ST ANDREWS, September 27, 2013 (AFP) - The pro-am tournament which is played across three course including the British Open Championship venues of St Andrews and Carnoustie, saw the United States' Uihlein post a 60 at nearby Kingsbairns.
That left him two shots off the lead held by England's Tom Lewis.
But while Uihlein came agonisingly close to shooting 59, missing a long putt on the par-five ninth, his final hole, he could take some consolation from the performance last year of South Africa's Branden Grace, who also shot 60 on the same course before going on to win the event
"I knew I needed to make an eagle and I thought I hit a good putt," said Uihlein, who won his maiden title in Madeira in May.
The 24-year-old, who shot the 17th round of 60 on the European Tour, added: "I thought it would come back to the right but it kept going left."
Reflecting on his round overall, he said: "Today started off with me hitting it close and not making anything and then I started holing it from everywhere. It was just one of those days that went for me.
"When I made that birdie on the 17th to go 11 under that was the first time 59 crossed my mind. I was in the zone out there and it was cool. I am definitely not as calm underneath (as it looked) but I just tried to stay with my routines and keep the same swing thought.
"I put a lot of work in during the off-season and even on my off weeks I'm still practising and grinding so it's nice to see the results so quickly."
South Africa's Ernie Els, Uihlein's playing partner, shot 65 and afterwards the South African major-winner joked: "I feel like I shot 90."
Selected second round scores and totals in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Old Course St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, Scotland (GBR and IRL unless stated, par 72):
St Andrews
129 - Tom Lewis 64 65
131 - Hennie Otto (RSA) 68 63, Oliver Wilson 64 67, Mark Foster 65 66
132 - Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 66 66
133 - Eddie Pepperell 66 67
134 - Shane Lowry 68 66, Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 69 65
135 - Chris Wood 66 69, Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 68 67, Garth Mulroy (RSA) 66 69,
Matthew Baldwin 65 70, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 70 65, Brooks Koepka (USA) 69 66,
Anthony Wall 68 67, Matteo Delpodio (ITA) 68 67, Ignacio Garrido (ESP) 69 66
136 - Gary Lockerbie 69 67, Ross Fisher 68 68, Eduardo De La Riva (ESP) 67 69, Brandon Stone (RSA) 66 70, Graeme Storm 67 69, Scott Jamieson 71 65
137 - Robert Jan Derksen (NED) 69 68, Robert Rock 69 68, Gareth Maybin 72 65, Danny Willett 69 68, Justin Walters (RSA) 68 69
138 - Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 69 69, Simon Dyson 66 72
139 - Richie Ramsay 69 70, John Parry 71 68, Steve Webster 72 67, Haydn Porteous(RSA) 72 67, Simon Thornton 69 70
140 - Greg Chalmers (AUS) 68 72
141 - Matthew Millar (AUS) 68 73, Ken Duke (USA) 69 72, Richard Green (AUS) 73 68, Rhys Davies 70 71
142 - Brett Rumford (AUS) 73 69, Max Orrin 72 70, Kristoffer Broberg (SWE) 69 73,Espen Kofstad (NOR) 74 68, Keith Horne (RSA) 67 75, Peter Wilson (AUS) 73 69, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (IND) 69 73
Carnoustie
131 - Tommy Fleetwood 65 66, Richard McEvoy 64 67
132 - Thomas Levet (FRA) 68 64
134 - George Murray 65 69, Alexandre Kaleka (FRA) 64 70
136 - Ricardo Gonzalez (ARG) 67 69, Alessandro Tadini (ITA) 66 70, Marc Warren 70
66, David Horsey 66 70
138 - Joachim B Hansen (DEN) 69 69, Magnus A Carlsson (SWE) 69 69, Soren Hansen (DEN) 69 69, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 70 68
139 - Felipe Aguilar (CHI) 68 71, Justin Thomas (USA) 66 73, Anders Hansen (DEN) 71 68, Alexander Noren (SWE) 67 72, Richard Finch 68 71, Jorge Campillo (ESP) 68 71, Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 69 70
140 - Paul Waring 71 69, Morten Orum Madsen (DEN) 66 74, James Morrison 69 71, Simon Khan 69 71, Simon Wakefield 68 72, Jason Norris (AUS) 67 73, Romain Wattel(FRA) 70 70, Steven Jones (AUS) 70 70
141 - Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (FRA) 72 69, Jose-Maria Olazabal (ESP) 72 69, Craig Lee 71 70, Robert Coles 72 69, Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 70 71, Maarten Lafeber (NED) 71 70
142 - Mark Tullo (CHI) 64 78, Niclas Fasth (SWE) 71 71, Rikard Karlberg (SWE) 73 69, Trevor Fisher Jnr (RSA) 70 72, Jesper Parnevik (SWE) 71 71, Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 71 71
143 - Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 72 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 71 72, David Duval(USA) 73 70, Mike Miller 73 70
Kingsbarns
130 - Joost Luiten (NED) 67 63
131 - Peter Uihlein (USA) 71 60
132 - Jamie Donaldson 65 67
134 - Ernie Els (RSA) 69 65, Chris Paisley 72 62, Michael Hoey 68 66
135 - David Howell 67 68, Martin Kaymer (GER) 69 66, Darren Clarke 69 66, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 70 65, Gregory Havret (FRA) 69 66, Julien Quesne (FRA) 69 66
136 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 68 68
137 - Bjorn Akesson (SWE) 69 68, Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) 72 65, Christopher Doak 70 67
138 - Retief Goosen (RSA) 70 68, David Lynn 73 65, Paul McGinley 70 68, Darren Fichardt (RSA) 67 71, Alexander Levy (FRA) 75 63
139 - Thomas Aiken (RSA) 71 68, Branden Grace (RSA) 70 69, Seve Benson 69 70
140 - Damien McGrane 75 65, Matthew Nixon 70 70, Andrew Dodt (AUS) 72 68
141 - Paul Casey 74 67, Martin Wiegele (AUT) 72 69, James Kingston (RSA) 72 69, Paul Lawrie 73 68, Doug McGuigan 72 69, Oliver Fisher 72 69
142 - Rich Beem (USA) 72 70, Peter Lawrie 73 69, Richard Sterne (RSA) 72 70, Padraig Harrington 76 66
143 - Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 71 72, Richard Bland 72 71, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 74 69, Sam Little 77 66
144 - Vijay Singh (FIJ) 74 70