Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship – spherical two
-11 C Jarvis (RSA); -10 M Jordan (Eng), M. J. Daffue (RSA), R Repetto Taylor (Esp)
Chosen others: -9 S Bairstow (Eng); -8 R MacIntyre (Sco), M Stewart (Sco), B Koepka (US), T Detry (Bel) -7 S Jamieson (Sco), C Syme (Sco) -6 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng); – 5 L Donald (Eng) S Straka (Aus); -4 L Westwood (Eng), T Hatton (Eng), J Rose (Eng) +4 I Poulter (Eng)
Defending champion Robert MacIntyre took benefit of calm circumstances at Kingsbarns to shoot 65 and cost into competition on the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship.
The Scot’s spherical of seven below left him in a tie for ninth place, three strokes behind midway chief Casey Jarvis of South Africa.
England’s Matthew Jordan matched MacIntyre’s rating of 72 with six birdies and an eagle at Carnoustie to sit down on 10 below for the match.
Spaniard Rocco Repetto Taylor is on the identical mark, together with his 64 at Kingsbarns the very best spherical of the day.
“I used to be cleansing up the holes the place I felt like you want to clear up, simply stored it easy,” MacIntyre informed BBC Scotland.
“We bought actually bought fortunate with the climate, the final gap was the one one we had with the wind blowing up.”
MacIntyre, who started the day on one below after his opening day at Carnoustie, reeled off 4 birdies on the entrance 9.
The Ryder Cup star was pissed off to drop a shot on the eleventh however responded with 4 good points over the subsequent 5 holes.
“I bought wild with the bogey, but it surely spurs me on, three birdies in a row,” added MacIntyre as he prepares to tee off at St Andrews on Saturday.
“[I’ll] Simply maintain doing what I am doing, taking pictures at pins, trusting the instincts.”
Michael Stewart, the shock first-round chief, was stage together with his compatriot after a 71 at Kingsbarns.
“Hopefully he can get that little bit of luck over the weekend to get on right here [DP World Tour] full-time,” MacIntyre mentioned of the world 979.
“I do know the bits of luck I’ve had in my profession that have gotten me to the place I am in.
“His chipping and placing, I am undecided there’s many higher on the entire planet.”
American Brooks Koepka shot a 67 to hitch the Scottish pair on eight below, whereas English duo Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick sit two photographs behind the five-time Main champion.
Of their first DP World Tour appearances in practically 4 years, Lee Westwood bought to 4 below after a 69 at Kingsbarns, however fellow LIV golfer Ian Poulter went out in 41 at Carnoustie on his option to 76 which left him 4 over.
