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Day 2 in Numbers: Nedbank Golf Challenge
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Day 2 in Numbers: Nedbank Golf Challenge

Day two of the Nedbank Golf Challenge saw Luke Donald storm to the top of the leaderboard with an uncompromising second round performance. The Englishman leapfrogs Ross Fisher to take the halfway honour. Check out the best numbers from day two of the season here...

Luke Donald - had the putter working on Friday in Sun City

63 – for Luke Donald on day two saw the Englishman move into the lead

9– birdies and nine pars for the former World Number One

2 – shot lead for Donald over compatriot and first round leader Ross Fisher

30– holes without a bogey for Donald, who started with three bogeys in his first six holes in Sun City

1– baboon gave the midway tournament leader some worries when it forced the 36 year old to take evasive action

36– under par over his last eight rounds in South Africa for Fisher

6 – shots separate Donald from fifth-placed Marcel Siem

2– bogeys from the in-form and consistent Alexander Levy so far this week

3– Englishman are in the top four going into moving day in Sun City (Donald, Fisher & Danny Willett)

2– South Africans are in the top ten – Charl Schwartzel and Tim Clark, who are in a tie for sixth at three under par

33– on the way in for Lee Westwood (70) has the two-time champion eight shots off the lead

7 – birdies over the opening five holes for Kiradech Aphibarnrat, with the Thai only making three over the rest of the Gary Player CC

10– the long par five tenth played the easiest, averaging just 4.38 (18 under par for the combined field)

3– the par four third was the toughest hole on day two, averaging 4.24

29 – the amount of greens Tommy Fleetwood has hit in regulation the first two days

 

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