PAUL DUNNE MISSED the cut today in his debut tournament as a full member of the European Tour.
Having shot a 73 yesterday at the Alfred Dunhill Championship, Dunne needed an additional two strokes to complete his second round.
That left the 23-year-old — who topped the leaderboard heading into the final day the The Open earlier this year — at four over par at the midway point of the tournament, four shots shy of the cut at Leopard Creek in South Africa.
It was also a disappointing day for Waterford’s Kevin Phelan. After a relatively good opening round of 70 yesterday, he followed up today with a 77 to miss the cut by three strokes.
The only other Irish player in the field, Peter Lawrie, also won’t be around for the weekend. He failed to begin his second round, having carded a 79 yesterday.
Home favourite Charl Schwartzel has a five-shot lead at the halfway stage over a quartet of players — Joost Luiten, Benjamin Herbert, Richard Sterne and Pablo Martin Benavides.
He’ll be fine. Great golfer and attitude. look forward to him winning a load of tournaments
Hasn’t dunne very good at this particular comp.. But I’m sure he’ll be paulishing of some trophy’s by time he’s dunne
Bit of a big ask really to expect a good performance this week after the mental and physical effort of Q school last week. It won’t be easy, but think he has the game to be a decent pro.