Disaster and glory, sunshine and rain. Through all the contrasts dished up at the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City on Saturday, perhaps the greatest was in the fortunes of Belgian Thomas Detry, who flourished in the wet.
For someone who was one over par after the first round, he thundered around a wet Gary Player Country Club layout with 10 birdies in almost 29 holes on Saturday to move to the top of a revolving leader board alongside young Danish gun Rasmus Højgaard on nine-under-par overall.
First-round leader Ryan Fox of New Zealand was one shot further back with defending champion Tommy Fleetwood of England and Shubhankar Sharma of India. While the rain appeared disruptive for many of the players, it helped 29-year-old Detry find his mojo after arriving in the country on Tuesday night feeling under the weather after nearly 48 hours of travel from Mexico.“Thursday was an in-between day,” he said. Then came the rain on Friday, and with it the respite.
Grace said he struggled on the greens. “It was tough this afternoon. I played really well from tee to green, I hit it as well as best as I’ve hit it around this place.“I just couldn’t get the speed of the greens. The pace was out by a foot,” said the 2017 champion here who has played on the rebel LIV series this season. “Everything kept on creeping by on the low side.”
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