Well, as we bid farewell to The Old Course, here is the 2nd Round Leaderboard, and below it, Overall Standings in the Tournament and for all the special prizes.
Everything can be perused at this link, or by right-clicking the image below, open in new tab & enlarge.
Hans now has just a 2 stroke lead in the tournament proper, but in some respects is lucky to still be out front, as contender after contender was unable to take full advantage of St Andrews' slightly easier conditions. But for those who got a tough wind set, it certainly didn't seem that easy at all! The low score of the 2nd Round came from Neil (unclenewy), with a wonderful 69, but it was surprising that the course only yielded 7 sub-par rounds, and nobody was able to 'go low.'
Neil is also up top on the GIR standings, and 2nd to Hans in Most Birdies, and to Corwyn in Least Bogies. Along with Cerino, these four have opened up a gap at the top of the leaderboard, but there's a strong chasing group not too far behind...
Phil (Phaxda) still holds the lead in Closest Ave. Distance to the Pin, with an impressive 14.65ft, while we have 3 super putters heading up the Total Distance Made Putts standings: Hans, Mike (MBaggese), and Gary (Woodo), all of whom are over 200 ft. Mike recorded an extraordinary 127.69 feet in his 2nd round.
St. Andrews also saw the probable resolution of joe's special prize for Longest Drive. It's hard to imagine anything longer coming from the next 2 rounds, and there was high drama as Ben (bhoese) pipped Gary's 310.34 drive, by a mere 6 and a half inches to record the new target, and almost certain winning distance, of 310.52 yds. (Joe got the closest guess and will likely win his own sleeve of Callys by a mere yard or so from Corwyn's guess!)
Also notable were the number of players recording huge score improvements from Round 1 to Round 2: Phil, 16 shots better; Tim (TeeWade), 14 shots better; Mati, Gary and David (hyena), 12 shots better; and Shiner, 11 shots better.
A fascinating round to see us through to the halfway stage, and setting us all up for a great rest of the tourney.
Thank you everyone, for your continued commitment to getting your rounds in, and especially to all of you who have helped out others as markers.
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3rd Round is open at Olympic: suggested pairings are listed here, and on the first page of the thread.
Conditions as follows: Olympic: 18 holes, Default hole locations, Red (Easy) tees, Very Fast greens, Low wind, Uneven Lies.
3rd Round Score Submission link (Olympic)