Dimi Papadatos two from lead in Singapore Classic
NSW golfer Dimi Papadatos, is nicely placed at the halfway stage of the Singapore Classic at the Laguna National Golf Club in Changi.
Papadatos, who gets a start in the DP World Tour event courtesy of performances on the PGA Tour of Australasia, is just two from the lead of Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin and Chinese amateur Wenyi Ding.
Several players are yet to finish round two after weather then darkness delays on Friday but Papadatos’ position is not expected to be impacted greatly when those players return top the course on Saturday morning.
Papadatos’ second round of 65 saw him soar up the leaderboard from his overnight 31st place and with this event being a DP World Tour event, the opportunity exists for the 31 year old to gain status in Europe should he go on to win.
Papdatos might otherwise have been defending his Vic Open title this week but the lure of the bigger purse (US$2 million) and the opportunities this and two similar events in Thailand and India over the next two weeks was too big a chance to turn down.
Then follows the New Zealand Open in early March, an event Papadatos won in 2014 so the next few weeks offer an important stretch for the Central Coast golfer.
Several other Australians and New Zealanders are in the field, headed by Anthony Quayle who is currently tied for 23rd and three shots behind Papadatos.
