Davis Bryant started on the back nine and fired a hole-in-one at the par-3 12th as well as nine birdies and two bogeys for a 9-under 63, the lowest round of the tournament so far, to take the halfway lead at 12-under at the BMW International Open.
“I don’t really know what happened today. I think the ace kind of jumpstarted things,” said the American who is playing in his tenth start on the DP World Tour.
“I don’t feel like I’ve played my best golf since Q-School, to be honest. I had some time off over the holidays, played some HotelPlanner Tour events to start the year, and feel like my game is starting to get back to where I want it to be.
“Just super pleased with last week‘s finish, the first two rounds here, and then today, catching lightning in a bottle and just rolling with it.
“Not really thinking too far ahead. Everyone in the field can win this event. We’ve still got two rounds to go.”
Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan carded a bogey-free 65 to move into second place at 10-under.
England’s Jordan Smith shot a 67 featuring eight birdies and two bogeys for a share of third place at 9-under alongside his bogey-free compatriot Daniel Brown who shot a 65 and Japan’s Yuto Katsuragawa who made one bogey for a 67.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRYANT, Davis | -12 | 69 | 63 | 132 |
| 2 | REITAN, Kristoffer | -10 | 69 | 65 | 134 |
| 3 | SMITH, Jordan | -9 | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| | KATSURAGAWA, Yuto | -9 | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| | BROWN, Daniel | -9 | 70 | 65 | 135 |
| 6 | JAMIESON, Scott | -8 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| | JOHNSTON, Ryggs | -8 | 71 | 65 | 136 |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | -8 | 71 | 65 | 136 |
| | PUIG, David | -8 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| 10 | NEERGAARD-PETERSEN, Rasmus | -7 | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| DING, Wenyi | -7 | 67 | 70 | 137 | |
| | WU, Ashun | -7 | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| | SIEM, Marcel | -7 | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| | STONE, Brandon | -7 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| 15 | WIEDEMEYER, Tim (AM) | -6 | 72 | 66 | 138 |
| | GREEN, Gavin | -6 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| | GIRRBACH, Joel | -6 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| | PAVAN, Andrea | -6 | 73 | 65 | 138 |
| | SCHMID, Matti | -6 | 72 | 66 | 138 |
| | PENGE, Marco | -6 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | -6 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| | RAVETTO, David | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| | LUITEN, Joost | -6 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| | COUSSAUD, Ugo | -6 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| | CANTER, Laurie | -6 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| 26 | SMYLIE, Elvis | -5 | 73 | 66 | 139 |
| | HORSEY, David | -5 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | -5 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| | SADDIER, Adrien | -5 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| | SORDET, Clément | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| | SCHWAB, Matthias | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| | KOBORI, Kazuma | -5 | 72 | 67 | 139 |
| | LINDBERG, Mikael | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| | PURCELL, Conor | -5 | 72 | 67 | 139 |
| | LOMBARD, Zander | -5 | 73 | 66 | 139 |
| | LACROIX, Frederic | -5 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| 37 | CANTERO, Ivan | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| | NORRIS, Shaun | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| | PAUL, Yannik | -4 | 72 | 68 | 140 |
| | NAIDOO, Dylan | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| | RAMSAY, Richie | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| | FORREST, Grant | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| | ROBINSON THOMPSON, Brandon | -4 | 73 | 67 | 140 |
| | JORDAN, Matthew | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| | ELVIRA, Nacho | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| | BRYAN, Wesley | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| | MANSELL, Richard | -4 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| | KAYMER, Martin | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| | LEVY, Alexander | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| | PARRY, John | -4 | 72 | 68 | 140 |
| NAKAJIMA, Keita | -4 | 72 | 68 | 140 | |
| | AYORA, Angel | -4 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| 53 | ERICKSON, Dan | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | -3 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| | LAGERGREN, Joakim | -3 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| | KIMSEY, Nathan | -3 | 68 | 73 | 141 |
| | COCKERILL, Aaron | -3 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| | KO, Jeong weon | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| | LI, Haotong | -3 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| | HALVORSEN, Andreas | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| | CAMPILLO, Jorge | -3 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| | DANTORP, Jens | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| | WINTHER, Jeff | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| | LONG, Hurly | -3 | 73 | 68 | 141 |
| | LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| CUT | |||||
| 69 | HIRMER, Michael | -2 | 75 | 67 | 142 |
| | LEMKE, Niklas | -2 | 73 | 69 | 142 |
| | FISHER, Ross | -2 | 74 | 68 | 142 |
| | DEAN, Joe | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
| | HILLIER, Daniel | -2 | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | -2 | 73 | 69 | 142 |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | -2 | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| | WU, Brandon | -2 | 69 | 73 | 142 |
| | AHLAWAT, Veer | -2 | 74 | 68 | 142 |
| | GALE, Daniel | -2 | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| | SCHMIDT, Ben | -2 | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| | VAILLANT, Tom | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
| | VAN DRIEL, Darius | -2 | 67 | 75 | 142 |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar | -2 | 74 | 68 | 142 |
| | REED, Patrick | -2 | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| | DEL REY, Alejandro | -2 | 75 | 67 | 142 |
| | HEBERT, Benjamin | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
| 87 | CHAPPELL, Kevin | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | -1 | 74 | 69 | 143 |
| | DE BRUYN, Jannik | -1 | 71 | 72 | 143 |
| | GUERRIER, Julien | -1 | 76 | 67 | 143 |
| | KIM, MK | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| | TETAK, Tadeas | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| | GERMISHUYS, Deon | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| | SENIOR, Jack | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| | GUMBERG, Jordan | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| | FICHARDT, Darren | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| | KIEFFER, Maximilian | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | -1 | 70 | 73 | 143 |
| | BALLESTER, Jose Luis | -1 | 74 | 69 | 143 |
| | JARVIS, Casey | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| SCHOTT, Freddy | -1 | 71 | 72 | 143 | |
| | FERGUSON, Ewen | -1 | 75 | 68 | 143 |
| 103 | VAN VELZEN, Ryan | Par | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| | BROWN, Hamish | Par | 75 | 69 | 144 |
| | SCHAPER, Jayden | Par | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| | MOSCATEL, Joel | Par | 73 | 71 | 144 |
| | CROCKER, Sean | Par | 75 | 69 | 144 |
| | HILL, Calum | Par | 73 | 71 | 144 |
| | CHRISTENSEN, Tiger | Par | 74 | 70 | 144 |
| | MOLINARI, Edoardo | Par | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| | MICHELUZZI, David | Par | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| | CLEMENTS, Todd | Par | 77 | 67 | 144 |
| | SYME, Connor | Par | 73 | 71 | 144 |
| | SHAUN, Corey | Par | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| | GLAWE, Wolfgang (AM) | Par | 75 | 69 | 144 |
| | STERNE, Richard | Par | 73 | 71 | 144 |
| | BAIRSTOW, Sam | Par | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| 118 | NIENABER, Wilco | +1 | 69 | 76 | 145 |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | +1 | 73 | 72 | 145 |
| | STRYDOM, Ockie | +1 | 76 | 69 | 145 |
| | VEERMAN, Johannes | +1 | 74 | 71 | 145 |
| | VECCHI FOSSA, Jacopo | +1 | 70 | 75 | 145 |
| | AIKEN, Thomas | +1 | 76 | 69 | 145 |
| | OLESEN, Jacob Skov | +1 | 74 | 71 | 145 |
| | LINDELL, Oliver | +1 | 74 | 71 | 145 |
| | DONALD, Luke | +1 | 73 | 72 | 145 |
| 127 | WILLIAMS, Robin | +2 | 78 | 68 | 146 |
| | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | +2 | 77 | 69 | 146 |
| | ZANOTTI, Fabrizio | +2 | 75 | 71 | 146 |
| | ÅKESSON, Björn | +2 | 75 | 71 | 146 |
| | HIDALGO, Angel | +2 | 78 | 68 | 146 |
| | WIESBERGER, Bernd | +2 | 77 | 69 | 146 |
| | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai | +2 | 74 | 72 | 146 |
| | BRYAN, George | +2 | 73 | 73 | 146 |
| 135 | SEMIKAWA, Taiga | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | +3 | 72 | 75 | 147 |
| | FORSSTRÖM, Simon | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
| | GARCIA, Sergio | +3 | 75 | 72 | 147 |
| | COUVRA, Martin | +3 | 71 | 76 | 147 |
| | PULKKANEN, Tapio | +3 | 73 | 74 | 147 |
| | FRANCES, Alexander | +3 | 73 | 74 | 147 |
| | MERRITT, Troy | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
| | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
| | COLSAERTS, Nicolas | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
| 145 | BJERREGAARD, Lucas | +4 | 71 | 77 | 148 |
| | DE LEO, Gregorio | +4 | 78 | 70 | 148 |
| | HORDER, Nicolas | +4 | 76 | 72 | 148 |
| | ELVIRA, Manuel | +4 | 75 | 73 | 148 |
| | BARNES, Erik | +4 | 74 | 74 | 148 |
| | WILSON, Andrew | +4 | 75 | 73 | 148 |
| | FITZPATRICK, Alex | +4 | 73 | 75 | 148 |
| | JIN, Zihao | +4 | 77 | 71 | 148 |
| 153 | BALDWIN, Matthew | +6 | 76 | 74 | 150 |
| 154 | CHACARRA, Eugenio | +8 | 73 | 79 | 152 |
| 155 | TRAINER, Martin | +14 | 77 | 81 | 158 |
| W/D | PINEAU, Pierre | +8 | 80 | - | - |
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