Bremner, Groenewald in Wild Coast lead

Merrick Bremner shot an impressive six-under-par 64 in the second round of the Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge to take his total to seven-under for the week and share the lead with Vaughn Groenewald ahead of the final round.

Bremner started on the 10th and made birdies on 12, 14 and 16 with no bogeys on that nine. His homeward stretch was similar as he made four more birdies, with a dropped shot on the par-three fourth threatening to halt his progress on moving day.

While admitting to playing a few bad shots earlier on in the round, Bremner was happy with the work he put in in round two at Wild Coast.

“I hit a couple of strange shots earlier on,” he noted, “but, other than that I was pretty solid from tee to green. The wind was similar to yesterday, same direction and a lot stronger. But, it doesn’t really affect you that much. You just have to stick to your plan and execute,” he said.

Groenewald played a flawless five-under-par round as he didn’t drop a single shot in what he said might be the best round of golf he’s played.

He admitted, however, that it was tough out there and as a result he didn’t make as many putts as he would have liked, but is happy with his ball-striking. “Look, it was tough out there,” he said.

“It feels like a train has hit me now because of all the concentrating. It was shot-by-shot. I think it was one of the best rounds I’ve ever played. Even with not making a lot of putts, the ball striking was great the whole round,” Groenewald remarked.

Oliver Bekker takes up third spot on six-under-par after he signed for a five-under-par 65. He also shot a bogey-free round in which he made birdies on the first, third, seventh, 12th and 16th holes.

“Today the wind is blowing, the greens are tricky but I made a couple of par saves,” Bekker said, “and, I hit a lot of greens today so that kind of made it easier.”

Alex Haindl lies fourth on five-under, while PH McIntyre, Ockie Strydom and Neil Schietekat lie fifth on four-under. Member of the Gary Player Class of 2017-18 Keenan Davidse is on three-under and shares eighth place with Daniel van Tonder.

Tyrone Ryan, Christiaan Basson, Darren Fichardt, Doug McGuigan, MJ Viljoen and Tyrone Ferreira are all tied at 10th on two-under for the week.