Zoltan Veress hasn't fully got into the swing of things at the Gosling's Invitational but he's still top of the leaderboard.

The Canadian shot a one-under par 69 yesterday and is five-under for his two rounds, tied for first alongside Billy Walsh and PH Horgan III.

Walsh had the best round at Belmont Hills yesterday, carding a six-under 64, which included five birdies and an eagle on the par-five 12. The only blip was a bogey at the tricky par-three fourth.

Horgan meanwhile shot a 65, and only a bogey at the par-four 15 prevented him from matching Walsh and taking the outright lead.

Veress said his 69, where he shot three birdies and two bogeys wasn't anything to talk about, and called his golf over the first two days 'nothing special'.

“My round was a little up and down, I haven't been hitting it all that great the last couple of days,” said Veress.

“Off the tee I've been good, but my wedge game and pitching game has been pretty bad.

“I'm birdieing the holes you're supposed to, like one and 10, and the par-fives (six and 12), other than that I haven't really done anything special.

“There's still a really good round out there, I'm hoping, at the moment I'm just birdieing all the right holes and not making a whole lot of mistakes.

“There's nothing spectacular happening, yet.”

This is the first time that Veress, who recently took a two-and-a-half year break from the game has played in the event.

“Michael Sims told me about it,” he said. 'He said I should go play. I'd never been to Bermuda, but I'd heard nothing but great things about the Island and the tournament.

“I played on the Canadian Tour from 2000-2005, I packed it in for about two and a half years, it just got so bad that I didn't enjoy it anymore. I got a little taste of the working world and decided I didn't like that either so I came back and played some golf.”

Veress will tee-off in the last group this morning alongside Walsh and Horgan and is certain that a good score is just around the corner.

“It's out there, it's out there,” he said. “I'm not doing anything special, I'm not really making any putts.

“I mean, I'm making some clutch putts for par, but I'm playing smart. Hopefully I can post 60 tomorrow (Wednesday), and then I'll actually have something to talk about.”

Not that he's doing badly as it is, and he credits an old Ping Z two-iron that he found in the bin at a friend's golf shop for helping him out.

“Before my trip I was having hybrid problems,” said Veress. “I couldn't find one, I couldn't get Nike to send me a two-iron fast enough, and I went into my friends golf shop and he had this old Ping Z two-iron just sitting in the bin, and it's been perfect out here.

“It's been my saviour.”

Bermuda amateur Terrance Daniels was breathing the same rarified air as the professionals for a time yesterday. Three-under after the first round, he was six-under following the opening nine holes of the second round, but then the wheels came off on the back nine.

Daniels dropped five shots on the homeward stretch, with back-toback bogies at 12 and 13, a double-bogey at 14 and a bogey at the last.

The round left him at two-under for the tournament, still a comfortable nine shots clear of his nearest challenger, Nick Mansell, in the Open Flight.

In the Senior Flight, Jeffrey Lindo opened up a seven shot lead over Eldon Raynor thanks to a one-over par 71 yesterday.

Raynor in contrast struggled, and could only manage a nine-over par 79.