Docker believes fellow Aussie on Bora-Hansgrohe has the ‘right personality’ to handle the pressure that comes with the experience of previously winning a Grand Tour
China’s Bo Jin will sleep on the round one lead of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand, but three of Australia’s seven starters are four back of his leading seven-under score.
Published - 2 months By - Tony Webeck
John Lyras plunders the par 5s to lead by three, Peter Wilson gets the putter going, Ryan McCarthy rediscovers his love of golf and Travis Smyth leaves lockdown to rocket up the leaderboard.
John Lyras (67, 11-under)
On backing up his opening round
“It was a nice feeling leading the tournament after one round but hit a really nice drive down 10 and made a nice birdie on the first of the day and that settled me down a little bit. I hit the ball a lot better today. I played a really solid round of golf today, I was pretty happy with it. Just had to stay really patient and let the golf course come to me and let the scoring opportunities come when they did. It was a little trickier out here today. The greens were firming up and there were a few tougher little pin positions out there so you just had to be a little bit more defensive than you would normally would like to be. I’m really happy with the patience I showed today and if I can do t