Anders Hansen was delighted as he carded a second round 69 to stay well in the hunt for a first Major title at the US PGA Championship.
The Dane moved to three under par at Atlanta Athletic Club – four behind overnight Steve Stricker, who was still to tee off.
“I thought I played solid today,” he said. “I think I hit 16 greens today and I putted decently. The course is set up very, very tough today. They stuck the pins out in the corners and made it tough for us today, so it's difficult to hit it really, really close.
“But the course is playing really nice and in such good conditions. The greens are great, the fairways are awesome.”
The three-time European Tour winner mixed four birdies and three bogeys to set the early clubhouse target.
“You know, I'm three under, I don't know, obviously, how it's going to look at the end of the day, but doesn't look it's going to be so far away,” he added. “But in good position and just take it from there.
“If you go out and look at the first five holes, look at those pins, it sort of gives you an idea of what the pins are. They are really, really tucked, and obviously there was a couple they couldn't tuck because they don't have any pins left for Sunday. They put a few tees up to make it a bit more playable, so that's good.”
