SOUTH AFRICAN Charl Schwartzel was the biggest casualty of the cut at the Perth International after hitting four over par for his second round yesterday to finish 14 shots behind leader Emilano Grillo.
The 2011 US Masters champion had six bogeys in his round of 76, five of which were on the opening nine, before clawing back two birdies to end with a total of three-over 147 and miss the cut at Lake Karrinyup, north of Perth, by a shot.
“I’ve enjoyed Perth a lot and hopefully I will be back soon to redeem myself,” world number 31 Schwartzel said.
The only Irishman in the field Gareth Maybin missed out on the cut following a second round 71 which followed his opening 77.
Argentine Grillo, chasing his first win as a professional, carded a second-round 67 for a total of 133, four shots ahead of American Bo Van Pelt and Jason Scrivener of Australia.
“I came here just to keep my (Tour) card, if I could win, then wow,” said the 20-year-old Grillo.
He had two eagles on the front nine, holing a full wedge from 100 metres and chipping in out of a bunker.
Van Pelt flew the flag for the marquee players on whom organisers hoped to build the success of the tournament, co-sanctioned by the European and Australasian PGA Tours. Britain’s Paul Casey threatened early on before fading on the back nine with a 75 and American Jason Dufner, at 10 in the world the highest ranked player in the tournament, fought hard for a four-under 67.
Van Pelt missed only three greens during his second round.
“I was driving the ball in play, and was able to take advantage of it,” he said. “I’m very excited to be in a decent position going into the weekend.”
European Tour – Perth International
(Lake Karrinyup CC, Perth, Australia)
(Irish in bold, British unless stated)
133 – Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 66 67.
137 – J Scrivener (Aus) 68 69, B Van Pelt (US) 70 67.
138 – M Mccardle (Aus) 68 70, J Dufner (US) 71 67, A Canizares (Spa) 65 73, M Hendry (Nzl) 65 73.
139 – R Bland 70 69, D Howell 71 68, R Coles 71 68, S Dartnell (Aus) 72 67, P Cooke (Aus) 73 66.
140 – A Johnston 67 73, C Lee 70 70, A Forsyth 70 70, R Davies 68 72, M Brown (Nzl) 71 69, A Hall (Aus) 68 72.
141 – M Millar (Aus) 71 70, K Borsheim (Nor) 70 71, G Chalmers (Aus) 68 73, A Dodt (Aus) 68 73.
142 – A Townsend (Aus) 71 71, S Strange (Aus) 71 71, M Zions (Aus) 74 68, E Dubois (Fra) 71 71, T Petersson (Swe) 70 72, J Jeong (Kor) 70 72, P Casey 67 75, S Jones (Aus) 71 71.
143 – S Laycock (Aus) 71 72, K Pratt (Aus) 74 69, R Haller (Aus) 75 68, S Jamieson 72 71, J Norris (Aus) 70 73, D McKenzie (Aus) 72 71, D Mckendrick (US) 72 71, A Stolz (Aus) 70 73, S Little 72 71, E Molinari (Ita) 71 72.
144 – B Rumford (Aus) 74 70, J Younger (Aus) 73 71, K Mueck (Aus) 74 70, T Wood (Aus) 74 70, R Batibasaga (Aus) 73 71.
145 – S Webster 72 73, J Moul 70 75, H Robertson (Nzl) 76 69, D Fox (Aus) 70 75, M Baldwin 74 71, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 71 74, M Giles (Aus) 74 71, J Mclean (Aus) 75 70, M Guyatt (Aus) 70 75, T Fleetwood 75 70, R Kulacz (Aus) 71 74, F Colombo (Ita) 71 74, I Garrido (Spa) 74 71, P Wilson (Aus) 71 74.
146 – M Lundberg (Swe) 75 71, R Mccarthy (Aus) 73 73, P Spargo (Aus) 78 68, O Wilson 73 73, A Summers (Aus) 71 75, R Blizard (Aus) 73 73, T Norret (Den) 72 74, B Wharton (Aus) 73 73, M Stieger (Aus) 75 71, A Brown (Aus) 72 74, O Goss (Aus) 74 72, W Ormsby (Aus) 74 72, P O’Malley (Aus) 73 73.
Following failed to make cut
147 – C Schwartzel (Rsa) 71 76, S Puymbroeck (Nzl) 74 73, K Carlson (Aus) 73 74, S Arnold (Aus) 75 72, A Evans (Aus) 75 72, C Hale (Aus) 74 73, B Smith (Aus) 73 74, A Sullivan 72 75, B Campbell (Nzl) 75 72, M Brier (Aut) 70 77, D Bransdon (Aus) 77 70, H Reed (Aus) 70 77, L Gagli (Ita) 72 75.
148 – G Murray 77 71, Gareth Maybin 77 71, J Lagergren (Swe) 78 70, M Smyth (Aus) 73 75, C Hancock (Aus) 74 74, S Leaney (Aus) 72 76, N Cullen (Aus) 76 72, B Lamb (Aus) 70 78, M Wright (Aus) 73 75, T Lambert (Aus) 75 73, A Pavan (Ita) 72 76, J Wilson (Aus) 76 72, K Felton (Aus) 72 76.
149 – P Nolan (Aus) 76 73, I Esson (Aus) 71 78, D Popovic (Aus) 73 76, A Tschudin (Aus) 73 76, B Rankin (Aus) 72 77, D Holloway (Nzl) 74 75, G Paddison (Nzl) 75 74, M Griffin (Aus) 75 74.
150 – C Del Moral (Spa) 69 81, M Pearce (Nzl) 74 76, J Kingston (Rsa) 76 74, M Brown (Aus) 75 75, B McCullough (Aus) 77 73, J Edfors (Swe) 77 73, A Bland (Aus) 77 73, G Boyd 73 77, C Rice (Aus) 75 75, R Lynch (Aus) 76 74, J Wade (Aus) 73 77, A Hawley (Aus) 75 75.
151 – M Jager (Aus) 73 78, L Deagan (Aus) 70 81, A Martin (Aus) 79 72, B Shilton (Nzl) 76 75, O Floren (Swe) 77 74.
152 – N Park (Aus) 76 76, M Ballard (Aus) 81 71, P Zwart (Aus) 72 80, B Ninyette (Aus) 74 78, G Thomas (Aus) 74 78, P Hedblom (Swe) 77 75.
153 – M Ilonen (Fin) 77 76, L Mckechnie (Aus) 79 74, A Crawford (Aus) 74 79.
154 – D Denison 75 79, C Parry (Aus) 76 78.
155 – M Long (Nzl) 80 75, M Foster (Aus) 77 78, J Geary (Nzl) 75 80.
158 – J Carr (Aus) 78 80.
160 – A Kelly (Aus) 78 82.
161 – C Wood 79 82.
162 – C Hasthorpe (Aus) 78 84.
163 – M Curtain (Aus) 83 80.
WD – Lara Jose Manuel (Spa) 78.
Asian Tour Hero Indian Open (Karnataka Golf Association, Bengaluru, India)
132 – Richie Ramsay (Sco) 66 66.
135 – P Pittayarat (Tha) 67 68, C Nirat (Tha) 67 68, J Makitalo (Fin) 67 68.
136 – A Que (Phi) 68 68.
137 – T Wiratchant (Tha) 69 68, G Bhullar (Ind) 68 69, K Tannin (Tha) 71 66, J Morrison (Eng) 66 71. Irish: 143 – Niall Turner 73 70.
