CThe birdie party continues at the South African MyGolfLife Open tournament, with two Spaniards as guests at the moment. The tournament is led by the local Hennie Du Plessis, with 127 hits (65 on the day) in the aggregate, although now he does so alone. Nacho Elvira, one stroke away, has fallen to second place after shooting 66, while Pablo Larrazbal is also in second place after shooting 65. It is incredible that to make the cut you had to make -6.
Du Plessis was one stroke away from equaling the 36-hole record on the DP World Tour, but he bogeyed on his last hole, the 9th. Regarding the Spanish, Elvira made the first nine in -6, and later stated that he doesn’t recall being at -16 after two days, in his entire career.
Pablo Larrazbal, too, was amazed: “16 under par after two rounds is something I never dreamed of, so it’s pretty amazing.” In view of the conditions on the Pecanwood course, the Catalan recognized that there is no room for speculation in this tournament: “That’s what the course is there for, so the plan will be to tee off tomorrow knowing that we have to go out aggressive and make a lot of birdies . Some guys can go out there and do a low 60 or even a 59 or 58,” the Spaniard said.
Nacho Elvira, was of the same opinion as his compatriot: “It will be necessary to make many birdies. It is good to play from time to time in a course like this so as not to have to suffer. You do not feel that you are losing two kilos every week, so it is good to play a week like this,” he said.
Adri Arnaus is at 135 strokes. Santi Tarro and Jorge Campillo (137) and Alejandro Caizares (138) also made the cut.
