(Reuters) – After the second round of the Bahrain Championship on Friday, Jesper Svensson shot his lowest round of the day with a 7-under 65, rocketing up the leaderboard and sharing the overall lead with Joel Gerbach and Dylan Frittelli. .
The Swede started the day six shots behind the leader, but made five birdies and one eagle in the first 10 holes, bogeyed the 17th hole, and added another birdie on the final hole to take his total. He tied for the lead with 9 under par. .
“It was tough out there,” Svensson said after a windy day at the Royal Golf Course.
“I decided from the beginning that I was going to play pretty conservatively, and I was playing with a big goal in mind. In the first part of the round, I felt like I had a chance to go in every time I got the putter, so that was good.”
Gerbach overcame a slow start with bogeys on his first two holes and shot a 2-under 70 after starting the round one stroke behind leader Tom Vaillant last night despite making four bogeys overall. did.
“I had a terrible start with two bogeys in the wind. It was tough early in the morning, but I was happy that I was able to persevere and finish,” Gerbach said.
South Africa’s Frittelli made a final birdie on the 68th to share the lead with Alejandro Del Rey as the favorite, but the Spaniard’s final bogey left him one shot behind the trio. .
Vaillant lost the lead with a 1-over-par round, but is still in contention with the lead group just two strokes behind.
(Reporting by Trevor Stines; Editing by Toby Davis)
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