Jordan Smith carded a second-round 64, including a streak of five consecutive birdies from the 2nd hole, to take a three-shot lead at 12-under at the Cazoo Open de France.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last few weeks have been really good, been putting lovely, so there\u2019s a lot of confidence in there,” said the Englishman. “Been doing a lot of work with my putting coach, Matt, back home and away at tournaments.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s been a lot of work, lot of drills, lot of time on the putting green but the last week has been great on the putting green so it\u2019s given me a lot of confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hit some awesome iron shots. The challenge was mainly the wind, a lot of the time it was a crosswind so you were trying to work out whether it was hurting a little bit or helping a little bit so I\u2019m really happy with the way I\u2019m playing.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve seen it in the past, those last few holes catch people out so it\u2019s more of the same. Staying aggressive, greens are soft so you can go straight at the pins.\u201d<\/p>\n