Nathan Holman is the current Australian PGA Championship champion and buoyed by that win he will take a two-shot lead into the weekend at the Maybank Championship Malaysia after a late birdie surge at Royal Selangor Golf Club which opened over 100 years ago under British rule, right in the heart of this throbbing Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur.
The 24 year old has dropped just one shot so far this week and followed up his opening 64 with a 65 this morning to move clear of Richard Bland, who also registered a 65.
Holman was playing in just his 16th European Tour event when he won the Australian PGA Championship in December and is now in the running to make it two wins in his first 20 starts.
Bland from England, in contrast, is looking for his first win at the 378th attempt but has yet to make a bogey this week and has made a steady start to the season, securing a tie for seventh at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
The 24 year old has dropped just one shot so far this week and followed up his opening 64 with a 65 this morning to move clear of Richard Bland, who also registered a 65.
Holman was playing in just his 16th European Tour event when he won the Australian PGA Championship in December and is now in the running to make it two wins in his first 20 starts.
Bland from England, in contrast, is looking for his first win at the 378th attempt but has yet to make a bogey this week and has made a steady start to the season, securing a tie for seventh at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
Danny Willett, Jorge Campillo, Soomin Lee and Miguel Tabuena are all five shots behind the leader at -8. Willett ran out of gas late in his round suffering from a cold and a little jet lagged.
Bryan Angus
(notes from europeantour.com)
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