The 18-year-old Dowling, who says the bathroom scales have him “in the 60s”, is making a habit of fighting out of his weight division.
Before Christmas he played in the final group at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Royal Melbourne.
On Saturday, the kid from the Gold Coast will play in the last group in a Vic Open with Aucklander Nick Voke, who is aiming to extend the run of New Zealand wins on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia to three after Kazuma Kobori’s consecutive Webex Players Series triumphs at Cobram Barooga and Rosebud.
Dowling shot 3-under 69 in the difficult afternoon winds on the Beach Course today to leapfrog up the leaderboard into joint second at 8-under with Smyth (66 on the Creek), who is coming off a good year on the Asian Tour, and Munro (68 on the Creek).
The Australian trio are a shot behind Voke, who went bogey-free in his 68 on the Creek…
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