Alfred Dunhill Championship R2

November 28 - December 01
Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa
€1,500,000
Live leaderboard
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

Spain's Pablo Larrazabal felt his patience was rewarded after claiming the halfway lead in testing conditions in the Alfred Dunhill Championship.

His lowest 36 hole score here ✔️
Leading into the weekend ✔️

It's been a solid two days for @plarrazabal at the #DunhillChamps.
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 29, 2019

Larrazabal was one of just five players in the 156-man field to break 70 at Leopard Creek, a 69 leaving the 36-year-old on nine under par, three shots ahead of home favourite Branden Grace and overnight leader Wil Besseling.

"It was a good job," said Larrazabal, who again declined the option to play in shorts due to the extreme heat.

"It wasn't an easy day, the wind was swirling around and gusting so on this golf course, as tight as the targets are, it was tough.

Back-to-back rounds in the 60s ✍️@plarrazabal leads the #DunhillChamps. pic.twitter.com/wp6Rk1cNBM
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) November 29, 2019

"We're used to the heat and the wind helped to control the heat a little bit. The golf course wasn't playing easy. To take the right club today was very tricky and the greens are drying."

Seeking a fifth European Tour title and a first since 2015, Larrazabal double bogeyed the par-three seventh after hitting his tee shot into the water, but started the back nine with four-straight birdies, including from 80 feet on the 12th.

"I did a big mistake on the seventh, I didn't trust what my game plan was and made a double bogey, but I thought I'm playing well enough to start making birdies again so that's what I did," Larrazabal added.

"I had a lot of patience out there. I know I am playing good, I know I am playing aggressive enough to make birdies and get in a run and if I am patient, the putts are going to drop."

England's Marcus Armitage, who regained his playing rights via the qualifying school recently, is five shots off the lead after a second-consecutive 70 left him four under par alongside compatriot Jack Singh Brar and South Africa's Thomas Aiken.

Scotland's David Drysdale and Grant Forrest, who began the day three shots off the lead, struggled to rounds of 77 and 79 respectively but made the halfway cut which fell at three over par.

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	-9	66	69	135
T2	Branden Grace	RSA	-6	68	70	138
T2	Wil Besseling	NED	-6	65	73	138
T4	Marcus Armitage	ENG	-4	70	70	140
T4	Thomas Aiken	RSA	-4	68	72	140
T4	Jack Singh-Brar	ENG	-4	68	72	140
T7	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	-3	69	72	141
T7	Antoine Rozner	FRA	-3	74	67	141
T7	Garrick Porteous	ENG	-3	66	75	141
T7	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	-3	69	72	141
T11	Rasmus Hoejgaard	DEN	-2	72	70	142
T11	Zander Lombard	RSA	-2	72	70	142
T11	Charl Schwartzel	RSA	-2	70	72	142
T14	Dylan Naidoo	RSA	-1	71	72	143
T14	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	-1	71	72	143
T14	Jack Harrison	ENG	-1	71	72	143
T14	Matthew Jordan	ENG	-1	69	74	143
T14	Justin Harding	RSA	-1	70	73	143
T14	James Morrison	ENG	-1	72	71	143
T14	Toby Tree	ENG	-1	70	73	143
T14	Jonathan Caldwell	NIR	-1	74	69	143
T14	Danie van Tonder	RSA	-1	68	75	143
T14	MJ Viljoen	RSA	-1	72	71	143
T14	Robin Roussel	FRA	-1	68	75	143
T14	JC Ritchie	RSA	-1	72	71	143
T14	Johannes Veerman	USA	-1	72	71	143
T14	Alex Haindl	RSA	-1	71	72	143
T28	Lars van Meijel	NED	Par	74	70	144
T28	Oliver Bekker	RSA	Par	73	71	144
T28	Gregory Havret	FRA	Par	72	72	144
T28	Connor Syme	SCO	Par	69	75	144
T28	George Coetzee	RSA	Par	73	71	144
T28	Richard Sterne	RSA	Par	70	74	144
T28	Jaco Ahlers	RSA	Par	72	72	144
T28	Adrien Saddier	SCO	Par	71	73	144
T28	Haydn Porteous	RSA	Par	73	71	144
T28	Joel Sjoeholm	SWE	Par	70	74	144
T28	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	Par	67	77	144
T28	Eddie Pepperell	ENG	Par	71	73	144
T28	Laurie Canter	ENG	Par	71	73	144
T28	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	Par	74	70	144
T28	Martin Rohwer	RSA	Par	69	75	144
T43	Renato Paratore	ITA	1	74	71	145
T43	Benjamin Poke	DNK	1	73	72	145
T43	Thriston Lawrence	RSA	1	77	68	145
T43	Keith Horne	RSA	1	66	79	145
T43	Carlos Pigem	ESP	1	74	71	145
T43	Christiaan Basson	RSA	1	71	74	145
T43	Niklas Lemke	SWE	1	72	73	145
T43	Daniel Greene	RSA	1	72	73	145
T43	David Drysdale	SCO	1	68	77	145
T43	Wilco Nienaber	RSA	1	72	73	145
T43	Adrian Meronk	POL	1	69	76	145
T54	Adilson Da Silva	BRA	2	70	76	146
T54	Hennie Otto	RSA	2	78	68	146
T54	Pedro Figueiredo	POR	2	72	74	146
T54	Calum Hill	SCO	2	73	73	146
T54	Jacques Blaauw	RSA	2	73	73	146
T54	Oliver Wilson	ENG	2	73	73	146
T54	Jayden Schaper	RSA	2	73	73	146
T61	Keenan Davidse	RSA	3	76	71	147
T61	Ross Fisher	ENG	3	74	73	147
T61	Ernie Els	RSA	3	74	73	147
T61	Brandon Stone	RSA	3	72	75	147
T61	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	3	74	73	147
T61	Richard Bland	ENG	3	76	71	147
T61	Clement Sordet	FRA	3	72	75	147
T61	Jeff Winther	SWE	3	75	72	147
T61	David Law	SCO	3	72	75	147
T61	Lee Slattery	ENG	3	72	75	147
T61	Grant Forrest	SCO	3	68	79	147
CUT	Aaron Cockerill	CAN	4	72	76	148
CUT	Ben Stow	ENG	4	77	71	148
CUT	Francesco Laporta	ITA	4	71	77	148
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	4	78	70	148
CUT	Hennie Du Plessis	RSA	4	71	77	148
CUT	Jake McLeod	AUS	4	74	74	148
CUT	Justin Walters	RSA	4	76	72	148
CUT	Mark Williams	RSA	4	72	76	148
CUT	Peter Karmis	RSA	4	74	74	148
CUT	Pieter Moolman	RSA	4	75	73	148
CUT	Garrick Higgo	RSA	5	72	77	149
CUT	Jake Redman	RSA	5	73	76	149
CUT	Jean Hugo	RSA	5	73	76	149
CUT	Jose-Filipe Lima	POR	5	72	77	149
CUT	Julien Guerrier	FRA	5	74	75	149
CUT	Louis De Jager	RSA	5	75	74	149
CUT	Madalitso Muthiya	ZMB	5	75	74	149
CUT	Richard McEvoy	ENG	5	75	74	149
CUT	Deon Germishuys	RSA	6	71	79	150
CUT	Jaco Prinsloo	RSA	6	77	73	150
CUT	Jean-Paul Strydom	RSA	6	76	74	150
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	6	75	75	150
CUT	Ockie Strydom	RSA	6	78	72	150
CUT	Rhys Enoch	WAL	6	69	81	150
CUT	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	FRA	6	77	73	150
CUT	Thomas Bjorn	DEN	6	74	76	150
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	7	78	73	151
CUT	Dean Burmester	RSA	7	73	78	151
CUT	Doug McGuigan	RSA	7	72	79	151
CUT	Oliver Farr	WAL	7	76	75	151
CUT	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	7	72	79	151
CUT	Steve Surry	ENG	7	73	78	151
CUT	Alexander Bjoerk	SWE	8	76	76	152
CUT	Bryce Easton	RSA	8	74	78	152
CUT	Darren Fichardt	RSA	8	75	77	152
CUT	Hugo Leon	CHI	8	77	75	152
CUT	Lyle Rowe	RSA	8	80	72	152
CUT	Merrick Bremner	RSA	8	76	76	152
CUT	Rupert Kaminski	RSA	8	77	75	152
CUT	Stephen Ferreira	POR	8	74	78	152
CUT	Callum Mowat	RSA	9	74	79	153
CUT	Cormac Sharvin	NIR	9	80	73	153
CUT	Dale Whitnell	ENG	9	78	75	153
CUT	Darius van Driel	NED	9	76	77	153
CUT	Jacques P. de Villiers		9	73	80	153
CUT	James Du Preez	RSA	9	72	81	153
CUT	Matias Calderon	CHI	9	75	78	153
CUT	Oliver Fisher	ENG	9	73	80	153
CUT	Ruan Conradie	RSA	9	70	83	153
CUT	Sami Vaelimaeki	FIN	9	77	76	153
CUT	Sebastian Garcia	ESP	9	75	78	153
CUT	Trevor Fisher Jnr	RSA	9	75	78	153
CUT	Caylum Boon	RSA	10	83	71	154
CUT	Combrinck Smit	RSA	10	79	75	154
CUT	Kyle Barker	RSA	10	77	77	154
CUT	Michael Palmer	RSA	10	80	74	154
CUT	Neil Schietekat	RSA	10	74	80	154
CUT	Tyrone Ryan	RSA	10	79	75	154
CUT	Basil Wright	RSA	11	75	80	155
CUT	Clinton Grobler	RSA	11	78	77	155
CUT	Heinrich Bruiners	RSA	11	76	79	155
CUT	Jake Roos	RSA	11	76	79	155
CUT	Keelan van Wyk	RSA	11	79	76	155
CUT	Luke Jerling	RSA	11	77	78	155
CUT	Ricardo Santos	POR	11	79	76	155
CUT	Ruan De Smidt	RSA	11	75	80	155
CUT	Toto Thimba Jr.	RSA	11	76	79	155
CUT	Tyrone Ferreira	RSA	11	77	78	155
CUT	Vaughn Groenewald	RSA	11	71	84	155
CUT	Anton Haig	RSA	12	78	78	156
CUT	Garth Mulroy	RSA	12	79	77	156
CUT	Riekus Nortje	RSA	12	78	78	156
CUT	Jack Senior	ENG	13	80	77	157
CUT	Teaghan Gauche	RSA	13	84	73	157
CUT	J. J. Senekal	RSA	14	78	80	158
CUT	Philip Eriksson	SWE	14	77	81	158
CUT	Yubin Jung	RSA	14	80	78	158
CUT	Chris Swanepoel	RSA	15	78	81	159
CUT	Benjamin Follett-Smith	ZIM	16	78	82	160
CUT	Dylan Kok	RSA	16	80	80	160
CUT	Anthony Michael	RSA	18	83	79	162
CUT	Jacquin Hess	RSA	18	80	82	162
CUT	Andre de Decker	RSA	21	86	79	165
CUT	Rourke Van Der Spuy	RSA	23	85	82	167
RET	David Howell	ENG	Par	78	-	78

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