{"id":1249277,"date":"2024-02-02T17:39:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1249277"},"modified":"2024-02-02T17:43:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:43:27","slug":"bahrain-championship-2024-r2-three-way-tie-for-lead-after-windy-day-at-royal-gc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/bahrain-championship-2024-r2-three-way-tie-for-lead-after-windy-day-at-royal-gc\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-way tie for lead after windy day at Royal GC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesper Svensson signed for the lowest round of the day, a 65, featuring an eagle at the par-5 14th, six birdies and a bogey at the 8th to reach 9-under and take a share of the three-way tie for the lead after a windy day at the Bahrain Championship presented by Bapco Energies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was tough out there,&#8221; said the Swede. &#8220;I set from the beginning to play quite conservative and we were playing for the big targets<a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/pebble-beach-pro-am-2024-r1-thomas-detry-sets-early-pace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a> For the first part of the round it felt like every time I had the putter it had a chance of going in so it was nice<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Round 2 Highlights | 2024 Bahrain Championship presented by Bapco Energies\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zVFKT9GP4rA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s Dylan Frittelli shot a 68 for his share of the lead alongside Svensson and Switzerland&#8217;s Joel Girrbach who set the early target with a 70.<\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s Alejandro del Rey also signed for a 70 and lies in solo fourth place at 8-under.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight leader Tom Vaillant shot a 73 and slipped down into a share of fifth place at 7-under alongside fellow Frenchman Julien Guerrier (67), Welshman Jamie Donaldson (68), South African Ockie Strydom (71) and Australian Harrison Endycott (68).<\/p>\n<p>Guerrier was the only player in the field of 67 to finish his round bogey-free.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content_link_1249269\" class=\"ct-div-block content-link_wrap\"><a class=\"ct-link content-link_image-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/pebble-beach-pro-am-2024-r1-thomas-detry-sets-early-pace\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Pebble-Beach-Golf-scaled-e1706863934220-150x150.jpg\" class=\"content-link_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pebble Beach Golf\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Pebble-Beach-Golf-scaled-e1706863934220-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Pebble-Beach-Golf-scaled-e1706863934220-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Pebble-Beach-Golf-scaled-e1706863934220-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"ct-div-block content-link_content\"><a class=\"ct-link\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/pebble-beach-pro-am-2024-r1-thomas-detry-sets-early-pace\/\"><h5 class=\"ct-headline content-link_title\"><strong>Related:<\/strong> Rory McIlroy falls foul of rule change as Thomas Detry sets early pace<\/h5><\/a><div class=\"ct-text-block content-link_text\">McIlroy trails by eight shots after two-stroke penalty for dropping in the wrong place.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain Championship R2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1249279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[9876,98,1875,9843,9875],"class_list":["post-1249277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-the_tours","tag-bahrain-championship","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-dylan-frittelli","tag-jesper-svensson","tag-royal-gc","priority_tax-homepage-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v23.8) - 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