England’s Dan Bradbury shares the halfway lead at the Open de France after a second-round 66, with compatriot Justin Rose two shots back.
The 25-year-old Bradbury, whose only DP World Tour win to date came in his third event at that level at the Joburg Open two years ago, is alongside Belgium’s Thomas Detry and Swede Jesper Svensson on nine under par.
Bradbury birdied the third and ninth in a quiet front nine which also featured a bogey at the sixth. A 46-foot putt for eagle at the 14th was followed by back-to-back birdies in a stirring finish to his round.
Having shot 67 at Carnoustie in last week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, played across three courses, he said: “I’m feeling pretty good. Coming off a strong round last week at Carnoustie – missed the cut but a lot of positives and I managed to take them out into this week and played solid.
“I left a few out there yesterday, probably could have been a couple better today, but overall just very happy.”
The round of the day belonged to Detry, who shot an eight-under-par 63 – as he had in this summer’s Olympics, also played at Le Golf National.
Svensson shot 68, while Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen looked set for the lead at 11 under with two to play, only to bogey the 17th and find water for a double bogey at the last.
That dropped him into a group at eight under also featuring Rasmus Hojgaard, Simon Forsstrom, Fabrizio Zanotti and England’s Paul Waring, whose compatriots Rose and Matthew Jordan followed at seven under.
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