PGA Great Britain and Ireland representative Mathew Webb has
taken pole position at the top of the leader board following the conclusion of the
second round of the National Futures Championship.

Webb shot a solid round of 1-under 71 thanks to two birdies
and a lone bogey. Combined with his opening round 2-over 74 Webb holds a one
shot lead over Adam Burdett heading into the third round.

Whilst the conditions were ripe for scoring, Webb and fellow
international competitor John Bae from New Zealand were surprisingly the only
two Trainee Professionals to shoot under par for the round. 

Bae, from Templeton Golf Club in Christchurch, made a significant
improvement today on his first round, carding the best score for the day, a 2-under
70. He is now T5 on the leaderboard.   

While the international Trainees may have upstaged the
Aussies on the leaderboard in the second round the highlight of the day
belonged to Geraldton Golf Clubs’ third year Trainee Andrew Crabb.

He aced the par-3 17^th at Ballarat Golf Club.
This is Crabb’s second career hole in one and helped him to be T3 alongside
Hayden Webb.  

The second round cut was made at 13-over the card with 50
competitors making the final two rounds. Amongst them is female Trainee
Professional Carly Beck from Bonville Golf Club (NSW) who produced another
consistent round of 1-over 73 placing her inside the top-10 and in good stead
for the remainder of the week.