Everything you need to know from Friday at Le Golf National.
Thomas Detry turned in an Olympian effort, Grégory Havret extended his career and Justin Rose ate up his chips on day two of the 2024 FedEx Open de France.
Here is everything you need to know from Friday at Le Golf National.
Deja vu for Detry
Detry shared the halfway lead with Sweden's Jesper Svensson and Englishman Dan Bradbury at nine under par. The Belgian gained eight of those shots in Friday's round as he matched the 63 he shot at the same stage of this summer's Olympic Games at the same venue, where he eventually finished ninth. He said: "I've been over here so many times. I also shot 63 on Friday at the Olympics. I'm close to home here, lots of friends coming over the weekend, fans, family is not far away as well. I just love it."
Easy eagle
Bradbury produced a highlight of his own with a brilliant long-range eagle putt at the 14th which, helped by the back-to-back birdies that followed, gave him a second-round 66. Asked to describe his eagle, he said: "Just a solid drive. Pushing a three-iron, 260 (yards to the pin) but three-wood was going to go long so hit a three-iron as hard as I could to 45 feet and holed it. Easy!"
Havret's not ready to finish
Tributes were paid to Grégory Havret as the 47-year-old teed it up on home soil for his 560th and final DP World Tour event. A first-round 75 meant Friday looked like being his last professional round, but instead he produced five birdies, just a single bogey and a pair of nerveless par putts at the final two holes to make the cut on the line at one under and give himself two more days on Tour. The 2001 Atlanet Open, 2007 Barclays Scottish Open and 2008 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles winner, and 2010 U.S. Open runner-up, said: "I wanted so hard to make that cut. Those wins back in 2007, 2008, even 2001, Pebble Beach for the U.S. Open 2010, I didn't feel such a thing since that. I'm happy to play that good and continue the weekend."
No putter required for Rose
Justin Rose reached the halfway point of the tournament two shots off the lead at seven under after a 68 featuring a pair of notable highlights on the front nine. With his feet in a bunker and the ball on the grass above at the third, he chipped in for a magnificent eagle:
And his putter got another hole off at the sixth thanks to this effort.
