New Zealand golfer
Paul Devenport notched the ninth hole-in-one of his career on the way to
a share of the lead after the second round of the Coolum Classic on Friday.
Devenport, who had
narrowly missed the cut in his past four tournaments, carded a three-under-par
69 to be level with Australians Craig Parry (68) and Nick O'Hern (66) at
seven-under.
They led by one shot
from a group of five, including overnight Australian joint leader John
Senden, who had a 71.
Devenport's hole-in-one
came on the par-three 13th hole. He later admitted to "slightly pulling"
his three iron into the wind.
"I pulled it slightly
but it landed on the green. I yelled out 'go in', not really expecting
it to," said the New Zealander.
Englishman Jason
Proctor matched Devenport's feat with a hole-in-one at the sixth in his
round of 72, but was 11 shots off the lead.
137 Craig Parry 69
68, Paul Devenport (New Zealand) 68 69, Nick O'Hern 71 66
138 Adrian Percey
71 67, Paul Gow 69 69, John Wade 70 68, John Senden 67 71, Wayne Smith
72 66
139 Grant Dodd 67
72, Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 68 71, Des Terblanche (South Africa)
72 67, Chad Wright (U.S.) 68 71
140 Brett Partridge
67 73, Scott Hend 70 70
141 Lucas Parsons
69 72, Rob Willis 70 71, David Grenfell 70 71, Craig Jones 68 73, Peter
Fowler 68 73, Euan Walters 69 72
142 Robert Stephens
69 73, Mark Allen 72 70, Brett Ogle 71 71
143 Andrew Bonhomme
71 72, Jim Benepe (U.S.) 69 74, Matthew Ecob 71 72, Andre Stolz 70 73
144 Anthony Edwards
72 72, Cameron Percy 75 69, Grant Moorhead (New Zealand) 74 70, Kurt Linde
73 71, Marcus Norgren (Sweden) 73 71, Neil Kerry 71 73, Jamie McCallum
68 76, Danny Vera 69 75, Justin Cooper 73 71, Robin Byrd (U.S.) 71 73,
Chris Gaunt 73 71.
145 Peter Lonard 71
74, Elliot Boult (New Zealand) 73 72, Brad King 74 71, Bob Shearer 71 74,
Stuart Bouvier 70 75, Tony Christie (New Zealand) 74 71, Matthew Habgood
68 77, Peter Senior 70 75
