DP World Tour : Nedbank Challenge Leaderboard
Max Homa and Matthieu Pavon share a one-shot advantage ahead of a stacked leaderboard at the halfway mark of the 2023 Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Pavon carded the joint lowest round of the day with a brilliant 66 to set the clubhouse lead at ten under par, which was only matched by World Number Eight Homa in Sun City.
Five players topped the leaderboard in some capacity during the second round, but it was the Frenchman who got his nose in front thanks to an eagle, five birdies and a solitary bogey.
Homa, who has yet to drop a shot in 36 holes at Gary Player Country Club, rolled in four birdies to reach double figures, while overnight co-leader Dan Bradbury bogeyed the last to drop one behind.
Danish duo Thorbjørn Olesen and Nicolai Højgaard sat in a tie for fourth at eight under, with home favourite Hennie Du Plessis and Scot Richie Ramsay one shot further back.
"I'm very pleased, a little surprised, pleasantly surprised. It's been nice, the body's feeling better as the week's gone on," Homa said.
"I woke up today and felt like a golfer again, so that was nice. It's a real dream. If you fly 20-odd hours over here, you may as well play some good golf. So it's nice that I'm doing that."
Double defending champion Tommy Fleetwood sits four shots adrift at six under, alongside fellow Englishmen Matt Wallace and Matthew Jordan, Swedish pair Norrman and Sebastian Söderberg, Frenchman Guerrier and Justin Thomas, who signed for a 66.
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