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SCOTS AND SOUTH AFRICA ON LEVEL
PEGGING AT HALFWAY IN TEST MATCH
Scotland and South Africa will start the second and final day of their
golfing "Test Match" at Leopard Creek, Malelane with 6pt apiece.
The Scots had the edge in the morning foursomes and led 2 1/2-1 1/2 at
lunchtime.
The South Africans hit back to take the singles 4 1/2-3 1/2 to level the
scoreline at the halfway stage.
Scott Gibson was the only Scot to end the day with a 100 per cent
record. He won his foursomes in partnership with Graeme Robertson and
then won his singles.
South Africa's national coach, Llewellyn van Leeuwen, was pleased that
his players could close the gap and put South Africa on equal footing.
"Now it's all going to be about the final day's play," said Van Leeuwen.
"I think the boys fought valiantly this afternoon. Six of the matches
went the full distance and a couple of the Scots missed some short putts
at the 18th to give us halves.
"I feel very fortunate to be in a 6-all position and now it will be up
to the players to come out strong and secure a victory."
South African No 1 Christiaan Bezuidenhout lost by 2 and 1 in the top
singles to Blairgowrie's Bradley Neil, the 2013 Scottish Under-18 boys'
match-play champion. Neil and Gibson were Scotland's only winners in the
singles.
The Leopard Trophy forms part of the Scottish team's annual eight week
winter training programme, supported by Leopard Creek proprietor Johann
Rupert and Aberdeen Asset Management.
South Africa claimed the inaugural Test in 2010, and also won in 2011
and 2013.
FIRST DAY RESULTS
SOUTH AFRICA 6, SCOTLAND 6
FOURSOMES (1 1/2-2 1/2)
S African names first
Zander Lombard and Thriston Lawrence halved with Bradley Neil and Daniel
Young.
N J Arnoldi and Christiaan Bezuidenhout bt Ewen Ferguson and Jamie
Savage 2 and 1.
Louis Taylor and Matthew Spacey lost to Connor Syme and Ben Kinsley 1 hole.
Philip Kruze and Werner van Niekerk lost to Graeme Robertson and Scott
Gibson 2 and 1.
SINGLES (4 1/2-3 1/2)
Bezuidenhout lost to Neil 2 and 1.
Lombard halved with Savage.
Lawrence bt Young 2 holes.
Arnoldi bt Ferguson 3 and 2.
Taylor halved with Syme.
Kruze bt Kingsley 1 hole.
Van Niekerk lost to Gibson 1 hole.
Spacey halved with Robertson.
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