Jeppe Kristian Andersen will take a two stroke lead into the weekend of the Indoor Golf Group Challenge after play was abandoned on day two due to a waterlogged course at Landeryds Golfklubb in Sweden.
The Dane moved into the lead by carding four birdies in a row from the fourth hole before adding two further gains at the 11th and 14th to reach 12 under par for the week. Frenchman Oihan Guillamoundeguy is two shots off the lead at ten under par alongside Denmark’s Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and German Max Rottluff, who had earlier aced the par three fifth.
Andersen, who is one of 78 players who will return to the course on Saturday to complete their second rounds, admits the course in Vesterby is one that he is familiar with having teed it up here on several previous occasions.
“I know this course well as I’m used to playing it in the Nordic League,” he said. “I was actually in a play-off here in 2021 with one of the Swedish guys.
“It just suits my eye from the tee. The greens are firm and fast which I like too. The greens weren’t as firm today due to the rain, but maybe that made it a little bit easier. They were still quick though. All of the aspects of this course suit me quite well.
“You have to hit fairways here. They’re pretty wide but you need to hit the fairways so that you can control the spin when hitting into the greens with them being so firm. The greens are elevated, so my key is to putt even from the run offs, just to make sure I give myself a chance at a par save if I do miss the green.
“I played well. I haven’t really made any mistakes yet although I’ve got four holes to play in my second round, so we’ll see how tomorrow goes. Every shot, every hole, I’ll take it one at a time. It doesn’t bother me too much with the delay.”
Danish duo Sebastian Friedrichsen and Lucas Bjerregaard, Englishman Ashley Chesters and overnight leader Benjamin Follett-Smith from Zimbabwe share fifth place on eight under par.
The second round will resume at 8:00am local time.
