Paul Dunne and Cormac Sharvin carded second rounds of 72 to sneak inside the cut line heading into the weekend at the Kenya Open. They sit tied in a group on one over that just about finished on the right side of the cut.
Gavin Moynihan did not fare as well as his second round 73 saw him miss out by one shot.
Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson continued his recovery from Covid-19 and a nightmare on his previous start to lie just a shot off the lead. Ferguson added a 67 to his opening 66 at Muthaiga Golf Club to post a halfway total of nine under par, with India’s Shubhankar Sharma also returning a 67 to set the pace on 10 under.
It was a welcome return to form for the 25-year-old Glaswegian, who finished 130th in a 132-man field in the Ras Al Khaimah Classic last month following rounds of 76 and 78.
“I’m really happy,” said Ferguson, who was part of the victorious Walker Cup side in 2015.
“After getting Covid a couple of weeks ago I went home and practised, did some work with my coach, did some work in the gym and went to Dubai a few days early and worked on my swing. It has felt good the last few days so I’m happy with where I’m at.
“With not picking up a club for eight or nine days due to Covid I kind of lost my feelings a little bit. But then I got a bit of work done and managed to hit my little fade again and am hitting it on the fairways, making some putts here and there as well.
“I’m confident and just happy to be in the mix, there or thereabouts, and if I keep hitting the long drives and the little fades in the middle of the fairway it should be there or thereabouts going into Sunday.”
Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura shares second place with Ferguson on nine under, with overnight leader Daniel Gavins slipping to a tie for 10th on five under following a second round of 73.
Collated Collated second round scores & totals in the DP World Tour Magical Kenya Open, Muthaiga GC, Nairobi
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, Par 71):
132 Shubhankar Sharma (Ind) 65 67
133 Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn) 67 66, Ewen Ferguson 66 67
135 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa) 69 66
136 Dean Burmester (Rsa) 67 69, Njoroge Kibugu (Ken) 70 66, Hurly Long (Ger) 68 68, Angel Hidalgo (Spa) 68 68, Jesper Svensson (Swe) 70 66
137 Ashun Wu (Chn) 69 68, Daniel Gavins 64 73, Daniel van Tonder (Rsa) 68 69, Jayden Schaper (Rsa) 70 67, Matthieu Pavon (Fra) 69 68, Hennie Du Plessis (Rsa) 70 67
138 Justin Harding (Rsa) 68 70, Johannes Veerman (USA) 65 73, Adria Arnaus (Spa) 69 69, David Law 68 70, Sebastian Garcia (Spa) 70 68, Lukas Nemecz (Aut) 68 70, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 70 68, Niklas Lemke (Swe) 70 68, Garrick Porteous 68 70, Aaron Cockerill (Can) 70 68, Alfie Plant 70 68
139 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 70 69, Marcus Kinhult (Swe) 71 68, Thomas Detry (Bel) 71 68, Adrian Meronk (Pol) 71 68, Adrian Otaegui (Spa) 69 70, David Horsey 69 70, Chris Paisley 69 70, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 71 68, Marcus Helligkilde (Den) 69 70, Santiago Tarrio (Spa) 70 69, Julien Brun (Fra) 68 71, Espen Kofstad (Nor) 69 70, Niklas Noergaard Moeller (Den) 72 67, Craig Howie 70 69, Ashley Chesters 68 71, Renato Paratore (Ita) 68 71, Lee Slattery 66 73, Bernd Ritthammer (Ger) 72 67, Max Schmitt (Ger) 70 69, Blake Windred (Aus) 71 68
140 Joachim B. Hansen (Den) 71 69, Wil Besseling (Ned) 67 73, Connor Syme 69 71, Matthias Schmid (Ger) 69 71
141 Antoine Rozner (Fra) 69 72, Sebastian Heisele (Ger) 72 69, Francesco Laporta (Ita) 68 73, Matthew Jordan 71 70, Nino Bertasio (Ita) 69 72, Jacques Kruyswijk (Rsa) 68 73, David Drysdale 70 71, Oliver Bekker (Rsa) 71 70, Oliver Farr 70 71, Niall Kearney 70 71, Jens Dantorp (Swe) 69 72, Stuart Manley 70 71
142 Jonathan Caldwell 76 66, Marcus Armitage 69 73, Scott Jamieson 69 73, Frederic Lacroix (Fra) 70 72, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 73 69, Yannik Paul (Ger) 74 68, Ricardo Santos (Por) 72 70, Cormac Sharvin 70 72, Adrien Saddier (Fra) 75 67, Matt Ford 70 72, Paul Dunne 70 72, Ben Evans 71 71, Henric Sturehed (Swe) 72 70
The following players did not make the cut:
143 Joakim Lagergren (Swe) 74 69, Darius van Driel (Ned) 71 72, Chase Hanna (USA) 71 72, Eddie Pepperell 74 69, Gavin Green (Mal) 70 73, Robin Roussel (Fra) 73 70, Graeme Storm 74 69, David Coupland 75 68, Gavin Moynihan 70 73, Zhengkai Bai (Chn) 71 72
144 Sami Valimaki (Fin) 72 72, Samuel Chege (Ken) 72 72, Oliver Wilson 71 73, Oliver Fisher 71 73, Ondrej Lieser (Cze) 71 73, Jacques Blaauw (Rsa) 74 70
145 Ronald Rugumayo (Uga) 76 69, Robson Chinoi (Zim) 71 74, Paul Chidale (Mwi) 68 77, Erick Obura (Ken) 72 73, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 72, Nicolai von Dellingshausen (Ger) 71 74, Marcel Schneider (Ger) 73 72, Daan Huizing (Ned) 72 73, Richard McEvoy 70 75, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 75 70, Jens Fahrbring (Swe) 73 72
146 Michael Karanga (Ken) 75 71, Dale Whitnell 71 75, Hugo Leon (Chi) 73 73, Joel Stalter (Fra) 73 73, Huilin Zhang (Chn) 68 78, Pedro Figueiredo (Por) 73 73, Edwin Mudanyi (Ken) 75 71
147 Steven Brown 70 77, Greg Snow (Ken) 71 76, Mohit Mediratta (Ken) 75 72, Guido Migliozzi (Ita) 76 71, Richie Ramsay 73 74, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 80 67, Zander Lombard (Rsa) 72 75, David Howell 75 72, Haydn Porteous (Rsa) 76 71, Jesper Kennegaard (Swe) 76 71
148 Toto Thimba Jr. (Rsa) 71 77, Adel Balala (Ken) 72 76, Dismas Indiza Anyonyi (Ken) 76 72, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 72 76, Bryce Easton (Rsa) 77 71, Joel Sjoeholm (Swe) 75 73, Carlos Pigem (Spa) 69 79
149 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 71 78, Pep Angles (Spa) 72 77
150 Taimur Malik (Ken) 74 76, Simon Ngige Mburu (Ken) 79 71, David Wakhu (Ken) 78 72
151 John Lejirma (Ken) 76 75, Justus Madoya (Ken) 77 74, Andrew Wilson 74 77, Ross McGowan 77 74, Rhys Enoch 78 73
152 Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 79
154 Ivan Cantero (Spa) 76 78
156 Daniel Nduva (Ken) 78 78, Dannis Maara (Ken) 77 79
