Thriston Lawrence saved his maintain on the Investec South African Open as he moved right into a two-stroke lead clubhouse lead headed into the weekend at Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate.
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The South African signed for a second spherical of 67 to climb to 13-under par total.
The second spherical was suspended for simply over two hours due to harmful climate.
The second spherical will resume at 07:00 on Saturday, with the third spherical not scheduled to start out earlier than 10:15.
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Lawrence’s nearest challenger is fellow South African Ockie Strydom on 11-under.
After Lawrence had equalled his personal course report of 64 on day one, Strydom joked that if he wasn’t going to interrupt his personal report, anyone else may as effectively do it.
Strydom obliged with a course report 63 on Friday.
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South African newbie Christiaan Maas is tied third on 10-under following a 65 and is seeking to develop into the primary newbie winner of the sport’s second oldest nationwide Open since Denis Hutchinson in 1959.
Frenchman Clement Sordet additionally heads into the weekend on 10-under par.
But Lawrence is trying very comfy on the high of this leaderboard.
“I’m having loads of fun, especially when making a few long putts which I haven’t done in the last three weeks. It’s just been copy and paste in terms of what I’ve been doing the last few months – hitting it well from tee to green. The driver has been probably the best club in my bag all year, and this is quite a forgiving golf course off the tee. I’ve been giving myself a lot of chances out there. But I’m definitely pleased with the putting and looking forward to the weekend,” stated Lawrence.
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Strydom additionally completely loved his 63.
“It was a lot of fun. You don’t often have a round like this on this golf course. To go bogey-free here is very pleasing as well. I’m in a good position for the weekend. This championship means a lot to me. It’s one of those that every South African wants to win.”
As a lot because the South Africans can be pushing to win their nationwide Open, Sordet is relishing being in competition in a rustic the place he received a Challenge Tour occasion in March.
“I’m really enjoying my time in South Africa and I’m playing well. This tournament is pretty special. On the 18th you can see the banner with all the past champions on it, and you have some great names. Gary Player won this 13 times. It’s amazing to see those names there.”
And 19-year-old Maas is trying so as to add to that historical past himself. Playing in his third South African Open, Maas is seeking to develop into the eighth golfer to win each the Freddie Tait Cup for the main newbie and the principle skilled title in the identical yr. The final to take action was Hutchinson in 1959.
Scores from the unfinished South African Open second spherical:
-13 – Thriston Lawrence 64 67
-11 – Ockie Strydom 70 63
-10 – Clement Sordet 68 66, Christiaan Maas 69 65
-9 – Jens Fahrbring 65 70
-8 – Wilco Nienaber 67 69, Ross Fisher 65 71
-7 – Edoardo Molinari 67 70, Tapio Pulkkanen 70 67, Marcel Siem 69 68, Scott Jamieson 66 71, Marc Warren 68 69
-6 – Tom McKibbin 67 71, Ashun Wu 71 67, James Hart du Preez 70 68, Darren Fichardt 68 70, Deon Germishuys 69 69, Zander Lombard 69 (-3) [13], Luke Brown 67 (-1) [8]
-5 – Matthew Spacey 70 69, Wynand Dingle 71 68, Gary Hurley 69 70, Alejandro Del Rey 72 67, Christoffer Bring 68 71, Matti Schmid 66 (+1) [14], Francesco Laporta 71 (-4) [13], Adrian Otaegui 70 (-3) [12]
-4 – Renato Paratore 70 70, Richard Sterne 69 71, Rourke van der Spuy 71 (-3) [10], Jens Dantorp 68 (Par) [10], Pieter Moolman 70 (-2) [10], Jacques Kruyswijk 70 (-2) [10], David Ravetto 71 (-3) [10], Santiago Tarrio 67 (+1) [8], Jean Hugo 70 (-2) [7], Jeong Weon Ko 69 (-1) [6]
-3 – Daniel Brown 71 70, Kyle De Beer 69 72, Dean Burmester 70 71, MJ Viljoen 71 70, Brandon Stone 72 69, Jaco Prinsloo 70 71, Lukas Nemecz 73 68, Jonathan Broomhead 71 70, Thomas Aiken 68 73, Malcolm Mitchell 71 70, JJ Senekal 66 75, Oliver Bekker 71 (-2) [14], Dan Bradbury 68 (+1) [10], Nathan Kimsey 69 (Par) [10], Jayden Schaper 68 (+1) [10], Matthew Southgate 71 (-2) [10], Hennie du Plessis 70 (-1) [9], Alex Haindl 70 (-1) [8], Albert Venter 71 (-2) [7], MJ Daffue 71 (-2) [7]
-2 – Romain Langasque 71 71, Daniel van Tonder 74 68, Charl Schwartzel 68 74, JC Ritchie 73 69, Adrien Saddier 73 69, Kristian Krogh Johannessen 68 74, Aaron Cockerill 68 74, Chase Hanna 69 73, Aldrich Potgieter 71 (-1) [14], Jorge Campillo 73 (-3) [14], Nick Bachem 70 (Par) [12], Sami Valimaki 72 (-2) [12], Dylan Frittelli 70 (Par) [10], Joost Luiten 72 (-2) [10], Mikael Lindberg 70 (Par) [9], Freddy Schott 70 (Par) [8], Tristen Strydom 70 (Par) [8], Todd Clements 72 (-2) [8], Yurav Premlall 72 (-2) [8], Louis Albertse 73 (-3) [8], Sam Hutsby 69 (+1) [8], Bryce Easton 70 (Par) [7], Gudmundur Kristjansson 72 (-2) [6], Luca Filippi 70 (Par) [6]
Missed the lower:-
-1 – Toto Thimba Jnr 70 73, Shaun Norris 73 70, George Coetzee 71 72, Anthony Michael 67 76, Mateusz Gradecki 68 75, Marcus Armitage 75 68, Branden Grace 71 (Par) [10], Martin Simonsen 73 (-2) [9], Jaco Ahlers 73 (-2) [9], Merrick Bremner 71 (Par) [9], John Murphy 74 (-3) [7], Simon Forsstrom 71 (Par) [7]
Par – Heinrich Bruiners 73 71, Joshua Lee 75 69, Matthew Baldwin 73 71, Brooklin Bailey 73 (-1) [13], Martin Rohwer 70 (+2) [12], Jeremy Freiburghaus 69 (+3) [10], Angel Hidalgo 73 (-1) [9], Daniel Gavins 69 (+3) [8], Gary Stal 71 (+1) [6]
+1 – Robin Sciot-Siegrist 71 74, Grant Forrest 73 72, Louis de Jager 73 72, Callum Mowat 73 72, Erik van Rooyen 73 (Par) [14], Adam Breen 73 (Par) [12], Sean Crocker 71 (+2) [12], Combrinck Smit 71 (+2) [10], Jaco Van Zyl 74 (-1) [8], Michael Palmer 71 (+2) [7], Jake Redman 73 (Par) [6], Tobias Eden 75 (-2) [6]
+2 – Estiaan Conradie 77 69, Justin Walters 71 75, Philip Eriksson 75 71, Keelan Africa 73 (+1) [13], Stephen Ferreira 77 (-3) [10], Hennie Otto 73 (+1) [10], Jbe’ Kruger 74 (Par) [9], Alexander Knappe 72 (+2) [9], Jacques Blaauw 75 (-1) [7]
+3 – Nicholaus Frade 76 71, Janko van der Merwe 73 74, Jean-Paul Strydom 72 75, Lyle Rowe 73 74, Luke Jerling 70 77, Musiwalo Nethunzwi 71 76, Herman Loubser 75 72, Dylan Naidoo 74 (+1) [14], Keenan Davidse 71 (+4) [13], Dylan Mostert 75 (Par) [8]
+4 – Rhys Enoch 72 76, Darius van Driel 75 73, Matias Calderon 75 (+1) [13]
+5 – Anton Karlsson 75 74, James Morrison 72 77, Andrew Williamson 73 76, Wade Jacobs 77 72, CJ du Plessis 71 (+6) [10], Rupert Kaminski 73 (+4) [8]
+6 – Casey Jarvis 77 73, Dale Whitnell 72 (+6) [13], Joachim B. Hansen 76 (+2) [8]
+7 – Ruan Conradie 75 76, Graeme Storm 78 (+1) [10], Toby Tree 77 (+2) [9], Ruan Korb 75 (+4) [8], John Axelsen 75 (+4) [7]
+8 – Keelan van Wyk 77 75, Gerard du Plooy 77 (+3) [13]
+14 – Nikhil Rama 78 80
WDN – Oliver Hundeboll 78 WDN
RTD – Jacquin Hess 72 RTD [4], Haydn Porteous 76 RTD [9]
