Jaco Prinsloo take the lead at Irene Country Club
Jaco Prinsloo from Centurion was the leader on the scoreboard after the first two days of the IGT Tour’s Race to Q-School #6 at Irene Country Club.
Sunshine Tour campaigner Jaco Prinsloo enjoyed another strong finish at Irene Country Club to open up a two stroke lead in the second round of the IGT Tour’s Race to Q-School #6 on Tuesday.
The joint overnight leader broke out of the three-way tie at the top with four birdies on the back nine for a three under 69. The 27-year-old KwaZulu-Natal native is perfectly positioned at eight-under-par 136 to shoot for a fourth victory on the country’s premier golf development circuit.
However, Prinsloo could have his job cut out to stave off a strong pack of pursuers, including 19-year-old amateur Estiaan Conradie and John McClean from Northern Ireland in joint second.
Conradie notched three victories in his first four starts on the IGT Tour this season.
Prinsloo’s job is further complicated by the quartet of players sitting at five under.
Former IGT Tour winner Coert Groenewald and NJ Arnoldi produced a pair of 67s to vault to joint fourth with Justin Turner and amateur Stephan Erasmus, who carded respective rounds of 71 and 69.
“We all have our reasons for playing this week and perhaps some want it more than others,” said Prinsloo, a GFG Academy player.
“Like me, some of the guys are here this week to sharpen up for the Lion of Africa Cape Town Open, some of the amateurs are looking for experience and others are building confidence for the Sunshine Tour’s Qualifying School coming up in March.
“You can’t control what anyone else is doing, only your own score, but at the end of the day the guy who shoots the lowest round will walk off the winner.”
The man from Centurion reached a career high 78th Order of Merit ranking at the Sun Boardwalk Challenge last month. Now he is hoping for a strong performance in Cape Town to boost his chances for the season’s first European Tour co-sanctioned event at the end of November.
“I’m happy with the state of my game. Of course, there is always room for improvement, but it’s looking good already with two more weeks to go before the Cape Town event,” Prinsloo concluded.
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