Grant Forrest closed with a 62, the lowest round of the week so far, marred by a single bogey at the par-4 2nd to take a share of the lead at 10-under in the ISPS Handa Championship.
Incredible 6⃣2⃣ from @grantforrest93 🏴
Searching for his second DPWT title 🙏#ISPSHandaChampionship https://t.co/wiEadF8xXS pic.twitter.com/BWXACdiR8Q
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) April 21, 2023
“I didn’t realise where I was until the last green and I thought ‘oh this is for a 62’,” said the Scot.
“Just plugged away all day. Got the putter going, I didn’t really hole any putts yesterday but managed to roll in a few.
“Got one in on the eighth, our 17th, from a long way. Other than that, just pretty solid.
“I’m looking forward to the weekend. The course is firming up a bit. There have been some tucked pins and I imagine it will stay the same going into the weekend.”
Australia’s Lucas Herbert and Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond both carded 63s for their share of the lead.
✈️ Delayed flights
⛔️ Missed practice round
⛳️ Never seen the course before@lhgolf5 shares the lead after Day 2 🇦🇺#ISPSHandaChampionship pic.twitter.com/tHTRTfIEW2— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) April 21, 2023
“It was amazing,” said Janewattananond. “It was slow at the start and then it built up and had a really good finish.
“I’m feeling good, feeling comfortable on the golf course, not so tense. I used to play on the JGTO (Japan Golf Tour Organisation) so it’s good to be back here in Japan playing a similar golf course to what I used to play back in 2019, so it’s good to be back.”
Germany’s Maximilian Kieffer closed with a 65 for solo fourth place at 9-under followed by South Africa’s Dean Germishuys (68), Japan’s Takumi Kanaya (66) and England’s Jordan Smith (66) at 8-under.
Overnight leader Andy Sullivan of England closed with a 70 and lies in a share of eighth place at 7-under.
