After the fiendish test of Thursday, Friday presented more friendly scoring conditions for the second round at Tomson Shanghai Pudong. Here, EuropeanTour.com picks out 12 of the best numbers as the Volvo China Open reaches its halfway point.
136- is the low score, held by Julien Quesne, after two days of action in China
9– scrambles from 11 attempts for the leader, who has shown off some fine touches so far this week
15- Shot improvement from Thursday to Friday for Chilean Felipe Aguilar (80-65), who credited the European Tour Physio Unit for helping heal a troublesome hip injury
6- Bogey-free scores in the second round after just two during a tough first day's play (they belonged to Jérôme Lando-Casanova, Li Hao-tong, Wu Ashun, Grégory Havret, Felipe Aguilar & David Drysdale)
7- Holes played under par on Friday compared to just one on Thursday
4- Frenchmen inside the top four after two rounds in Shanghai. Two of the last four winners of the Volvo China Open have been French speakers (Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts - 2011, and Alex Levy - 2014)
5- of Matteo Manassero's last six rounds have come in under par. Prior to this fine run the young Italian, who shot 68 today to sit three off the lead after 36 holes, had only shot under par five times in last 31 European Tour rounds
67- Players made the cut on two over par and better
3- Eagles so far this week (one on Thursday, two today) with Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC's par fives playing fiendishly long and tough
6- of last week's final top ten standings at the Shenzhen International are currently inside the Volvo China Open top ten with 36 holes remaining (Quesne, Levy, Uihlein, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Howell & Li). Form horses.
3- Two-time winners in The 2015 Race to Dubai so far (Branden Grace, Andy Sullivan and Andy Sullivan). Aphibarnrat, victor last week, is one of those well lodged inside the top ten going into the weekend and in with a chance of adding to that number in Shanghai
2- Chinese players are in the top five heading into the weekend (Li & Wu) - meaning home support will not be lacking on Saturday and Sunday
