DP World Tour : Austrian Alpine Open Leaderboard
Marcel Schneider remains the man to catch at the halfway stage of the Austrian Alpine Open presented by SalzburgerLand after posting a flawless 66 on Friday to keep his two-shot lead.
The German started the day two clear of the chasing pack after Thursday's opening 63 and made a patient start to the second round early in the morning, opening with seven straight pars before picking up back-to-back birdies on the eighth and ninth to turn in 33.
And Schneider made further gains on the 14th and 18th to set the clubhouse target at -11.
He said: "My plan was to continue what I did yesterday, and that worked out well. "I have to say, off the tee I wasn’t as strong as yesterday. But I managed well on the holes where I missed the fairways to come out with par, so I didn’t drop a shot. Overall, super happy.
"It’s great having the support. Playing close to home is always nice. I love being in Austria as well. I like that."
None of the later starters were able to catch the 35-year-old at the top, with countryman Nicolai von Dellingshausen his nearest challenger on -9
England's Callum Tarren was alone in third another shot further back -8 after carding seven birdies and no bogeys in his 63.
New Zealand's Daniel Hillier finished with an eagle on the 18th to sit alongside South African Jayden Schaper on -7.
edit **** Canada's Aaron Cockerill is in a huge group at -5 pairing an opening 66 -4 with a -1 69 for T11 -5
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