the field. He also has to finish his seven remaining holes of the second round.
Dodd, who is 45-years of age, is ranked 146th on the Race to Dubai and has three European Tour wins under his belt. Siem, on the other hand, is relatively new to the tour and although ranked 104th on the Race to Dubai, has just one
European Tour win to his credit.
Indian golfer, Shiv Kapur played well on the second day to leap into contention with his three-under, 66, on the second day. He carded first round score of 66 to settle for an outright third.
Kapur, who is still searching for a maiden European Tour title said, “I’ve been driving the ball really well, and this course there's a big premium on hitting a lot of fairways. The driver has been behaving and I gave myself quite a few chances. Overall
I just played quite solid.”
Rory McIlroy finally decided to forge his way up the leaderboard and pulled in an impressive five-under, 65, on the second day to settle for a joint seventh with Swede golfer, Oscar Floren. The young Irishman came out with a strong finish in the Omega European
Masters last week, where he finished for a joint third.
McIlroy added, “I don't feel I drove the ball particularly well. There were a couple of loose shots and I got some lucky breaks.”
World Number Two, Lee Westwood, the highest ranking player in the event also had a good day on the course where he carded a round of four-under, 66, to settle for a joint ninth. Defending champion, Martin Kaymer had the worst day when he fell for disastrous
double-bogeys on the front nine to finish for six-over on the aggregate.
He pulled in a disappointing round of four-over, 74, on the first round and stumbled on a two-over on the second. He managed to pull in two birdies to make up for the loss and is yet to play the remaining nine holes to stay in the event. An even-par back
nine would see him out of the tournament which he won last year.
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