Porsche European Open - Day two digest

Everything you need to know from Friday's second round at Green Eagle Golf Courses.

Long got a pleasant surprise at the par-five 11th, while Kieffer grabbed the solo lead on day two of the 2023 Porsche European Open.

Here is everything you need to know from Friday's second round at Green Eagle Golf Courses.

Kieffer hits the front on his own

First-round co-leader Maximilian Kieffer continued to shine in front of his home crowd in round two. Starting from the tenth tee, he birdied the tenth, 14th, 15th and 18th to climb to eight under par before a double bogey on the short eighth dropped him back to six under. He leads by one shot at the halfway stage of the tournament.

Long makes memorable albatross

Home hope Hurly Long admitted he was in a state of disbelief when he realised he had made an albatross on the par-five 11th. The 27-year-old holed his approach shot from around 280 yards using a three wood but didn't discover it had gone in until he got up to the green. He said: "I honestly couldn't believe it when I got up there because I didn't know initially that it was in. I had, I think, 259 metres. To be fair to myself, I did hit a perfect shot, I was going right at it and I called it pretty early. I said 'Go in'. And then it disappeared but the stats guy standing there didn't react so I was like 'Well, it can't be that good'. And we got up there and he was like 'Nice shot'. And it was in the hole! So I was pretty pumped about that as I'd never had one."

Ferguson's success from the sand

Scotland's Ewen Ferguson caught the eye when he decided to putt his way out of a bunker on Thursday. He stuck to his guns in the second round and reaped the rewards, holing from the sand with his putter for a brilliant birdie...

Jazz's amazing ace

Jazz Janewattananond became the second person to make an ace at the par-three second this week, holing from 229 yards with a five iron. Germany's Jannik De Bruyn was the first, having achieved the feat on Thursday.

Law goes low

With just two players managing to break 70 on the tricky host course on day one, eyebrows were raised as David Law made an eagle and six birdies on his front side - the back nine - on Friday to turn in 30. Two more birdies and three bogeys after the turn saw him sign for a seven-under-par 66, the lowest round of the week, to head into the weekend one shot off the lead.

Siem's big finish

Fan favourite Marcel Siem lived up to his billing as a great entertainer as he holed a monster eagle putt from just off the 18th green to spark wild celebrations from his home crowd. Check out these amazing scenes...