Dunhill Links Day 2

Martin Dempster reports on the second day of the Dunhill Links.

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00:00Hello, it's Martin Dempster, the Scotsman Golf Correspondent here, coming to you from

00:06Kings Barnes Golf Links after the completion of the second round of the Alfred Dunhill

00:13Links Championship. And as you can probably see from the giant scoreboard behind me, we've

00:21had two low-scoring days so far in the DP World Tour Pro-Am. Two players, Belgian Nicolas

00:32Coulsart and Australian Cameron John, they shared the lead after 36 holes on 14 under

00:40par. Coulsart, a former Ryder Cup player who was part of Luke Donald's backroom team in

00:47Rome last year, he followed a 65 at St Andrews on Thursday by shooting the same score at

00:56Carnoustie today. A great effort from Coulsart, one of the real characters on the DP World

01:04Tour and it's fantastic to see his name up on that leaderboard. A shot behind, and to

01:13the delight of the Scottish fans no doubt, is Aberdonian David Law. He had opened with a 64

01:20here at Kings Barnes on Thursday and after starting with three birdies today, Law signed for a 67

01:28and that has so far been a huge boost in his bid to hang on to his DP World Tour card.

01:37He came into this event in 141st position in the race to Dubai and needs to climb into the

01:45top 114 after the next few events to retain his seat at the top table in European golf.

01:54Conor Syme, who lives locally, he's just four shots off the lead with Scott Jamieson a further

02:01shot behind. However, Genesis Scottish Open champion Bob McIntyre, he's nine adrift heading

02:10into the third round, his one being at St Andrews on Saturday. He took a double bogey six here at

02:17Kings Barnes at his closing hole and instead of having the leaders in his sights, he's got a

02:25bat on his hands to shoot a low score at St Andrews in that third round to ensure that he's

02:31here for the closing circuit. The closing circuit, in fact, of course, it's played at St Andrews

02:38on Sunday. Another low scoring day, no doubt, tomorrow when players head to their respective

02:45venues. Colsarts is coming here, John's going to Carnoustie, as is David Law. To keep up to date

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