Simply earlier than the storm rolled in, Casey Jarvis caught his personal little bit of lightning in a bottle and signed for a 65 to steer the AfrAsia Financial institution Mauritius Open on 12 beneath par heading into the weekend at La Réserve Golf Hyperlinks.
The younger South African has given himself one other shot at a maiden DP World Tour title in a profession that, of late, is producing extra constant alternatives at this stage, and on the again of his two victories in three tournaments on the Sunshine Tour in November.
His nearest challenger is France’s Alex Levy on 10 beneath par, whereas PGA TOUR winner and world quantity 57 Ryan Gerard of America is properly positioned, simply 5 photographs off the lead. Gerard has come to Mauritius within the hope of a win that can shift him into the highest 50 on the Official Golf World Rating earlier than the top of the 12 months, and which might in flip safe him a spot in The Masters subsequent 12 months.
However for now, it’s Jarvis who’s answerable for this Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour occasion.
“I all the time love coming to Mauritius, so to have began properly within the first spherical after which to again it up with a great spherical right this moment is optimistic,” stated Jarvis, who shared the lead with Scott Jamieson after the primary day.
Jarvis had the very best of the early morning situations and took benefit.
“The situations have been fairly simple. There wasn’t a lot wind till the final couple of holes. I’m simply attempting to have enjoyable out right here this week. I assumed I’m in Mauritius so I would as properly have enjoyable, and it appears to be working. This can be a completely different course that I’m used to, however I just like the few drivable holes out right here. I simply want to remain affected person and persist with the identical gameplan for the following two rounds.”
Levy’s 66 was equally spectacular, contemplating he didn’t drop a single shot regardless of enjoying in among the worst climate, as a heavy downpour mixed with the wind to make this golf course an excellent harder prospect.
“I performed actually stable and am very proud as a result of the situations have been powerful. I managed myself very properly and am happy with that. I’ve been working actually onerous the previous few months and simply getting again to what I used to do previously with my swing, and it’s paying off already, which is nice,” he stated.
Spain’s Manuel Elvira heads into the weekend on 9 beneath par following a 67, with South Africa’s Brandon Stone on eight beneath.
Scores
132 – Casey Jarvis 67 65
134 – Alexander Levy 68 66
135 – Manuel Elvira 68 67
136 – Brandon Stone 68 68
137 – Ryan Gerard 68 69, Dylan Frittelli 68 69, Herman Loubser 68 69
138 – Michael Hollick 73 65, John Parry 70 68, Francesco Laporta 71 67, Jayden Schaper 69 69, Tobias Jonsson 72 66
139 – Scott Jamieson 67 72, Tom Vaillant 72 67, Anthony Quayle 68 71, Hennie du Plessis 72 67, Angel Ayora 71 68, MJ Daffue 69 70, Daniel van Tonder 71 68
140 – Oihan Guillamoundeguy 71 69, Alex Fitzpatrick 69 71, Hugo Townsend 69 71, Marcel Schneider 72 68, Marcel Siem 73 67, Zander Lombard 72 68, Eugenio Chacarra 72 68, Gregorio De Leo 73 67, Jovan Rebula 73 67, Adri Arnaus 70 70
141 – Clément Charmasson 72 69, Oliver Lindell 72 69, Christo Lamprecht 71 70, Marcus Armitage 72 69, Andreas Halvorsen 69 72, Jack Senior 73 68, Jeff Winther 71 70
142 – Nick Bachem 72 70, Eddie Pepperell 74 68, Andrea Pavan 73 69, Keagan Thomas 73 69, Joakim Lagergren 69 73, Rocco Repetto 70 72, Quintin Wilsnach 73 69, Lyle Rowe 70 72
143 – Dylan Naidoo 76 67, Wilco Nienaber 71 72, JC Ritchie 74 69, Marcus Kinhult 74 69, Kieran Vincent 75 68, Renato Paratore 74 69, Daniel Brown 71 72, Nathan Kimsey 72 71, Jonathan Broomhead 75 68, Shubhankar Sharma 74 69, Niklas Lemke 73 70
144 – Nikhil Rama 72 72, Cameron Adam 72 72, Clement Sordet 71 73, Quim Vidal 70 74, Michael Feuerstein 73 71, Mikael Lindberg 76 68, Jordan Burnand 76 68, Christiaan Burke 76 68, Frederico Biondi Figueiredo 76 68, Luke Jerling 71 73, Julien Sale 77 67
Missed the lower
145 – Ben Schmidt 75 70, Martin Vorster 76 69, Jack Hawksby 75 70, Ryan Peake 76 69, Deon Germishuys 74 71, Jamie Rutherford 73 72, Albin Bergstrom 74 71, Pierre Viallaneix 72 73, Aaron Cockerill 77 68, Ross Fisher 74 71, Benjamin Van Wyk 73 72
146 – Samuel Simpson 78 68, Sebastian Garcia 72 74, Brandon Robinson Thompson 73 73, Ryan Van Velzen 71 75, Joe Dean 77 69, Austin Bautista 76 70, Quentin Debove 76 70, Benjamin Follett-Smith 73 73
147 – Ryggs Johnston 77 70, Jacques P de Villiers 75 72, MJ Viljoen 77 70, Rhys Enoch 73 74, Joe Lengthy 73 74, Kieron van Wyk 73 74, Stals Swart 76 71, Adam Blomme 74 73, Keenan Davidse 76 71, Yurav Premlall 75 72, Stefano Mazzoli 78 69, Joshua Berry 77 70
148 – Nicolas Colsaerts 79 69, Jack Buchanan 73 75, Richard Sterne 76 72, Jacques Blaauw 76 72, Jason Roets 76 72
149 – Kyle Barker 73 76, Dylan Mostert 77 72, Mike Toorop 74 75, Gerhard Pepler 80 69, Connor McKinney 73 76, David Ravetto 79 70, Matthew Baldwin 78 71, Neil Schietekat 76 73, Felix Mory 81 68, Hennie Otto 76 73, Robin Williams 76 73, Louis Albertse 77 72, Daniel Rodrigues 72 77
150 – Ivan Cantero 79 71, George Coetzee 77 73, Todd Clements 76 74, Ruan Korb 76 74, Jean-Paul Strydom 74 76, Altin van der Merwe 80 70, Dominic Foos 75 75, Jacob Olesen 73 77, Ricky Hendler 71 79, Luis Carrera 80 70, Pieter Moolman 79 71
151 – Wynand Dingle 76 75, Toto Thimba Jnr 78 73, Sadom Kaewkanjana 80 71, Tyran Snyders 79 72, Franklin Manchest 71 80, Hunter Logan 77 74
152 – Warwick Buy 75 77, Euan Walker 77 75
153 – Rowan Lester 82 71, Pierre Pellegrin 81 72, Tyrone Ryan 78 75, Davis Bryant 80 73
154 – Oliver Bekker 75 79
155 – Rupert Kaminski 80 75, Malcolm Mitchell 79 76
156 – CJ du Plessis 79 77, Rhys West 79 77, Jacquin Hess 80 76, Andres German Gallegos 80 76
157 – James Mack 82 75, Bjorn Akesson 81 76
158 – Ryan van der Klis 79 79, Kyle De Beer 79 79
161 – Xander Basson 81 80
162 – Stephen Ferreira 82 80
163 – Jack Yuletide 84 79
WDN – Jens Dantorp 80 WDN
RTD – Marcus Sandile Taylor RTD, Robson Chinhoi 81 RTD, Allen John 80 RTD
