South Australian Jack Thompson starts well in International Series event
Jack Thompson – well placed at the halfway mark in England – file photo Australian Golf Media
South Australian, Jack Thomson, who earlier in the year led the Asian Tour’s Q School, finds himself just one shot from the lead at the halfway mark of the Asian Tour’s International Series event at Close House near Newcastle on Tyne in the northeast of England.
Thompson added a second round of 67 to be tied for 3rd place in the US$2 million event and just one off the lead held by American Jason Kokrak and Spain’s David Puig, both of whom are part of a large contingent from the LIV Golf Tour in this weekend’s event.
Thompson, who has missed his last three cuts in Asian Tour events, is a former winner of a PGA Tour of Australasia event when successful at the Gippsland Super 6 event in 2021 but after claiming a place on the Asian Tour in 2023 he has struggled to play to that level until now.
Thompson shares 3rd place with the current Asian Tour Order of merit leader, Andy Ogletree, former Australian Open Champion Abraham Ancer, and James Piot.
Both Ogletree and Piot are former US Amateur Champions while joint leader, Kokrak is a former winner of the Houston Open on the LIv Tour so Thompson is in elite company as he heads into the weekend.
Matt Jones and Travis Smyth are the next best of the Australians in a share of 9th place and two shots behind Thompson.
