Otto, Kruger share the clubhouse lead in Malaysia
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April 14, 2012, Saturday
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HENNIE Otto and Jbe Kruger reached 9 under yesterday to share the clubhouse lead at the Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur before the second round was suspended two hours early because of a threat from late afternoon thunderstorms.
The pair continued the domination of the leaderboard by South Africans established by Charl Schwartzel with a 64 and Louis Oosthuizen 66 in the first round.
Former Masters champion Schwartzel made five bogeys and only one birdie yesterday to drop back to 5 under through 12 holes before the players were taken off the West Course at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club.
Two birdies from Oosthuizen in the same 12 holes allowed him to reach 8 under to lie just one shot off the lead.
Otto, 35, shot a second-round 64 to move to the top of the clubhouse leaderboard with eight birdies and no bogeys despite arriving in Malaysia too late to play a practice round.
"I played the course blind on Thursday," Otto said. "But today I hit it close for most of my birdies and got on in two at all the par fives except the 18th to lay the foundations of my score."
The South Africans, however, will have to be wary of the German 2010 PGA Championship winner Martin Kaymer. He moved to within two shots of the lead with a second-round 67.
"I played really well today and gave myself a lot of birdie chances," Kaymer said.
The pair continued the domination of the leaderboard by South Africans established by Charl Schwartzel with a 64 and Louis Oosthuizen 66 in the first round.
Former Masters champion Schwartzel made five bogeys and only one birdie yesterday to drop back to 5 under through 12 holes before the players were taken off the West Course at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club.
Two birdies from Oosthuizen in the same 12 holes allowed him to reach 8 under to lie just one shot off the lead.
Otto, 35, shot a second-round 64 to move to the top of the clubhouse leaderboard with eight birdies and no bogeys despite arriving in Malaysia too late to play a practice round.
"I played the course blind on Thursday," Otto said. "But today I hit it close for most of my birdies and got on in two at all the par fives except the 18th to lay the foundations of my score."
The South Africans, however, will have to be wary of the German 2010 PGA Championship winner Martin Kaymer. He moved to within two shots of the lead with a second-round 67.
"I played really well today and gave myself a lot of birdie chances," Kaymer said.
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