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Thomas Detry and Adrien Dumont de Chassart managed to qualify for the final rounds of the Farmers Insurance Open golf (PGA Tour/9 million dollars) on Thursday.
Source: BELGA
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Detry, who finished in fourth place with a solid opening round of 66 strokes, needed 68 strokes for his second round on the 7,100 meter long Torrey Pines South golf course, four under par. The 31-year-old Brussels native had to make a bogey on the second hole. writing on his card after missing a short putt. However, Detry corrected the lopsided situation. With six birdies, including three long putts on holes nine, ten and fourteen, he took the lead. On holes fifteen and sixteen he had to write two bogeys on his scorecard. With a birdie on the seventeenth hole he finished at four under par. In the standings, Detry has two strokes more than Stephan Jaeger, who completed a round of 64 strokes on the North course. The German did one better than the Dane Nicolai Højgaard.
Adrien Dumont de Chassart, who also made the cut in San Diego (California), completed a second round of 73 strokes on the South golf course. The 23-year-old Walloon Brabander, a newcomer at the highest level, put away two birdies during his round, against which he had to write three bogeys on his scorecard. With his round of 73 strokes, De Chassart had to lose 45 places. His total score of 141 strokes and a 64th place were just enough to play the final rounds.
The Japanese Hideki Matsuyama managed a 151-meter long par-3 hole-in-one on the eighth hole.