Zimbabwe’s Scott Vincent leads after 2nd round

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Zimbabwe’s Scott Vincent continued to show why he is one of the tournament favourites when he signed for another four-under-par 67 to take the second round lead at The 35th Shinhan Donghae Open on Friday.

The Zimbabwean, who has never finished outside the top-three in his last three outings at the Bear’s Best Cheongna Golf Club was ready for another battle- one which he hopes he can emerge victorious this time around.

Vincent demonstrated his intent of winning when he raced towards the turn in 32 after marking his card with three birdies. He then birdied the par-five second before dropping his only shot of the day at the next hole.

Another birdie on the sixth hole before finishing his round with three straight pars for a two-day total of eight-under-par 134 would eventually give him a two-shot cushion over a quartet of players.

They include American Paul Peterson, Korea’s Hyungjoon Lee, Japan’s Shugo Imahira and South Africa’s Jbe Kruger, who are tied for second with their 136 total.

Peterson is also making his push towards the winner’s circle again after he returned with a 68 while Kruger believes he could likely end his seven-year drought on the Asian Tour with some divine help at at The 35th Shinhan Donghae Open which is being tri-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, Korean PGA and Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO).

Thailand’s Pavit Tangkamolprasert also displayed his return to form when he signed for a 68 to end into the weekend rounds in tied-10th place, four shots back of Vincent.

The Thai has only missed the cut twice out of 10 starts on the Asian Tour and was seemingly in control until a quadruple bogey and bogey on the fourth and fifth holes respectively marred an otherwise perfect card.

The weekend cut was set at one-over par 143 with 65 players making it into the last two rounds.

Leading Scores after round 2 of the The 35th Shinhan Donghae Open being played at the par 71, 7238 Yards Bear's Best Cheongna GC course (am - denotes amateur):
134 - Scott Vincent (ZIM) 67-67.
136 - Paul Peterson (USA) 68-68, Hyungjoon Lee (KOR) 70-66, Shugo Imahira (JPN) 66-70, Jbe Kruger (RSA) 69-67.
137 - Yuki Inamori (JPN) 68-69, Jeongwoo Ham (KOR) 68-69, Chan Kim (USA) 66-71, Taehee Lee (KOR) 67-70.
138 - Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA) 70-68, Woohyun Kim (KOR) 68-70, Jaemin Hwang (KOR) 71-67, Yikeun Chang (KOR) 69-69, Yoseop Seo (KOR) 68-70, Hiroshi Iwata (JPN) 72-66, Wonjoon Lee (AUS) 67-71, Sadom Kaewkanjana (THA) 68-70.
139 - Jazz Janewattananond (THA) 69-70, Sung Kang (KOR) 69-70, Daehyun Kim (KOR) 69-70, Tomoharu Otsuki (JPN) 68-71, Songgyu Yoo (KOR) 70-69.
140 - Nicholas Fung (MAS) 72-68, Kyongjun Moon (KOR) 71-69, Zach Murray (AUS) 69-71, Jiho Jung (KOR) 70-70, Seungtaek Lee (KOR) 71-69, Tatsuya Kodai (JPN) 70-70.