Former college room-mates Victor Perez and Gavin Green will go head to head in the third round of the Saudi International. Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell is a shot further back but faces the threat of a slow-play penalty over the weekend after picking up a “bad time”. Perez, who won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last year, said: “I am very pleased with the second round. “I just did an interview with Tim Barter so I was 50 yards behind the guys,” McDowell told The Scotsman. World number one Brooks Koepka is nine shots off the lead after a second round of 69.

Source: Irish Examiner January 31, 2020 17:03 UTC