Selfridge OK but McGee KO after disastrous 11
Borja Virto Astudillo. Picture: Richard Castka
Chris Selfridge remained on course to make the top 45 in the money who will list contest the season-ending NBO Golf Classic Grand Final in Oman next month.
But as the Moyola Park man hit a two under 70 in the second round of the Foshan Open to share 10th spot in an event where he needs a Top-12 at worst to progress, Ruaidhri McGee missed the cut.
The touring pro for Rosapenna shot a nighmare 81 featuring an 11 on the par-five 18th, his ninth hole.
McGee is 20th in the Road to Oman standings and just €12,417 outside the top 15 who earn European Tour cards after the Grand Final.
He’ll have two weeks to prepare for Oman as Selfridge tries to make sure he’s also in the field.
The Challenge Tour rookie is on five under par and eight strokes behind Spain’s Borja Virto Astudillo, who shot a 67 to lead by two shots from South Africa’s Hayden Porteous on 13 under.
The 24 year old opened with a 64 in the penultimate event of the European Challenge Tour season to hold a one shot lead, and he continued his flawless form with a second consecutive bogey-free round.
“Obviously it’s exciting,” said the Pamplona-born player, who currently sits right on the brink of European Tour graduation at 15th position in the Road to Oman Rankings.
“At the same time it’s easy to get nervous about it so I’m just going to focus on the excitement part and just try to do my best and fight for every shot out there.”
Frenchman Edouard Dubois (68) and Joachim B Hansen (65) of Denmark shared third place on nine under par, while Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia continues his determined chase to leapfrog France’s Sebastien Gros at the top of the Road to Oman Rankings, after a six under 66 moved him to outright fifth.
Scores:
131 B Virto Astudillo (Esp) 64 67,
133 H Porteous (RSA) 65 68,
135 E Dubois (Fra) 67 68, J Hansen (Den) 70 65,
136 R Gouveia (Por) 70 66,
138 C Ding-Gen (Chn) 70 68, C Hanson (Eng) 69 69, B Åkesson (Swe) 67 71, Z Xin-Jun (Chn) 69 69,
139 Chris Selfridge (Nir) 69 70, T Remkes (Ned) 71 68, S Gros (Fra) 72 67, S Tiley (Eng) 71 68, T Linard (Fra) 72 67, J Winther (Den) 72 67,
140 L Gagli (Ita) 71 69, T Murray (Eng) 71 69, C Zi-Hao (Chn) 66 74, G Charoenkul (Tha) 70 70, J Dantorp (Swe) 68 72, J Hahn (USA) 71 69, D Lee (Kor) 73 67,
141 R Fox (Nzl) 72 69, L Jun-Seok (Aus) 69 72, J Fahrbring (Swe) 72 69, S Walker (Eng) 71 70, M Delpodio (Ita) 69 72, J McLeary (Sco) 73 68, A Björk (Swe) 69 72, A McArthur (Sco) 74 67, M Søgaard (Den) 72 69, M Wiegele (Aut) 70 71,
142 M Orrin (Eng) 67 75, Z Guo-Wu (Chn) 70 72, C Hai-Meng (Chn) 72 70, W Harrold (Eng) 70 72, C Shinkwin (Eng) 71 71,
143 E Cuartero Blanco (Esp) 69 74, M Yiyuan (Chn) 72 71, P Widegren (Swe) 72 71, H Joannes (Bel) 72 71, Z Hui-Lin (Chn) 72 71, J Makitalo (Fin) 73 70, S Soderberg (Swe) 70 73,
144 G Boyd (Eng) 72 72, H Shao-Cai (Chn) 71 73, S Jeppesen (Swe) 72 72, J Sjöholm (Swe) 73 71, R Davies (Wal) 71 73, R Coles (Eng) 72 72, R Evans (Eng) 75 69, J Lima (Por) 73 71, P Whiteford (Sco) 73 71, C Sordet (Fra) 75 69, D Foos (Ger) 73 71, G Sapp (USA) 73 71,
145 M Schneider (Ger) 71 74, Y Guang-Ming (Chn) 73 72, S Kim (USA) 74 71, D Im (USA) 74 71, S Yi-Cheng (Chn) 75 70,
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146 J Robinson (Eng) 71 75, W Tu-Xuan (Chn) 69 77, J Heath (Eng) 71 75, D Huizing (Ned) 75 71, W Wei-Huang (Chn) 72 74, Y Bin (Chn) 73 73, J Doherty (Sco) 75 71, X Zhi (Chn) 73 73, S Arnold (Aus) 69 77, G Porteous (Eng) 72 74,
147 O Bekker (RSA) 73 74, B Stone (RSA) 76 71, Q Da (Chn) 76 71, S Henry (Sco) 75 72, L Ding-Feng (Chn) 74 73, W Xu (Chn) 72 75, G Murray (Sco) 72 75,
148 R McGowan (Eng) 76 72, L Hao-Yuan (Chn) 75 73, L Gui-Ming (Chn) 75 73, Z Xiongyi (Chn) 78 70, S Zihan (Chn) 76 72, Y Yi-Nong (Chn) 74 74,
149 Z Jia (Chn) 75 74, N Bertasio (Ita) 72 77, Y Tian (Chn) 73 76, Z Jin (Chn) 73 76, H Ren (Chn) 77 72, J Senior (Eng) 75 74, H Yu-Ting (Chn) 75 74, L Xue-Wen (Chn) 75 74,
150 S Dong (Chn) 75 75, S Manley (Wal) 75 75, C Xiao-Ma (Chn) 72 78, S Nan-Nan (Chn) 74 76, X Bowen (Chn) 75 75, H Mu (Chn) 76 74, D Ze-Cheng (Chn) 76 74, X Qin (Chn) 78 72,
151 L Xiaofei (Chn) 74 77, S Yan (Chn) 75 76, H Jian (Chn) 76 75, H Zeming (Chn) 77 74, L En Qi (Chn) 77 74,
152 Ruaidhri McGee (Irl) 71 81, L Chun (Chn) 74 78, X Cheng (Chn) 77 75, S Hodgson (Eng) 76 76, Z Zi-Hong (Chn) 79 73,
153 W Zi-Ting (Chn) 76 77, H Wen-Cheng (Chn) 76 77, W Chang-Wei (Chn) 76 77, G Tian Lang (Chn) 75 78,
155 D Chen Xiao (Chn) 82 73, Y Hao (Chn) 79 76, Z Wei-Yu (Chn) 74 81,
156 W Ming-Hao (Chn) 78 78,
157 L Fangyi (Chn) 78 79,
158 L Jun-Feng (Chn) 82 76,
160 W Tianyi (Chn) 82 78, S Qiang (Chn) 78 82,
164 W Weijun (Chn) 83 81,
165 X Guo-Zhen (Chn) 80 85, Q Hong-Xin (Chn) 89 76,
167 H Yong-Le (Chn) 85 82.
