Jakarta, July 18 - American James Bowen posted a second round six-under-par 66 to move atop the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the inaugural Jakarta Classic on Thursday.
The 27-year-old, who opened his campaign with a 70, fired seven birdies against one bogey to lead the field with a two-day total of eight-under-par 136 at the Imperial Klub Golf.
England’s Grant Jackson, who returned with the day’s lowest score of 65, trailed the American by two shots to take second place while Singapore’s Koh Deng Shan and overnight leader, Chan Shih-chang of Chinese Taipei shared third place after signing for matching 140s at the US$60,000 Asian Development Tour (ADT) event.
Johannes Dermawan, who was in second place after the 1st round, dropped to 22nd after a somewhat disappointing 77 today. Best of the local boys are now Andik Mauludin and Benny Kasiadi, who are in a share of 10th place with 142, with Rory Hie, Indonesia's top ranked player, one shot further back.
“I made a lot of putts today and I drove the ball pretty well. There was no wind in the morning and the course was kind of wet but overall, it was in a good shape. I’m really pleased with the way I putted today,” said a delighted Bowen, who stayed on track for his second ADT win after claiming his breakthrough in Malaysia earlier this year.
“The season has been great for me so far. I’ve been in contention several times this year and my golf game has been pretty consistent. I think this has got to be the best season that I’ve had so far,” added the American.
Meanwhile Jackson, who clinched his first ADT victory in Malaysia in April, is pleased with his recent good run of form.
The Englishman is targeting a top-three finish on the ADT Order of Merit at the end of the season as that would allow him to earn his Asian Tour card for 2014.
“I gave myself some chances and I played nicely today. The greens were tricky and the course was wet. I actually felt like I was playing on a different course as compared to yesterday!” said Jackson, who mixed his card with seven birdies, one eagle and two bogeys.
“I’m very excited about my weekend rounds. I think it’s going to be very interesting! I’ll try to enjoy myself out there and hopefully I can continue to play solid over the next two days,” smiled Jackson.
The halfway cut was set at five-over-par with 57 players, including 16 Indonesians, advancing to the final two rounds.
Starting this season, all ADT events will receive Official World Golf Ranking points which will help players qualify for the World Cup of Golf in November and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Winners on the ADT will receive a minimum of six world ranking points while the top six players and ties will earn points based on a sliding scale.
Leading second round scores (A denotes amateur):
136 – James BOWEN (USA) 70 66
138 – Grant JACKSON (ENG) 73 65
140 – KOH Deng Shan (SIN) 72 68, CHAN Shih-chang (TPE) 67 73
141 – Arie FAUZI (MAS) 68 73, Shaun MALONE (ENG) 69 72, Jake STIRLING (AUS) 70 71, Lindsay RENOLDS (CAN) 71 70, Anthony SMITH (AUS) 74 67
142 – Andik MAULUDIN (INA) 70 72, Mitsuhiko HASHIZUME (JPN) 70 72, Benny KASIADI (INA) 71 71, Darren TAN (AUS) 73 69
Selected:
143 - Rory HIE (INA) 76 67
144 - Ade SEBUL (INA) 76 68, Junaidi IBRAHIM (INA) 73 71
145 - George GANDRANATA (INA) 73 72, Johannes DERMAWAN (INA) 68 77
146 - Maan NASIM (INA) 74 72, I Ketut SUGIARTA (INA) 74 72
147 - Irmansyah (INA) 74 73
148 - Jamel ONDO (INA) 74 74, Bramantyo ADI (A) (INA) 76 72, I Nengah DHARMA (INA) 71 77
149 - Sim MINSUB (A) (INA) 73 76, Rinaldi Adiyandono (INA) 74 75, Cahyo ADHITOMO (A) (INA) 75 74
CUT
150 - Ramadhan ALWIE (INA) 76 74, Rudianto R (INA) 76 74, K. Soewarno (INA) 76 74
151 - Nasin SURACHMAN (INA) 77 74, Hendri NASIM (INA) 75 76, Joeh SEIK (A) (INA) 75 76, Asep SUGANDA (INA) 78 73, Harmen TABUSALLA (INA) 77 74
152 - Dicky PRIONGGO (A) (INA) 74 78, Dede IDRIS (INA) 78 74, Jason MARTINUS (A) (INA) 74 78, Ilyasyak (INA) 76 76
153 - Kurnia Herisiandy SANTOSO (INA) 76 77, Adrian HALIMI (A) (INA) 74 79, Ian ANDREW (INA) 78 75, Hamzah RACHMADI (INA) 76 77
154 - Michael SONG (INA) 76 78, SARMILIH (INA) 76 78, S SANUSI (INA) 76 78, KASIADI (INA) 79 75
155 - Asep SAEFULLOH (INA) 80 75
156 - Abhi SAHARI (A) (INA) 79 77
157 - Randy Mawuntu (INA) 81 76
158 - Jemin SAPUTRA (INA) 82 76
159 - SUDYHARTONO (INA) 76 83
160 - Yudiansyah (INA) 81 79
161 - Aria KAMSURI (INA) 88 73
162 - Rokhib R (INA) 78 84
163 - Denni HERMAWAN (INA) 83 80, Kajum JUMAR (INA) 82 81, JEONG Hyn Jae (A) (INA) 83 80
164 - Hendri SUCIPTO (INA) 82 82
166 - WARNO (INA) 86 80
168 - William MANANTA (INA) 84 84
170 - Sujarwo S (INA) 88 82
171 - Reno MUNADHI (INA) 87 84
172 - Clement SADELI (INA) 83 89
183 - Erwin SITORUS (INA) 98 85
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