Johanna Gustavsson fired a bogey-free round of 67 (-5) on day two of the Amundi German Masters to hold a one-stroke lead at the halfway stage.
The Swedish star began the day a couple of shots behind the overnight leader and rolled in her first birdie on hole 14 at Golf & Country Club Seddiner See.
Gustavsson then added another one on the first before three consecutive birdies on holes three, four and five sealed her round of 67 and put her to the top of the leaderboard on 11-under-par.
“The new putter is still working,” said the 30-year-old, who came third in the 2022 Race to Costa del Sol. “I played quite similar today to be honest.
“It was quite similar because I shot quite a few under on the front nine yesterday and it was the same today. It was solid. I had a three-metre putt on the 18th for par which was nice. That was probably the biggest save today.
“I hit better drives today and everything seems to be falling into place which is nice. The game plan is to just keep going to be honest. Take one shot at a time and see what happens.
“I don’t mind going into tomorrow as the leader. It will be fun. If you shoot bogey-free you’re doing alright, so it will be a nice calm phone call with Alex [my husband and swing coach] later.”
One shot further back in second place on 10-under-par is Czechia’s Kristyna Napoleaova, who produced the joint-best round of the day after carding a 66 (-6).
The Czech player began her round on the 10th and started with a birdie but quickly dropped shots on the 11th and 12th holes.
However, she soon got on a roll making four birdies on the trot on holes 13 through to 16 before adding three more in her final nine holes.
“There were a lot of chances and a lot of birdies, I would say my putting was on point,” said the 27-year-old.
“I would say we struggled a bit on the second and third holes but Jan [my caddie] managed to calm me down a lot and then we managed to get another chance and made a 12-footer. It got us back on track, otherwise who knows where we would end up.
“It was this position where you’re thinking I should have made it and it’s simple and you end up having a lot of troubles. We managed to get back on track, talked a lot and we agreed what we want to do and just stuck with it. It worked out quite well.”
Two players sit in a tie for third place on the leaderboard with Northern Ireland’s Olivia Mehaffey and England’s Cara Gainer both on nine-under-par.
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