Overview:
This 10th event of the season is the last tournament of the season before the play off and the grand finale.Only the top 50 players on the Order of Merit after this 54-hole event will be eligible for the play off, while the top 30 after the play off will compete in the final.
Uganda’s professional golfer Ronald Rugumayo is among the successful golfers who made the cut during the 10th Betway Big Easy Tour event at Ebotse Links in Benoni.
There are four joint leaders with 139 played in two rounds. Louis Liebenberg (73, 66), over night leader on round one Austin Cherichella (68, 71), Oliver Goldhill (69, 70) and Tristan Leonard (68, 71) command the field.
Liebenberg carded a blemish-free six-under-66 in the second round.
“To be honest, not much changed between today and yesterday,” noted Liebenberg after his sparkling round. “I just putted a little bit better today. I gave myself opportunities like I did yesterday but a few more putts dropped today.
“If you can go without a single bogey in tournament golf, then you know you’re doing something right. But, like I said, the putting was good today and I was able to get myself out of trouble really well. That felt pretty good.” he added as quoted by Matthews Mfubu, a junior social media coordinator.
Uganda’s Rugumayo is among those who successfully passed the cutline after playing 4-over 76 during round one, and 2-under-70 during the subsequent round.
This 10th event of the season is the last tournament of the season before the play off and the grand finale.
Only the top 50 players on the Order of Merit after this 54-hole event will be eligible for the play off, while the top 30 after the play off will compete in the final.
The Betway Big Easy Tour is the Sunshine Tour’s feeder circuit and enjoys the support of the legendary Ernie Els, among other patrons.
Successful golfers who made the cut after 36 holes (2 rounds):
Scores:
139 – Louis Liebenberg 73, 66
139 – Austin Cherichella 68, 71; Oliver Goldhill 69, 70; Tristan Leonard 68 71
140 – Bradley De Beer 68, 72
140 – Vuyisani Makama 69, 71
141 – Andre De Decker 69, 72
141 – Travis Ladner 72, 69, Jake Bolton 70, 71, Dillon Germshuys 73,68, Ethan Gough 69, 72
142 – Thanda Mavundla 73, 69
143 – Andrew McLardy 73, 70
143 – Nicko Venter 72,71
144 – Jason Froneman 73, 71
144 – Travis Procter 72, 72, Romano Saincic 78, 66
145 – Philip Geerts 69, 76
145 – Kian Coetzer 69,76; Andrew Williamson 73,72; Richard Joubert 74,71, Hannes Strooh 70,75; Reece Mc Kain 74, 71
146 – Ronald Rugumayo 76,70
146 – Jonathan Ackerman 73, 73
147 – Shaheed Patel 74, 73
147 – Sean Cronje 75, 72, Therion Nel 72, 75, Drikus Joubert 75, 72, Grant Ferreira 75 72, Lwazi Gqira 72,75; Tiago Jorge Swart 77, 70
