Swedish teenager Marcus Kinhult became only the second amateur in European Tour history to lead at the end of the first two rounds when he took a share of the lead at the halfway stage of the Nordea Masters
After carding a five under par 67 at PGA Sweden National on Thursday, Kinhult picked up where he left off on day two, firing five birdies and a bogey in a 68 to finish nine under par and equal the record set by Aaron Pike at the 2007 MasterCard Masters.
Malmo resident Jens Dantorp, who shared the overnight lead with the 18 year old amateur, carded four birdies on his front nine before picking up another shot at the 14th to join Kinhult at the top of the leaderboard.
I can see the organizers have gone deep into the Challenge Tour ranks to fill this field, As I mentioned yesterday there are 35 Swedes in the field before the cut and the co-leaders are not the only Swedish players fighting at the top of the leaderboard, with Sebastian Soderberg two shots behind them and Alex Noren a further shot back on -6After carding a five under par 67 at PGA Sweden National on Thursday, Kinhult picked up where he left off on day two, firing five birdies and a bogey in a 68 to finish nine under par and equal the record set by Aaron Pike at the 2007 MasterCard Masters.
Malmo resident Jens Dantorp, who shared the overnight lead with the 18 year old amateur, carded four birdies on his front nine before picking up another shot at the 14th to join Kinhult at the top of the leaderboard.
The best of them all, Henrik Stenson shot a level par 72 to finish at -2 to hang around for the weekend.
Bryan (notes from europeantour.com)
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