Perthshire’s Bradley Neil missed the half-way cut at the Joburg Open.
The amateur champion, who received an invite to the European Tour event as he builds up to the Masters in April, followed his opening day 72 with a 74 to fall seven shots below the cut.
Meanwhile, clubhouse leader Wallie Coetsee hopes his daughters will be able to follow his progress over the weekend even if it means having to watch on a neighbour’s television.
Coetsee revealed he does not own a TV after adding a 65 to his opening 66 at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club, his 12-under-par total giving the world number 509 a one-shot lead over fellow South Africans Garth Mulroy and Tjaart van der Walt and England’s Simon Dyson.
“When we moved to Jeffreys Bay two-and-a-half years ago, we decided to get rid of our television,” Coetsee said. “So if Zoe and Kelly want to watch, I hope my wife Ashley takes them to a friend’s place.
“Life is so much simpler, especially without television. We’re in bed early and we read a lot of books, and we’re up early, walking on the beach before we take the kids to school.
“I can also practice early and I play out at Zwartenbosch Golf and Lifestyle Estate.
“It’s quiet there. I have the nine-hole course to myself on Mondays and Tuesdays, there are competitions on Wednesdays, and I have it to myself again on Thursdays.
“It’s like I’ve got my own course.”
Asked about leading one of South Africa’s biggest events, which also has three places in the Open Championship at St Andrews up for grabs, the 42-year-old added: “Somebody must wake me up; it feels like a dream.
“It would be great (to qualify for the Open), but that is a big bonus. First thing is to wake up tomorrow and enjoy this ride.”
Seven of the top 10 completed their second rounds on the harder East Course on Friday, including Dyson, who fired six birdies and one bogey in his 67.
Dyson has won six times on the European Tour but missed the cut in his first three events this season and has a best finish of joint 50th so far in 2015.
“I didn’t play as good as yesterday, but I scored pretty well,” he said. “I made four birdies on the front nine and I birdied the par fives if you get your drives away then they’re all pretty good chances.
“There was some luck. I got fortunate on 10. I pushed my drive down there and managed to get a shot, hit to about three feet and knocked that in, which was a bonus.
“It was a good day and I was very happy with the score.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been up there. I’ve been playing all right, but at the beginning of the season I changed my irons and they were costing me dearly I didn’t have a clue how far they were going.
“This is the first week I’ve put my old set back in the bag and all of a sudden I’m hitting it pin high again that makes a heck of a difference.”
European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke could only card a second consecutive 72 to miss the cut by five shots.