Thomas Pieters carded his lowest ever round at Wentworth Golf Club to put himself right in contention heading into the weekend at the 2021 BMW PGA Championship.
The big hitting Belgian is a four time European Tour winner and Ryder Cup player but remarkably entered this week 21 over for his career on the West Course, with a best finish of 14th in the inaugural Rolex Series event in 2017.
He made a mockery of that form on day two, going bogey free with six birdies to get to eight under, and revealed that, despite his indifferent scoring over the years, he was a huge fan of European Tour HQ.
"I just love a really tough challenge, just mentally," he said.
"It's fantastic. Friends and family are out, it's a lot of fun. It's the one we look forward to the whole year and hopefully I can put in a good performance this weekend."
It's fantastic. Friends and family are out, it's a lot of fun. It's the one we look forward to the whole year
He added: "Early on there was no wind but it's still such a tough course that you need to hit golf shots, and I hit a few today, but overall the first two days I scrambled the ball well and got up and down from everywhere.
"I got out of position a couple of times on the back nine and made par from like 80 yards or long bunker shots. That's the kind of stuff that keeps the round going.
"I've been striking the ball well so that's always good around here. I just needed to find something with my putting and I holed some nice putts.
"I feel like I've made a couple of changes and it paid off these last few days."
