It seems it can be a really nice Swedish golf weekend in DP World Tours flagship competition in England.
Alex Norén followed up the first round's five under par with an almost equally good performance on Friday. A somewhat too short birdie putt on the last hole, however, meant that he had to settle for four under for the day, which preliminarily still gives a shared second place on –9, two behind the Norwegian Viktor Hovland.
Joakim Lagergren is not far behind, largely thanks to his even better first round. Despite "only" one under par on Friday, Lagergren is only four strokes from the lead with half the competition completed.
And then Ludvig Åberg, the only Swede selected for Europe's Ryder Cup team for the battle against the USA in two weeks. Åberg, in shared lead after Thursday's play, has started Friday's round with a bogey and a birdie and is three strokes behind Hovland after five played holes.
The game is in progress.
