Premlall hunting Vodacom Origins title defence

Defending champion Yurav Premlall made his intentions clear during the second round of the Vodacom Origins of Golf played at the Parys Golf & Country Estate by taking a two-shot lead on eight-under-par heading into Sunday’s final round.

South Africa’s Marcus Taylor is in second place on six-under-par with George Coetzee, England’s Joe Long and first-round leader Herman Loubser, three strokes back on five-under-par.

Nadia van der Westhuizen is the leading Sunshine Ladies Tour professional on two-over-par.

Premlall started his round on the back nine, but after making a bogey on the par-three 12th immediately bounced back with six consecutive birdies.

“The round was good after a slow start. I’ve been putting poorly the past couple of weeks but I stayed patient after doing a lot of work on the putting green, and it clicked today. I went on a nice run and played very solidly,” said Premlall.

Premlall is the Free State/Northern Cape regional defending champion after claiming his first title on the Sunshine Tour during this event in Kathu last year.

“It’s been a year since I last won, so it will be nice to go out and do it again tomorrow. At the end of the day, you have to go out and play golf. For tomorrow, the game plan is to get the ball into play and hit as many greens as possible in order to make putts. That formula normally works well, so more of the same tomorrow.”

With play suspended on Saturday afternoon, first due to lightning and then due to bad light, the second round will resume tomorrow at 07:00 with the final commencing thereafter.

SCORES (Incomplete round)

-8 - Yurav Premlall 70 66

-6 - Marcus Sandile Taylor 70 68

-5 - Joe Long 69 70, Herman Loubser 67 72, George Coetzee 69 70

-3 - CJ du Plessis 69 72, Wynand Dingle 69 72, Kieran Vincent 72 69, Jaco Ahlers 72 69, Gregory Mckay 69 (Par) [12]

-2 - Kyle De Beer 70 72, Luke Brown 69 73, Danie Van Niekerk 69 73, Kyle Barker 74 68, Trevor Fisher Jnr 69 73, Warwick Purchase 69 73, Ryan van der Klis 69 73, Jaco Prinsloo 73 69, Martin Vorster 72 70, Altin van der Merwe 72 70, Luke Mayo 74 68, Rupert Kaminski 72 70, Tyran Snyders 73 (-3) [15], Benjamin Van Wyk 72 (-2) [15]

-1 - Stuart Krog 71 72, Jason Roets 70 73, Pieter Moolman 75 68, Robson Chinhoi 68 75

Par - Jason Broomhead 72 72, Ockie Strydom 72 72, Paul Boshoff 74 70, Pierre Viallaneix 73 (-1) [15], Ruan Groenewald 74 (-2) [15]

+1 - Xander Basson 74 71, Christiaan Basson 73 72, Martin Rohwer 72 73, Keenan Davidse 75 70, Stals Swart 71 74, Dylan Mostert 75 70, Gerhard Pepler 74 71, Jean Hugo 73 72, Heinrich Bruiners 71 74, Rowan Lester 75 70, Ruan Korb 70 75, Liam Grehan 71 74, Nikhil Rama 70 75, Ruan de Smidt 70 (+3) [15], Ethan Smith 73 (Par) [12]

+2 - Fredrik From 70 76, Keelan van Wyk 73 73, Austin Bautista 73 73, Kyle McClatchie 74 72, Doug McGuigan 73 73, Hayden Griffiths 75 71, Keegan Mclachlan 73 73, Graham van der Merwe 75 71, Tyron Davidowitz 73 73, Quintin Wilsnach 75 71, Nadia van der Westhuizen 78 68, Mikkel Antonsen 75 (-1) [12]

Missed the cut:-

+3 - JJ Senekal 72 75, Stephen Ferreira 74 73, Christiaan Burke 75 72, Allister de Kock 72 75, Hennie O'Kennedy 73 74, MJ Viljoen 77 70, Ricky Hendler 73 74, Cara Gorlei 75 (Par) [15]

+4 - Tyrone Ryan 76 72, Peter Karmis 72 76, Rhys West 73 75, Jacques Blaauw 72 76, Conner Mackenzie 78 70, Franklin Manchest 75 73, Allen John 75 73, Gabrielle Venter 73 (+3) [15]

+5 - Sean Cronje 78 71, Matthew Spacey 74 75, Luke Jerling 72 77, Rourke van der Spuy 73 76, Ruan Conradie 78 71, Jean-Paul Strydom 75 74, Estiaan Conradie 74 75, Tomas Gana 74 75, Pierre Pellegrin 74 75, James Mack 73 76, Albert Venter 79 70, Jacques P de Villiers 78 71, Luis Carrera 81 68, Kelsey Nicholas 73 76, Jordan Burnand 75 (+2) [15]

+6 - Tristen Strydom 72 78, Lyle Rowe 74 76, Thabiso Ngcobo 79 71, Thomas Spreadborough 71 79, Slade Pickering 74 (+4) [15]

+7 - Toto Thimba Jnr 76 75, Samuel Simpson 73 78, Keagan Thomas 75 76, Leon Vorster 72 79, Karabo Mokoena 75 76

+8 - Sentanio Minnie 76 76, Jacquin Hess 77 75, Marcel Steyn Scholtz 76 76

+9 - Jack Hawksby 76 77, Keanu Pestana 75 78

+10 - Otto Van Buynder 79 75, Zachary Chegwidden 75 79, Cara Ford 81 73

+11 - Jonathan Broomhead 78 77, Christian Kriek 77 78, Musiwalo Nethunzwi 78 77, Eric Wowor 75 80, Makhetha Mazibuko 76 79, Hennie Otto 77 78, Symone Henriques 74 81

+12 - Simon du Plooy 80 76, Anthony Michael 79 77

+13 - Zethu Myeki 76 81

+14 - Bronwyn Doeg 79 79

+15 - Nick Cunningham 78 81

+16 - Alex Haindl 78 82

+18 - Werner Deyzel 77 85

WDN - Brandon Meads 82 WDN, Luca Filippi 78 RTD, Lora Assad RTD RTD, Jordan Duminy 81