DP World Tour : Alfred Dunhill Championship Leaderboard Weather
Marcus Kinhult will take a commanding three-shot lead into the weekend at the Alfred Dunhill Championship after following up Thursday's stunning 65 with a second-round 68 on another red hot day at Leopard Creek Country Club where temperatures soared to 43*c well over 100*f
The Swede began the day a single shot off the lead after producing the lowest afternoon score in sweltering heat on day one.
And he continued to impress on Friday, making the most of cooler morning conditions before the temperature rose later in his round.
The 28-year-old, whose only DP World Tour title to date came at the 2019 Betfred British Masters, made a total of seven birdies and three bogeys in his 68 to reach -11.
None of the afternoon starters came close to catching Kinhult at the summit, with home favourite Dean Burmester, England's Dale Whitnell and Italian Andrea Pavan his nearest challengers on -8
Kinhult said: "It was hot. It was actually OK this morning, I would say, but after five or six holes I got the umbrella up and tried to hide under that for most of the day.
"It was a good day so I'm happy.
"Yesterday was really good, I'm super happy with that round. I feel like I played well today also but I didn't quite take advantage of the par fives today. I think that was the only difference.
"But I'm not upset. It was a good score today and I'm looking forward to two more rounds.
"Hopefully we can keep improving and we'll see where that takes us."
edit *** The cut dropped from -1 to Even half way through the round giving Louis Oosthuizen and Canada's Aaron Cockerill both 71 73 E amongst others, hopes of playing the weekend, however as the scores came in the top 60 and ties moved it back to a final -1.
Cockerill who is from Winnipeg where it is -23*c, (now living in Dubai) will now take the family back to Canada for Christmas.
europeantour.com
Bryan Angus (edit)
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