Alex Haindl carded an unblemished 64 in the second round of the Zanaco Zambia Masters to take a one-shot lead into the weekend.
He was among the lucky players who teed off in the afternoon after the gusting wind had died down a little, and he took full advantage of the conditions in style on Friday. Teeing off on the 10th, Haindl wasted no time in getting down to business with a birdie on the first hole that was followed by a par. Another birdie on the 12th, his third, was followed by five straight pars and another birdie to go three-under on the front nine.
‘I played nicely today and I played nicely yesterday too,’ he said.
‘I just had a few bad lies yesterday and kept going birdie, bogey, birdie and so on. I just kept the bogeys off the card today and I managed to stay away from the bunkers which are really challenging, but other than that, I just did the same things I did yesterday.’
Haindl didn’t relent on the homeward nine as he made another birdie to keep things tight. The eagle he made on the next hole was probably what he needed to continue his onslaught and despite the four consecutive pars he made from the 12th through to the 15th, he made further gains when he birdied his 16th and 17th holes before making par on the last.
He acknowledged that playing in a three-ball – with JJ Senekal, who carded an impressive nine-under on Friday while Tyrone Ferreira didn’t play bad either despite the score saying the opposite – where all three players were doing great was another form of motivation as also another motivator.
‘It was definitely nice,’ he said of the group in which he played.
‘The three of us get along very well and JJ and kept going at each other and we kept pulling each other along. So, it was a really nice day.’
Tied for the second spot and a single shot behind Haindl is the duo of Stephen Ferreira and Senekal. The former carded a second successive 68 to total eight-under. But unlike Haindl who teed off in the afternoon, Stephen Ferreira had to endure the wrath of the strong wind that made it even tougher to navigate around this tree-lined layout in Lusaka.
Jaco Ahlers played himself to fourth on the leaderboard with a four-under-par 68 to finish while Daniel van Tonder kept his composure in testing conditions to sign for a level-par second round and take the fifth spot. He shares that spot with Lyle Rowe, Christiaan Basson and Merrick Bremner who rallied to a respectable two-under on Friday.
Second round leaderboard:
135 – Alex Haindl 71 64
136 – Stephen Ferreira 68 68, JJ Senekal 73 63
137 – Jaco Ahlers 69 68
139 – Daniel van Tonder 67 72, Lyle Rowe 69 70, Christiaan Basson 70 69, Merrick Bremner 69 70
140 – Herman Loubser 70 70, Rhys Enoch 72 68, Wynand Dingle 66 74
141 – Andre De Decker 71 70, Anthony Michael 70 71, Titch Moore 74 67, Jared Harvey 69 72, Keith Horne 70 71, Jack Harrison 70 71
142 – Ryan Cairns 73 69, Mark Williams 69 73, Adilson Da Silva 72 70, Stefan Engell Andersen 69 73, Toto Thimba 73 69
143 – Andre Nel 72 71, Teaghan Gauche 69 74, Combrinck Smit 71 72, Matthew Carvell 69 74
144 – TC Charamba 69 75, Vaughn Groenewald 73 71, Musiwalo Nethunzwi 70 74, Ulrich van den Berg 74 70, Madalitso Muthiya 69 75, Callum Mowat 71 73, Ockie Strydom 73 71, Tyrone Ferreira 71 73, Rhys West 73 71, Andrew van der Knaap 73 71, James Hart du Preez 75 69
145 – Allan Versfeld 72 73, Bryce Easton 73 72, Wallie Coetsee 76 69, Hennie Otto 72 73, Cody Martin 72 73, Louis de Jager 74 71, Rourke van der Spuy 70 75, Coert Groenewald 69 76, Martin Rohwer 73 72, Roberto Lupini 73 72, Philip Eriksson 72 73, Thriston Lawrence 73 72, James Kingston 73 72, Jake Roos 69 76, Tyrone Ryan 71 74, Altaaf Bux 73 72, Louis Albertse 75 70
146 – Jonathan Agren 71 75, Colin Nel 72 74, Omar Sandys 71 75, Kyle McClatchie 70 76, Ruan Korb 71 75, Matthew Spacey 74 72, Dayne Moore 75 71, Ryan Tipping 78 68, Scott Campbell 73 73, Bennie van der Merwe 76 70, MJ Viljoen 71 75, Jean Hugo 75 71, Kyle Pilgrim 77 69, Anton Haig 71 75, Pieter Moolman 77 69
Missed the cut:
147 – Marc Cayeux 74 73, Makhetha Mazibuko 71 76, Steven Lecuyer 74 73, Sean Bradley 71 76, Duane Keun 77 70, Riekus Nortje 73 74, Jaco Prinsloo 77 70, Steve Surry 71 76
148 – Jason Viljoen 74 74, Sydney Wemba 77 71, Theunis Bezuidenhout 72 76, Philip Geerts 73 75, Jason Smith 76 72, Matias Calderon 74 74, Hennie du Plessis 73 75, Doug McGuigan 76 72, JC Ritchie 73 75, Breyten Meyer 75 73, David McIntyre 72 76, Ty Capps 76 72, Basil Wright 72 76
149 – Patrick Mwendapole 73 76, Stuart Smith 74 75, Shankar Natarajan 75 74, Michael Hollick 75 74, James Kamte 74 75, Estiaan Conradie 76 73
150 – Damon Stephenson 73 77, Andrew Curlewis 76 74, Desne Van Den Bergh 71 79, Ruan Conradie 78 72, Benjamin Follett-Smith 75 75, Robson Chinoi 74 76
151 – Jade Buitendag 72 79, Ruan de Smidt 70 81, Jason Froneman 77 74, Luke Jerling 74 77, Divan van den Heever 73 78, Aubrey Beckley 73 78, Jason Rossiter 77 74, Chris Cannon 75 76, Justin Harding 74 77, Jacquin Hess 76 75, Jake Redman 79 72
152 – Trainos Muradzikwa 74 78, Keelan Africa 73 79, Jacques P de Villiers 75 77, Henry Mwanza 75 77
153 – Mohammed Zulu 76 77, Sipho Bujela 76 77, Chris Swanepoel 79 74, Neil Schietekat 77 76, N.J. Arnoldi 79 74, Mohammad Rauf Mandhu 77 76
154 – Fredrik From 74 80, Brian Gondo 79 75
155 – Michael Schutz 76 79, Erhard Lambrechts 77 78, Lindani Ndwandwe 73 82, Michael Palmer 78 77, Kelvin Phiri 78 77, Irvin Mazibuko 77 78
156 – Mwalikwa Sondashi 76 80, Aaron Simfukwe Jnr 81 75
157 – Yubin Jung 78 79, Thabang Simon 84 73
158 – Marthin Scheepers 81 77, Teboho Sefatsa 80 78
159 – Denmark Mulambo 82 77, Raphael Phiri 75 84, Anil Shah 80 79
160 – Kelly Tembo 81 79
161 – Nemanja Savic 84 77
163 – Tumie Motale 85 78
164 – Beza Daka 81 83
165 – Bwembwa Chanda 84 81
Credit: Sunshine Tour
