Murillo moves ahead by one in Johor

Johor Bahru, Malaysia, April 11: Venezuela’s Wolmer Murillo edged into a one-shot lead over local hope Nicholas Fung at the halfway stage of the PGM-Maybank Johor Masters on Thursday.
The 32-year-old Murillo, playing in his rookie year in Asia, carded a four-under-par 68 for a two-day total of 10-under-par 134 in the RM200,000 (approximately US$65,000) Asian Development Tour (ADT) event at the Johor Country Club.
Fung, the co-overnight leader with Murillo, battled to a 69 which included five birdies against two bogeys to stay in the hunt for his first ADT title after several close shaves.
England’s Grant Jackson carded a 68 to lie a further shot back in third place while a group of seven players,  including Asian Tour winner Airil Rizman of Malaysia and Thailand’s Jakraphan Premsirigorn, share fourth on 139, five shots behind in what is the fourth leg of this season’s ADT.
Murillo enjoyed a fast start with three opening birdies after starting the day from the 10^th tee but the challenging Johor Country Club bared its fangs as he dropped three shots while shooting four more birdies on his inward nine.
“You have to be careful on this golf course. It will be important for me to keep to the same course management for the next two rounds,” said Murillo.
“I have a chance to win as long as I can keep the rhythm going with my putting and stay patient. It’s my first season in Asia and I love it here. The ADT is a big opportunity to try to play your way onto the Asian Tour.”
The 22-year-old Fung, the reigning Professional Golf of Malaysia (PGM) Tour number one, remained on course for his first ADT victory, which will offer the winner six points on the Official World Golf Ranking.
“Overall it was good although I didn’t hit my irons as close as yesterday,” said the slightly built Malaysian, who finished runner-up in the previous ADT stop in Malaysia.
He was disappointed to three-putt the seventh green for one of two bogeys in his round but he produced a good comeback birdie at the eighth hole where he hit it close to the pin from a near impossible position near the jungle which lines the course.
“It was a good comeback from bogey, got it close from the jungle,” said Fung.
“I’ll just go out and play in the next two rounds. I’ve had so many runners-up finishes in the past and I think I’ve learned to just let it happen,” added the Malaysian, who registered three victories last season.
Jackson used an eagle on the second hole to keep in touch with the leaders while title holder Luke Bleumink of Australia carded a 71 for a 140 total, six shots back.
Brunei’s Faiz Damit made the cut for the first time as a professional as he safely made it into the last two rounds after adding a level par 72 to his opening 71 for a 143 total.
The top three players on the ADT Order of Merit at the end of the season will earn Asian Tour cards for 2014 while all events receive Official World Golf Ranking points from this season onwards.
Round 2 Scores

SCORE			COMPETITOR			ROUNDS
Pos.	Score	-Par+	Name	Nat.	Am	R1	R2
1	134	-10	Wolmer MURILLO	VEN		66	68
2	135	-9	Nicholas FUNG	MAS		66	69
3	136	-8	Grant JACKSON	ENG		68	68
4=	139	-5	Jakraphan PREMSIRIGORN	THA		69	70
4=	139	-5	Hendre Izak CELLIERS	RSA		69	70
4=	139	-5	Daniel BRINGOLF	AUS		70	69
4=	139	-5	LEE Cho-chuan	TPE		71	68
4=	139	-5	R. Nachimuthu	MAS		70	69
4=	139	-5	Airil Rizman ZAHARI	MAS		71	68
4=	139	-5	Ratchapol JANTAVARA	THA		73	66
11=	140	-4	Luke BLEUMINK	AUS		69	71
11=	140	-4	Mitsuhiko HASHIZUME	JPN		69	71
11=	140	-4	Iain STEEL	MAS		69	71
11=	140	-4	Shaun MALONE	ENG		71	69
11=	140	-4	Hanafiah JAMIL	MAS		72	68
11=	140	-4	Akhmal TARMIZEE	MAS		69	71
11=	140	-4	HSIEH Tung-shu	TPE		68	72
11=	140	-4	Darren TAN	AUS		69	71
19=	141	-3	Rashid ISMAIL	MAS		67	74
19=	141	-3	Ian KEENAN	ENG		71	70
19=	141	-3	PARK Jin-Woo	KOR		71	70
19=	141	-3	James BOWEN	USA		67	74
19=	141	-3	CHANG Tse-Peng	TPE		71	70
24=	142	-2	Wasin SRIPATTRANUSORN	THA		72	70
24=	142	-2	Rizal AMIN	MAS		70	72
24=	142	-2	P.Gunasegaran	MAS		73	69
24=	142	-2	Anis HASSAN	MAS		71	71
28=	143	-1	Charles DAVIES	WAL		71	72
28=	143	-1	George GANDRANATA	INA		74	69
28=	143	-1	Faiz DAMIT	BRU		71	72
28=	143	-1	Timothy LOW	SIN		72	71
28=	143	-1	CHOU Hung-nan	TPE		71	72
28=	143	-1	HSIEH Chi-hsien	TPE		72	71
28=	143	-1	Shaifubari MUDA	MAS		72	71
35=	144	Par	Masaru TAKAHASHI	JPN		71	73
35=	144	Par	Jet MATHAY	PHI		70	74
35=	144	Par	Lindsay RENOLDS	CAN		74	70
35=	144	Par	Michael MOORE	AUS		75	69
35=	144	Par	CHAE Bum-geun	KOR		70	74
35=	144	Par	Lion GOH (A)	MAS	+	74	70
35=	144	Par	Rahizam RAMLI	MAS		71	73
35=	144	Par	Dinata ABDILLAH	MAS		71	73
35=	144	Par	Timothy TANG	HKG		73	71
44=	145	1	Pasavee LERTVILAI	THA		71	74
44=	145	1	Takashi YOKOYAMA	JPN		71	74
44=	145	1	KIM Young-jin	KOR		72	73
44=	145	1	Gavin FLINT	AUS		75	70
44=	145	1	Blake MCGRORY	AUS		72	73
44=	145	1	Man O IM	USA		74	71
44=	145	1	Malcolm KOKOCINSKI	SWE		74	71
51=	146	2	HSU Li-peng	TPE		76	70
51=	146	2	YANG Fei-hao	TPE		74	72
51=	146	2	James MCMILLAN	AUS		71	75
51=	146	2	LEE Shih-hung	TPE		76	70
51=	146	2	George THACKER	ENG		75	71
Cut:-
56=	147	3	Daniel OWEN	ENG		75	72
56=	147	3	Clarke LUTTON	SCO		73	74
56=	147	3	M. Sasidaran	MAS		74	73
56=	147	3	Paul BRYANT	AUS		75	72
56=	147	3	Mohd Iylia JAMIL	MAS		75	72
56=	147	3	Spencer SHISHIDO	USA		69	78
56=	147	3	Jordan SHERRATT	AUS		74	73
63=	148	4	Daniel NG	MAS		73	75
63=	148	4	KHOR Kheng Hwai	MAS		75	73
63=	148	4	C.M. Chong	MAS		74	74
63=	148	4	Masato WATANABE	JPN		76	72
63=	148	4	Abel TAM (A)	MAS	+	79	69
63=	148	4	Wilson CHOO	MAS		73	75
63=	148	4	Tepphatud SANAWONG	THA		76	72
70=	149	5	Mark VARELA	AUS		78	71
70=	149	5	Jeremiah KIM	MAS		78	71
70=	149	5	Ryan BULLOCH	AUS		70	79
70=	149	5	LIM Eng Seng	MAS		73	76
70=	149	5	Zen DHARMARATNE	MAS		78	71
70=	149	5	FAN CHIANG Hao Chuan	TPE		82	67
70=	149	5	Solhairy SHARIF	MAS		78	71
77=	150	6	Amli MOHIYADEEN	MAS		77	73
77=	150	6	Marc KAWASOE	SIN		75	75
77=	150	6	Yuzo ICHIKAWA	JPN		72	78
77=	150	6	Keegan KAM	MAS		77	73
81=	151	7	Kuhanesh GANESAN (A)	MAS		74	77
81=	151	7	Yuki USAMI	JPN		76	75
81=	151	7	Adam SHAW	MAS		77	74
81=	151	7	LAM Yu Shuen	MAS		74	77
81=	151	7	Farid RASHID	MAS		79	72
81=	151	7	Mohamad Azman BASHARUDIN	MAS		78	73
81=	151	7	Farhan SYARIF	MAS		79	72
88=	152	8	Faridil ATRAS	MAS		74	78
88=	152	8	Haziq HAMIZAN	MAS		75	77
88=	152	8	Matthew MCBAIN	AUS		76	76
88=	152	8	Adam NOVAK	USA		75	77
88=	152	8	Mohd Rusli JOHARI	MAS		76	76
88=	152	8	Chris CAREY	AUS		75	77
94=	153	9	Brandon RAVE	AUS		76	77
94=	153	9	Nick PUGH	ENG		77	76
94=	153	9	Kalana IBRAHIM	MAS		78	75
94=	153	9	Alvin HIEW (A)	MAS	+	74	79
98=	154	10	Idzwan MARAPPAN	MAS		75	79
98=	154	10	Joe FEATHER	ENG		77	77
98=	154	10	Iqbal YUSOFF	MAS		78	76
101=	155	11	Abdul Samat ABU	MAS		79	76
101=	155	11	Ruhaizad HASHIM	MAS		80	75
101=	155	11	Miguel OCHOA	PHI		74	81
101=	155	11	Mohamad Danial MUKTI	MAS		73	82
101=	155	11	Ian ANDREW	INA		78	77
101=	155	11	ONG Jay Vie	MAS		78	77
101=	155	11	Clement RAMEAUX	FRA		76	79
101=	155	11	Sulaiman IBRAHIM	MAS		79	76
109=	156	12	Muhammad Al-Warith	MAS		78	78
109=	156	12	Nicholas PUA	MAS		75	81
109=	156	12	Fazlan FAROUK	MAS		83	73
109=	156	12	Matthew TWEDDELL	ENG		79	77
109=	156	12	Jared LIM	SIN		80	76
109=	156	12	Kenneth DE SILVA	MAS		79	77
115=	157	13	Larry PETRYK	CAN		74	83
115=	157	13	Kenneth TOBUSE	MAS		79	78
117	158	14	NGUYEN Thai Duong	VIE		80	78
118=	159	15	LEE Hak-yeul	KOR		82	77
118=	159	15	CHONG Lip-shien	NED		80	79
120	160	16	Khairul Nizam RASIP	MAS		78	82
121	162	18	KHOR Kheng Howe	MAS		84	78
122=	164	20	Mohd Sophee YAACOB	MAS		82	82
122=	164	20	Irfan YUSOF	MAS		85	79
124=	166	22	Reza ISKANDAR (A)	MAS	+	85	81
124=	166	22	Steven HIEW	MAS		83	83
126=	167	23	Lerd BHAKDIBUMI	THA		82	85
126=	167	23	ONG Jay Mand	MAS		87	80
128=	WDN	-	Muhammad RABBANI (A)	MAS	+	86	WDN
128=	WDN	-	Derek MCKENZIE	SCO		77	WDN
128=	WDN	-	ANG Chin Ling	SIN		85	WDN
131=	RTD	-	Tommy CHIN	MAS		81	RTD
131=	RTD	-	S. Siva Chandhran	MAS		75	RTD

About the Asian Development Tour
The Asian Development Tour was launched in 2010 with the aim of creating a career pathway for professional golfers in Asia. Sanctioned by the Asian Tour, the Asian Development Tour will ultimately create a new playing platform for emerging stars from across Asia and around the world. Through the Asian Tour Qualifying School, players will qualify for the Asian Development Tour and enjoy the opportunity to hone their games and talent through a secondary circuit in Asia. Designed in the same structure as the Nationwide Tour in America and European Challenge Tour, the Asian Development Tour is a stepping stone to the Asian Tour and the exciting world of international golf. The Asian Development Tour has been structured to ensure the best opportunities for its members. The leading three players on the Asian Development Tour will earn coveted Asian Tour cards for the following season, ensuring a proper career pathway for aspiring professionals. The ADT will also receive Official World Golf Ranking points from 2013.