France’s Adrien Saddier played 36 holes on Friday at the weather affected Omega European Masters. He carded a first round bogey-free, 8-under 62 featuring an eagle at the par-5 15th and went on to make a single bogey for a second-round 65. He currently leads at 13-under with play suspended overnight and many players yet to start their second round.
“I’m pretty happy. It was a long day, to be honest,” said Saddier . “I got a good start this morning – the momentum was good on the first nine and then I just kept holing the putts.
“It was a good day and we like this kind of day. It was just nice to finish with a birdie.”
Defending champion Matt Wallace of England made one bogey and closed with a 63 to move into second place at 12-under.
“I had three great nines. I would put it that way,” said Wallace.
“The first nine this morning wasn’t very good but I managed to get it round and then I found something on the back nine. I played really nicely this afternoon.
“I said to myself a few times out there today that I’m the defending champion so let’s try to keep it that way.”
England’s Jordan Smith fired a 66 featuring an eagle at the 15th, three birdies and one bogey for a share of third place at 11-under alongside South African Thriston Lawrence who eagled the par-5 14th and made two bogeys for his 66.
Play will resume at 07:40 Saturday morning. Round 3 will not start before 14:30 local time.

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| Pos. | Player | Round | Hole | To Par | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SADDIER, Adrien | -5 | 18 | -13 | 62 | 65 | 127 |
| 2 | WALLACE, Matt | -7 | 18 | -12 | 65 | 63 | 128 |
| 3 | SMITH, Jordan | -4 | 18 | -11 | 63 | 66 | 129 |
| | LAWRENCE, Thriston | -4 | 18 | -11 | 63 | 66 | 129 |
| 5 | LAGERGREN, Joakim | -4 | 16 | -8 | 66 | - | - |
| 6 | VÄLIMÄKI, Sami | -4 | 18 | -7 | 67 | 66 | 133 |
| | PARRY, John | -3 | 18 | -7 | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| | ROZNER, Antoine | -6 | 18 | -7 | 69 | 64 | 133 |
| 9 | COLSAERTS, Nicolas | -2 | 18 | -6 | 66 | 68 | 134 |
| | PAVAN, Andrea | -2 | 18 | -6 | 66 | 68 | 134 |
| CATLIN, John | -1 | 18 | -6 | 65 | 69 | 134 | |
| | FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin | Par | 14 | -6 | 64 | - | - |
| 13 | RODGERS, Patrick | -2 | 18 | -5 | 67 | 68 | 135 |
| | SÖDERBERG, Sebastian | -5 | 18 | -5 | 70 | 65 | 135 |
| | VAN DRIEL, Darius | -5 | 18 | -5 | 70 | 65 | 135 |
| | AIKEN, Thomas | -4 | 18 | -5 | 69 | 66 | 135 |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | -4 | 18 | -5 | 69 | 66 | 135 |
| | BJERREGAARD, Lucas | -3 | 5 | -5 | 68 | - | - |
| | MANSELL, Richard | Par | 3 | -5 | 65 | - | - |
| | CANTERO, Ivan | Par | 2 | -5 | 65 | - | - |
| | KLEU, Ronan | - | - | -5 | 65 | - | - |
| | BALDWIN, Matthew | - | - | -5 | 65 | - | - |
| 23 | ROTTLUFF, Maximilian | +1 | 18 | -4 | 65 | 71 | 136 |
| | HIDALGO, Angel | -3 | 18 | -4 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| | WIESBERGER, Bernd | Par | 18 | -4 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| PENGE, Marco | -4 | 18 | -4 | 70 | 66 | 136 | |
| | LI, Haotong | +1 | 18 | -4 | 65 | 71 | 136 |
| | WILSON, Andrew | -1 | 18 | -4 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
| | JARVIS, Casey | -3 | 18 | -4 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | -3 | 18 | -4 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| | TARREN, Callum | -1 | 15 | -4 | 67 | - | - |
| | LINDELL, Oliver | -1 | 4 | -4 | 67 | - | - |
| | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | -2 | 3 | -4 | 68 | - | - |
| | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | Par | 2 | -4 | 66 | - | - |
| | ELVIRA, Nacho | - | - | -4 | 66 | - | - |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | - | - | -4 | 66 | - | - |
| | FITZPATRICK, Matt | - | - | -4 | 66 | - | - |
| 38 | HUTSBY, Sam | -3 | 18 | -3 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| | CASEY, Paul | -2 | 18 | -3 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| | LOMBARD, Zander | -1 | 18 | -3 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| | SIEM, Marcel | -4 | 18 | -3 | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| | HEBERT, Benjamin | -1 | 18 | -3 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| | ELVIRA, Manuel | -1 | 3 | -3 | 68 | - | - |
| | NEMECZ, Lukas | - | - | -3 | 67 | - | - |
| | SORDET, Clément | - | - | -3 | 67 | - | - |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | - | - | -3 | 67 | - | - |
| | ZANOTTI, Fabrizio | - | - | -3 | 67 | - | - |
| | GIRRBACH, Joel | - | - | -3 | 67 | - | - |
| | WILLETT, Danny | - | - | -3 | 67 | - | - |
| | STONE, Brandon | - | - | -3 | 67 | - | - |
| 51 | CAMPILLO, Jorge | -3 | 18 | -2 | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar | -2 | 18 | -2 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| | KAWAMURA, Masahiro | -4 | 18 | -2 | 72 | 66 | 138 |
| | WU, Brandon | -1 | 18 | -2 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| | NOREN, Alex | -1 | 18 | -2 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| | MERRITT, Troy | -1 | 18 | -2 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| | ENDYCOTT, Harrison | -1 | 18 | -2 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| | MJAASETH, Michael (AM) | Par | 18 | -2 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| | TETAK, Tadeas | -2 | 18 | -2 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| | WILLIAMS, Robin | Par | 16 | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | DE LEO, Gregorio | Par | 15 | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | KENNEDY, Frank | Par | 15 | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | KIMSEY, Nathan | +1 | 15 | -2 | 67 | - | - |
| | LINDBERG, Mikael | Par | 5 | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | NAKAJIMA, Keita | +1 | 2 | -2 | 67 | - | - |
| | CLEMENTS, Todd | Par | 2 | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | KNAPPE, Alexander | - | - | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | LEMKE, Niklas | - | - | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | LAIRD, Martin | - | - | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | DEL REY, Alejandro | - | - | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | MANASSERO, Matteo | - | - | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | STERNE, Richard | - | - | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | NEERGAARD-PETERSEN, Rasmus | - | - | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | HØJGAARD, Rasmus | - | - | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| | JOHNSTON, Ryggs | - | - | -2 | 68 | - | - |
| Projected Cut | |||||||
| 76 | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa | -2 | 18 | -1 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| | GREEN, Gavin | -3 | 18 | -1 | 72 | 67 | 139 |
| | COUVRA, Martin | -3 | 18 | -1 | 72 | 67 | 139 |
| | LEVY, Alexander | -1 | 18 | -1 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| | GUGLER, Cedric | Par | 18 | -1 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| | TARRIO, Santiago | -3 | 15 | -1 | 72 | - | - |
| | BROWN, Hamish | +3 | 14 | -1 | 66 | - | - |
| | ALBERTSE, Louis | Par | 4 | -1 | 69 | - | - |
| | ROBINSON THOMPSON, Brandon | Par | 3 | -1 | 69 | - | - |
| | FRANCES, Alexander George | - | - | -1 | 69 | - | - |
| | GALE, Daniel | - | - | -1 | 69 | - | - |
| | BEKIRIAN, Jean | - | - | -1 | 69 | - | - |
| | BRUN, Julien | - | - | -1 | 69 | - | - |
| | AHLAWAT, Veer | - | - | -1 | 69 | - | - |
| | SCHAPER, Jayden | - | - | -1 | 69 | - | - |
| | COUSSAUD, Ugo | - | - | -1 | 69 | - | - |
| | AYORA, Angel | - | - | -1 | 69 | - | - |
| | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | - | - | -1 | 69 | - | - |
| 94 | DING, Wenyi | Par | 18 | Par | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| | OLESEN, Jacob Skov | +3 | 18 | Par | 67 | 73 | 140 |
| | HØJGAARD, Nicolai | -3 | 18 | Par | 73 | 67 | 140 |
| | JORDAN, Matthew | +2 | 18 | Par | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| | SCHNEIDER, Marcel | -2 | 18 | Par | 72 | 68 | 140 |
| | ERICKSON, Dan | +2 | 14 | Par | 68 | - | - |
| | HUIZING, Daan | +1 | 14 | Par | 69 | - | - |
| SENIOR, Jack | Par | 4 | Par | 70 | - | - | |
| | BESSELING, Wil | - | - | Par | 70 | - | - |
| | JIN, Zihao | - | - | Par | 70 | - | - |
| | SCHMIDT, Ben | - | - | Par | 70 | - | - |
| | VAILLANT, Tom | - | - | Par | 70 | - | - |
| | VAN ROOYEN, Erik | - | - | Par | 70 | - | - |
| | GUMBERG, Jordan | - | - | Par | 70 | - | - |
| | CLARK, Wyndham | - | - | Par | 70 | - | - |
| | SCHOTT, Freddy | - | - | Par | 70 | - | - |
| 110 | FITZPATRICK, Alex | Par | 18 | +1 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| | DAFFUE, MJ | Par | 17 | +1 | 71 | - | - |
| | PEPPERELL, Eddie | Par | 4 | +1 | 71 | - | - |
| | BJÖRK, Alexander | Par | 3 | +1 | 71 | - | - |
| | CHACARRA, Eugenio | Par | 2 | +1 | 71 | - | - |
| | RAVETTO, David | - | - | +1 | 71 | - | - |
| | FRITTELLI, Dylan | - | - | +1 | 71 | - | - |
| 117 | BLOMSTRAND, Christofer | +3 | 18 | +2 | 69 | 73 | 142 |
| | KIEFFER, Maximilian | Par | 18 | +2 | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| | BONETA, Albert | +3 | 16 | +2 | 69 | - | - |
| | GRINBERG, Lev (AM) | Par | 15 | +2 | 72 | - | - |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | +2 | 4 | +2 | 70 | - | - |
| | PULKKANEN, Tapio | +1 | 4 | +2 | 71 | - | - |
| | ÅKESSON, Björn | Par | 4 | +2 | 72 | - | - |
| | SHAUN, Corey | - | - | +2 | 72 | - | - |
| | FREIBURGHAUS, Jeremy | - | - | +2 | 72 | - | - |
| | MOSCATEL, Joel | - | - | +2 | 72 | - | - |
| | CROCKER, Sean | - | - | +2 | 72 | - | - |
| | JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Ángel | - | - | +2 | 72 | - | - |
| 129 | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | -2 | 18 | +3 | 75 | 68 | 143 |
| | KATSURAGAWA, Yuto | +4 | 18 | +3 | 69 | 74 | 143 |
| | JAMIESON, Scott | Par | 18 | +3 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| | TRAINER, Martin | Par | 4 | +3 | 73 | - | - |
| | EISENBEIS, Frederik (AM) | - | - | +3 | 73 | - | - |
| | SCHIETEKAT, Neil | - | - | +3 | 73 | - | - |
| | SCHLIESING, Max (AM) | - | - | +3 | 73 | - | - |
| | WEBER, Jordan | - | - | +3 | 73 | - | - |
| | PINEAU, Pierre | - | - | +3 | 73 | - | - |
| | WILSON, Oliver | - | - | +3 | 73 | - | - |
| | RAI, Aaron | - | - | +3 | 73 | - | - |
| 140 | RUSCH, Benjamin | Par | 18 | +4 | 74 | 70 | 144 |
| | KIM, MK | +4 | 18 | +4 | 70 | 74 | 144 |
| | AMAT, Bastien | +3 | 18 | +4 | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| | DE BRUYN, Jannik | Par | 3 | +4 | 74 | - | - |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | - | - | +4 | 74 | - | - |
| 145 | SCHWAB, Matthias | +4 | 18 | +5 | 71 | 74 | 145 |
| | BRYANT, Davis | +1 | 16 | +5 | 74 | - | - |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | - | - | +5 | 75 | - | - |
| 148 | GERMISHUYS, Deon | +5 | 18 | +6 | 71 | 75 | 146 |
| | MAO, Tom (AM) | +3 | 14 | +6 | 73 | - | - |
| 150 | COCKERILL, Aaron | +5 | 18 | +7 | 72 | 75 | 147 |
| | HARDING, Justin | +1 | 14 | +7 | 76 | - | - |
| 152 | LORENZO-VERA, Mike | +5 | 18 | +8 | 73 | 75 | 148 |
| | VAN VELZEN, Ryan | +5 | 5 | +8 | 73 | - | - |
| RETD | LIST, Danny | +3 | 13 | +3 | 70 | - | - |
| W/D | STRYDOM, Ockie | - | - | +1 | 71 | - | - |
| W/D | BARNES, Erik | - | - | +15 | 85 | - | - |

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