Dean Burmester will take a narrow lead into the weekend at the Omega European Masters, but he has a high-quality chasing pack containing England's Andy Sullivan and Belgian Olympian Thomas Detry breathing down his neck.
The South African followed up Thursday’s 64 with a bogey-free 65, carding five birdies to move to 11 under par.
That leaves him a single stroke clear of Sullivan and Detry, with Renato Paratore another shot further back.
First-round leader James Morrison, who set a new course record with his sensational opening round 60, had stretched his lead to four strokes with two birdies on the front nine but dropped five shots in four holes from the 10th, and had to settle for a 74 which leaves him five shots off the pace.
Burmester told Sky Sports: “I’ve played well both days, today I was just solid. I didn’t get off to the best of starts, but I holed a nice 10-footer at the first for par and you need those momentum ones. That kind of just set the tone for the day.
“I putted beautifully again today. The greens are a little trickier this afternoon. I think it’ll be more of the same on the weekend.”
Veteran Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez is four under after a second-round 67 which contained a stunning eagle at the seventh.
The only Irish player to make the weekend cut (-1) was Jonathan Caldwell after his second round 68 left him two under overall. Rowan Lester finished four over par on Friday, while Cormac Sharvin’s 68 still left him one over par overall.
Collated second round scores and totals (British unless stated, Par 70)
129 Dean Burmester (Rsa) 64 65
130 Andy Sullivan 64 66, Thomas Detry (Bel) 65 65
131 Renato Paratore (Ita) 65 66
132 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 68 64, Justin Harding (Rsa) 66 66, Ross McGowan 68 64, Matthew Jordan 67 65
133 Min-Woo Lee (Aus) 66 67, Sebastian Soederberg (Swe) 66 67, John Catlin (USA) 68 65, Jamie Donaldson 67 66, Robin Sciot-Siegrist (Fra) 63 70
134 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 67 67, Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den) 68 66, Marcel Siem (Ger) 66 68, Andrew Johnston 68 66, Scott Jamieson 67 67, James Morrison 60 74
135 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 71 64, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 67 68
136 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 72 64, Victor Perez (Fra) 68 68, Alexander Bjoerk (Swe) 67 69, Shubhankar Sharma (Ind) 68 68, Marcus Armitage 63 73, Daniel van Tonder (Rsa) 66 70, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 67, Sean Crocker (USA) 71 65, Soeren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 64, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 66 70
137 Wil Besseling (Ned) 71 66, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 68 69, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 71 66, Alexander Levy (Fra) 69 68, Guido Migliozzi (Ita) 67 70, Bryden MacPherson (Aus) 69 68, Fabrizio Zanotti (Pry) 68 69, Julian Suri (USA) 72 65, Jeff Winther (Den) 70 67, Maverick Antcliff (Aus) 69 68, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 67 70, Adrien Saddier (Fra) 68 69, Lee Slattery 70 67, Yi-Keun Chang (Kor) 69 68
138 Marcus Kinhult (Swe) 70 68, Richard McEvoy 70 68, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 69 69, Calum Hill 68 70, Ignacio Elvira (Spa) 69 69, Jonathan Caldwell (NIrl) 70 68, Ronan Kleu (Swi) 68 70, Paul Peterson (USA) 65 73, Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn) 67 71, Nino Bertasio (Ita) 69 69, Ashley Chesters 67 71, Robin Roussel (Fra) 68 70, Rikard Karlberg (Swe) 67 71, Hugo Leon (Chi) 70 68
139 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 65 74, Andrea Pavan (Ita) 68 71, Lucas Bjerregaard (Den) 69 70, Antoine Rozner (Fra) 69 70, Raphael Ger Sousa (Swi) 73 66, Rory Sabbatini (Svk) 67 72, Pietro Bovari (Ita) 65 74, Oliver Wilson 70 69, Gavin Green (Mal) 74 65, Jazz Janewattananond (Tha) 68 71, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 65 74, Adrian Meronk (Pol) 70 69, Kyong-Jun Moon (Kor) 67 72, Carlos Pigem (Spa) 70 69
140 Steven Brown 72 68, Joachim B. Hansen (Den) 69 71, Adrian Otaegui (Spa) 68 72, George Coetzee (Rsa) 70 70, Romain Langasque (Fra) 70 70, Thomas Pieters (Bel) 70 70, Graeme Storm 72 68, Justin Walters (Rsa) 69 71, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 68 72, Ricardo Santos (Por) 69 71, Aaron Cockerill (Can) 71 69, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 70 70, Lars van Meijel (Ned) 70 70
141 Wilco Nienaber (Rsa) 72 69, Richard Bland 69 72, Scott Hend (Aus) 70 71, Richie Ramsay 69 72, David Horsey 68 73, Joel Stalter (Fra) 71 70, Cormac Sharvin ( NIrl) 73 68, Jake McLeod (Aus) 66 75, Clement Sordet (Fra) 69 72
142 Brandon Stone (Rsa) 73 69, Eddie Pepperell 71 71, Johannes Veerman (USA) 68 74, Grant Forrest 75 67, Daniel Gavins 69 73, Rowan Lester (Irl) 68 74, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 70 72, Matthieu Pavon (Fra) 70 72, David Howell 70 72, Sebastian Heisele (Ger) 69 73, Darius van Driel (Ned) 67 75, Niklas Lemke (Swe) 71 71, Shiv Chawrasia (Ind) 71 71
143 Danny Willett 70 73, Thorbjoern Olesen (Den) 71 72, Damien Perrier (Fra) 76 67, Jacques Kruyswijk (Rsa) 71 72, Oliver Fisher 72 71, Dale Whitnell 73 70
144 Sami Valimaki (Fin) 70 74, David Law 72 72, Matthew Baldwin 73 71, Tapio Pulkkanen (Fin) 73 71, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 72 72, Marc Warren 71 73, Jack Senior 74 70, Toby Tree 78 66
145 Cedric Gugler (Swi) 69 76, Adria Arnaus (Spa) 73 72, Ross Fisher 72 73, David Drysdale 70 75, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 73 72, Francesco Laporta (Ita) 72 73, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 74 71
146 Stephen Gallacher 72 74, Zander Lombard (Rsa) 74 72, Kalle Samooja (Fin) 71 75, Robert Rock 73 73, Oliver Farr 72 74, Svn-Hwan Kim (USA) 73 73, Bryce Easton (Rsa) 73 73
147 Mathias Eggenberger (Swi) 74 73, Matthew Southgate 73 74, Connor Syme 74 73, Garrick Porteous 70 77, Pedro Figueiredo (Por) 74 73, Suradit Yongcharoenchai (Tha) 73 74
148 Joakim Lagergren (Swe) 75 73
149 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 73 76, Sebastian Garcia (Spa) 73 76
150 Haydn Porteous (Rsa) 77 73, Tae-Hee Lee (Kor) 77 73
151 Sam Horsfield 74 77, Harry Ellis 69 82, Chris Paisley 76 75, Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 80
152 Max Schliesing (Swi) 74 78, Benjamin Poke (Den) 78 74
158 Mauro Gilardi (Swi) 83 75
