Wonderful, wonderful ... great Dane leads in Copenhagen

West Australian

8 hours ago

Rasmus Hojgaard has delighted his home fans and boosted his Ryder Cup push by opening up a two-shot lead at the Danish Golf Championship.
Hojgaard added a seven-under-par 64 to his opening 66 at Fureso Golf Klub on Friday to take the lead at the halfway mark.
The 24-year-old Dane is currently eighth on Team Europe's Ryder Cup points list, just outside the automatic top-six spots, with Luke Donald making six captain picks after the British Masters on August 24.
"You feed off each other a little bit," Hojgaard, the 2023 champion said about the Danish fans at the European tour event.
"I was obviously feeling good out there. Trying to make as many birdies as possible and with them cheering me on, I just wanted to keep it going for as long as possible.
"It died a little towards the end when I made that annoying bogey at eight, but it was a great atmosphere out there."
Hojgaard, who started at the 10th hole, began with six straight pars before backing up a birdie at the 16th with an eagle at the par-five 18th after hitting his approach shot to three feet.
A run of five birdies in the opening six holes on his back nine gave him breathing space at the top.
Hojgaard's solitary bogey at the eighth cost him the outright course record, instead matching Marco Penge's first-round score on Thursday.
Englishman Penge is two shots adrift on 10-under after a 68 consisting of six birdies and three bogeys, while Canadian Aaron Cockerill sits in third, three strokes further back.
Jason Scrivener enjoyed one of his best rounds on tour for a while, a four-under 67, to be the leading Australian in joint-seventh place on five under. Elvis Smylie was also still handily placed at three under, tied for 18th, after his 71.
None of the rest of the Australian contingent made the cut, though -- Brett Coletta (73 for two over), Danny List (74 for four over), Daniel Gale (75 for six over) and David Micheluzzi (71 for seven over).